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Entries Tagged ‘Macbook Pro’

Scratching the surface: DJ’ing with your Mac

Whether you end up at a night club, a lounge or a bar, there’s a good chance there’s going to be a DJ spinning up some tunes at the venue. And there’s a good chance that you’ll see a glowing Apple in front of the DJ, as said DJ may be accompanied by a MacBook [...]

Nuru Uses Macs to Fight Extreme Poverty

Jim Dalrymple (loopinsight.com) reports on one-year-old non-profit organization Nuru, formed by ex-Marine platoon leader Jake Harriman, who “served two tours of duty in Iraq where he realized that the key to ending terrorism was to end extreme poverty.” To that end, Nuru educates communities in impoverished nations using technology, particularly Mac Pro and MacBook Pro [...]

John Legend Live: With MacBook Pro, Logic Studio and MainStage

Fans of platinum-selling R&B artist John Legend bring the same high expectations for each new album to every live concert. On his current tour, Legend, music director Eugene “Man-Man” Roberts and his band meet and beat those expectations by playing their best studio sounds along with fresh live riffs through MacBook Pro laptops running Logic [...]

Apple Updates MacBook

Apple today updated its popular MacBook with a new, durable polycarbonate unibody design featuring a brilliant LED-backlit display, a glass Multi-Touch trackpad and Apple’s innovative built-in battery for up to seven hours of battery life. Inheriting technology and design features from the MacBook Pro line, the new MacBook is an ideal consumer notebook for students [...]

Apple Store Theft: Steal 23 MacBook Pros 14 iPhones 9 ipods

Quick: How can you get 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones, and 9 iPods in 31 seconds, for free? Tip: According to this security video, you need four friends, a brick, and a visit to the Apple Store in Marlton, NJ.
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Apple Store Theft: Steal 23 MacBook Pros 14 iPhones 9 ipods

Quick: How can you get 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones, and 9 iPods in 31 seconds, for free? Tip: According to this security video, you need four friends, a brick, and a visit to the Apple Store in Marlton, NJ.

Review: MacBook Pros (13-inch, Mid 2009)

With its lower price, the return of FireWire (woo-hoo!), longer battery life, better looking display and a new built-in SD Card slot that you can boot from, the newest member of the MacBook Pro makes an impressive debut.
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Review: MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009)

The latest 17-inch MacBook Pro is by all measures a minor hardware upgrade over its predecessor, offering only slightly faster processor options and a bump in hard-drive capacity. The more significant change is the value you get for your money.
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Review: MacBook Pros (15-inch, Mid 2009)

This update to the 15-inch MacBook Pro delivers better value and even more specification options to the laptop, though the upgrades to this new model are more nuanced than flashy.
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Apple’s 2009 MacBook Pro: Battery Life to Die For

Apple started experimenting with using custom lithium polymer batteries instead of the industry standard lithium ion. Lithium polymer cells are rectangular so there’s no wasted space. Not only does this make the batteries more compact, but it also gives you greater capacity since you’re using all available chassis volume for the battery.
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MacBook Pro SD slot not just for digital camera cards

Apple’s newest MacBook Pros feature built-in readers for Secure Digital flash cards. But it turns out they can do more than just help you offload your camera files.
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Slideshow: WWDC keynote highlights

The big news from Apple’s WWDC keynote address is out. Faster MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs at lower prices, an announced September release for Snow Leopard, iPhone 3.0 worldwide release on June 17, and an all-new iPhone called the 3G S.
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Apple selling 8GB memory upgrade kits for 15″ MacBook Pros

It will cost you an arm and a leg, but Apple is now offering an official 8GB memory upgrade kit for the mid- and high-end models of its current 15-inch unbibody MacBook Pro family, AppleInsider has discovered.
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Review: 15-inch MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo/2.66GHz

As far as upgrades go, the top-of-the-line 15-inch MacBook Pro’s makeover is far from extreme. But we’re not going to complain if Apple chooses to gently goose the processor speed a little bit without expecting a dime more for the effort.
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Snow Leopard to Add 4-Finger Multi-Touch Gestures

When Apple introduced the new MacBooks, MacBook Airs, and MacBook Pros in October, they also introduced a new four-finger multi-touch trackpad gesture that allowed users to easily switch between applications (swipe left/right) or invoke Exposé (swipe up/down). While it’s long been known that the original MacBook Air and early 2008 MacBook Pros…
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