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Some Macbooks, Macbook Pros, and Mac Minis at risk of Hard Drive Failure

Some Macbooks, Macbook Pros, and Mac Minis at risk of Hard Drive Failure
According to Techworld, the Seagate SATA hard drives used in the MacBook, MacBook Pro and Mac mini may be subject to a flaw that can cause massive data loss. “The read/write heads are detaching from the arm and plowing deep gouges into the magnetic platter,” Retrodata Managing Director Duncan Clarke explained. “The damage is mostly Read more…

Apple quietly updates Macbook and Macbook Pros

Apple quietly updates Macbook and Macbook Pros
Well, color me surprised, the Macbook line has been quietly updated with no aesthetic changes. Today Apple began selling new Macbooks that share the same Santa Rosa-based architecture as their professional cousins. Macbook Pros will now come with the option to upgrade to a 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo chip as well. If you were holding Read more…

Apple Gazette Daily 133 – George Harrison in iTunes, Battery Problems, anr more

Apple Gazette Daily 133 – George Harrison in iTunes, Battery Problems, anr more
George Harrison is the final Beatle to appear in iTunes, Macbook Pro Battery problems and more. You can subscribe via iTunes, or by RSS feed, or… you can directly download the episode right here. In addition to that, you should be able to play every episode of the podcast directly in your browser by using Read more…

Gold-Plated Macbook Pro joins the Luxury Apple Ranks

Gold-Plated Macbook Pro joins the Luxury Apple Ranks
These insanely expensive “gold” versions of Apple products seem to be coming out of the wood work lately. This one, which comes to us via Crunchgear, is a Gold-Plated Macbook Pro. This one is actually much cheaper than the iPod Shuffle that we saw not too long ago. It only costs $1,500 over the price Read more…

Balmuda’s “Floater” stand for Macbooks and Macbook Pros

Balmuda’s “Floater” stand for Macbooks and Macbook Pros
Balmuda is a design company that hand makes their products. This extremely cool “Floater” stand for the Macbook line looks really great, and would make a nice way to use your Macbook as your desktop computer as well…the only problem? Well, remember when I said it was hand made? Yeah….that means it costs about $305 Read more…

Apple’s Portable Marketshare still Rising…

Apple’s Portable Marketshare still Rising…
It’s a great time to be an Apple user. Leopard is just around the corner, the iPhone is still buzzing the industry, and we’re on the verge of a slew of new iPod-related goodness at the next Apple media event. On the hardware front, things are looking extremely well too. More people are switching then Read more…

My Macbook Pro Battery Adventure

My Macbook Pro Battery Adventure
Do you ever feel like you’re life is more complicated than it should be? I felt that way yesterday. Even if I hadn’t had issues with the AppleCare phone support, I still might have driven the Austin to get my Macbook Pro battery replaced. I don’t like waiting on stuff in the mail, and I Read more…

My Macbook Pro Battery: RIP Feb. 2007 to July 2007

My Macbook Pro Battery: RIP Feb. 2007 to July 2007
So, as I sit here typing on my Macbook Pro (which is tethered to the wall by its cord) and I reflect on yesterday afternoon, I can’t help but be a little hacked off. See, I purchased this Macbook Pro in February. That’s not that long ago. This battery should be fine…but it isn’t. If Read more…

Say Hello to the new Macbook Pros

Say Hello to the new Macbook Pros
Apple today announced updates to the Macbook Pro line. The new MacBook Pros utilize the Santa Rosa chipset and come in the following flavors: 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo. 2GB RAM, 120GB HD, 15″ LED. GeForce 8600M GT 128MB – $1999 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo. 2GB RAM, 160GB HD, 15″ LED. GeForce 8600M GT 256MB – Read more…

RUMOR: New Macbook Pros Tomorrow?

RUMOR: New Macbook Pros Tomorrow?
Macrumors believes we will see new Macbook Pros as early as tomorrow, June 5th, 2007. They also have a really good point to back it up. My initial thought is why on earth would Apple do that a week before WWDC? That’s exactly the question that Macrumors answers by bringing up the Educational Back to Read more…