Archive for the ‘Macbook Pro’ Category
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 need [...]
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. [...]
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 - $2499
2.4GHz [...]
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 [...]
Rumor Round-up: Death of the 17 inch iMac and new iMacs and Macbook Pros at WWDC
Well, the rumors are swirling again, and this time they kind of make sense…
The first one is the rumor that the 17 inch iMac is not long for this world. Lots of places have covered this, including our own Forever Geek, logistically this makes sense, so I won’t be surprised if it ends [...]
Apple Slapped with Class Action Lawsuit
File this one under the “you’ve gotta be kidding me” department….Loop Rumors is reporting that Fred Greaves and Dave Gatley filed a lawsuit on May 3rd with the Superior Court of California for the County of San Diego. The duo are are asking for multiple forms of relief and reimbursement along with an injunction [...]
Apple Nets 10% of US Retail Laptop Sales
Market research firm NPD published a study for top retail computer hardware sales for the month of March 2007 last week. Apple’s laptop sales are climbing signifigently thanks to the success of the Macbook and Macbook Pro lines.
Here is the complete breakdown for Laptop, Desktop, and MP3 player sales.
Laptops
1. Toshiba 26.2%
2. Hewlett Packard 23.9%
3. [...]
