Thanks to my home built Lion install flash drive (I purchased Mac OS X through the App Store and created a bootable install drive), I am performing a nuke-and-pave on my late-2008 MacBook. As you might have read before here, I haven’t qualms about performing a reinstall. While the install is progressing, I am reading …
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Poor Man’s MacBook to MacBook Air Hack
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dynamicsubspace/6060425334/ Since I lug my late-2008, aluminum MacBook wherever I go, I decided to reduce its weight while I was making some upgrades. First, I never carry my power adapter with the extension cord. Granted, the extension cord can be mighty useful in certain circumstances, I find that I don’t need it 90% of the …
Apple’s Latest MacBook Pro Lineup
Apple delivered a new lineup of MacBook Pro laptop computers today. I am most interested in the 15″ models that come with an Intel i7 quad core processor and two so-dimm slots that support up to 8 GB of DDR3 RAM. They also support automatic switching between integrated Intel graphics and a discrete ATI Radeon …
13″ MacBook Pro specs leaked, reveal “Thunderbolt” I/O port, from ArsTechnica
Ars Technica posted leaked specs for the next iteration of the Apple MacBook Pro line. It seems that they are switching over to the Intel Sandy Bridge platform. This could be a problem, because Intel recalled their Sandy Bridge chipsets at the beginning of the month [read about it here]. However, the new platform will provide …
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Another Fantastic Apple Genius Bar Experience
I have had many experiences with Apple’s Genius Bar over the years since Apple first launched its chain of stores nationwide. I took my PowerMac G5 to the Northpoint Mall Apple Store in Alpharetta, Georgia, because I had to ‘pump’ the power switch three times to get it to boot after installing an nVidia 6800 …
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