October 14th, 2008 |
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If you don’t know already, Apple has just announced its new line of MacBooks earlier at 10 this morning in Cupertino. Today’s line is a completely new build from the ground-up, starting with its “unibody” approach.
Other than the unibody being totally new to the line as well as the industry, I am liking the following on the MacBooks:
- 13.3-inch LED-backlit display. The 12-inch ones is just to small. Having that extra 1.1-inch is truly a big step.
- Upgraded video adapter, NVDIA GeForce 9400M. Nice upgrade for those wanting to do more gaming on these. But I think this is also nice for those doing photo editing like me.
- All-new, smooth glass Multi-Touch trackpad. No buttons—it itself is the button!
Though these are nice upgrades, the price went up to $1299 for the MacBooks. If I was in need of a new laptop/notebook computer, this would be the best pick. It’s just too bad it doesn’t have an ExpressCard/34 slot like how the MacBook Pros have them. It would be great to have for those people who take their MacBooks on vacation or on trips and wanting to edit/backup/upload their photos from their SD-based media cards (like the one I have for my Canon PowerShot) along with a card read for the slot.
You may get more information and/or watch the video via apple.com/macbook/. If you don’t know which MacBook is for you, click here to compare them at a quick glance.
Update
If you are leaning towards buying a MacBook Pro and need the quick rundown of the new bells and whistles, click here to read up The Apple Blog’s review about it.
January 15th, 2008 |
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Photo from Gizmodo
From Cupertino, CA. Weighing at 3.0 lbs, 0.16-0.76 inches... 13.3" display w/ a full-size and backlit keyboard; being powered by 1.6GHz Core2Duo, 2GB of memory and 80GB HDD; not to mention 802.11n Wi-Fi...
Macbook Air
Selling for $1,799 w/o a CD/DVD-drive though?!?! Don’t know about that part. Size is great if you travel a lot and don’t care about the CD/DVD-drive not being there. That or you have money to burn.
I rather spend an extra 3-bills for another Macbook Pro personally if I’m going to pay that much.
May 2nd, 2007 |
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Hey, hey, hey. May 1st has come and gone and those who have promised themselves to Reboot were either successful, or behind. One of the sites I’m curiously awaiting to check out is Bryan Veloso’s new rendition of AvalonStar.
So what the heck am I doing this early in the morning? I can’t damn sleep, and have been trying to figure out how to organize my shiznit a bit better. I have too much stuff going on (as usual), and need to complete tasks I have set in my to-do list. But it seems that that list just keeps getting bigger and wider (in terms of those URL-bookmarks).
Anyways, just wanted to catch-up with this writing-thingy-majig. Maybe someone out there can help organize things with some cool advise and/or referral gift =)
Speaking of which, here’s some cool things that have interested me in the past couple of days:
- MacBook Pro – yeah, I’m a “switch-hitter” now
- TextMate Basic Tutorials – this will probably change my development workflow for work and on-the-side
- Compiling new “points of inspiration” from the Reboot-ed sites, new and old
- … and the list goes on–but it seems that I should be catching some Zs now as I hear some people’s alarm clock going off; at least I think I’m hearing it
From my mind to yours, keep learning.
September 12th, 2006 |
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Today was the first day of the Apple Expo in Europe, Paris to be exact. I was hoping that Steve Jobs would be announcing the new “Core 2 Duo”-based Macbooks. But alas, that speculation wasn’t even close.
His announcement weighed more heavily in the release of products from the iPod family, then the release of iTunes 7. Here’s the breakdown of the new features per iPod family member:
iPod:
- 60% brighter display
- 75% longer video battery life
- Gapless playback
- Exciting new games
- Search and Quick Scrolling
- New headphones
- $249 for 30GB
- $349 for 80GB
iPod Nano, 2nd Generation:
- Made of thinner aluminum
- Colors of blue, pink, green, silver and black
- 40% brighter display
- 24 hour battery life
- Gapless playback
- Search and Quick Scrolling
- New headphones
- $149 for 2GB (silver), $199 for 4GB (blue, pink, green and silver) and $249 for 8GB (black)
iPod Shuffle, 2nd Generation:
- World’s smallest MP3 player
- Aluminum case with clip
- 1GB – up to 240 songs
- 12 hour battery life
- USB 2.0
- Dock & earbuds included
- $79
I’m eyeing that Shuffle for $79. Seems reasonable and functional if you play sports; especially when you run a lot.
Anyways, besides Mr. Jobs announcement, a couple of the MA folks and I will be attending Carson Workshop’s Summit: The Future of Web Apps tomorrow and Thursday. Should be some interesting and exciting time. It’s just too bad I don’t have a Macbook (yet) so I can look as cool as those techfreaks attending. Oh well, I hope this Dell Latitude loaner can do the job of writing notes and checking email.
May 11th, 2006 |
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It’s been a great year for laptops I’d say. After sending ginormous ripples throughout the tech-world with Apple announcing that its going to be consuming some Intel baked goods, computer enthusiasts looked more closely at the practical idea of buying a Mac.
Well, let me clarify that last statement… more “PC” enthusiasts liked what they heard, that the simple Mac can do their bidding. Anyways, with second quarter almost to a close, I’ve been seeing a lot of deals especially on notebooks. Dell always have them but when you hear IBM/Lenovo have an annual sale to celebrate its first year, you just can’t help but to look at what they’re offering the T42 for 42%-off.
Enticing ain’t it. I mean, its a IBM/Lenovo Centrino laptop. The thing just oozes with great quality and build. But it’s still $1100+. Then again, its an “IBM”, or should I say “Lenovo” now. That, and Ronaldinho seems to like them.
Meanwhile, the Macbook is just sexay but expensive. Not to mention, the need to buy new software. Oh decisions, decisions… One question that keeps bouncing off in my head would be, “will I even use a laptop when I get home?” Granted, I can use it when I’m in the living room downstairs but that just takes away from loungin’ and relaxin’ with the roomies.
Blah. I shouldn’t even be thinking about this. I should be concentrating on getting a good deal on Hawaii tickets in August. Damn. Did I mention, saving up money for Japan (November) and P.I. (December) as well? When will we hit that lotto jackpot? One can hope I guess.
PS. Here’s what Google Trends have to say in terms of the popularity in search of the keywords: desktops, laptops and notebooks.
