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New Apple Remote Sports More Current Look, Better Usability

Written on October 20, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 5 people have commented

If you’re like me, you have so many white plastic Apple Remotes scattered around your living space that visitors ask if they’re part of the decor. And they were quite stylish, once upon a time. But Macs started being less about plastic and more about aluminum long ago, and the Remote has languished at the [...]

New iMacs Feature 21.5 and 27-inch Displays and Available Quad-Core Processors

Written on October 20, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 26 people have commented

Well, the Apple Store went down, and we waited with bated breath. And most of what people expected to see came true. One of those expectations was new iMacs, and Apple’s all-in-one desktops did indeed get a nice upgrade and redesign. That means you’re old hat, iMac which I’m typing this up on right now.
The [...]

Apple Replaces 17″ Antique With 20″ for Education

Written on April 14, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 2 people have commented

It wasn’t so long ago that the Internet was ablaze with news of the “new” 17-inch iMac for education priced at $899, which was actually a model they’d been offering, without updates, in that capacity for two full years at that point. Its “discovery” was in fact just people noticing something they’d never noticed before. [...]

The 13″ MacBook Pro That Could Have Been

Written on November 05, 2008 by Clayton Lai and No one has commented

Apple had it so close…
That was the first thought I had when Apple unveiled the new aluminum MacBook and MacBook Pro on October 14.
Many Mac owners out there are still longing for a successor to the PowerBook G4 12″. I am one of them. Someone needs the features and performance of Apple’s Pro notebooks in [...]

MacBook: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Nothing Blu

Written on October 14, 2008 by Darrell Etherington and 3 people have commented

As predicted, Apple today introduced two new models of MacBook, featuring all-aluminum cases constructed from a solid block (or “brick”) of aluminum.  The new models much more closely resemble their Pro siblings than did the previous white and black plastic MacBooks. The entry-level ($1099) white MacBook will also continue to be offered, but receives a [...]