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Darth Vader, Goats, and Pizza – What CAN’T you do in the Apple Store?

Everyone knows the Apple store is fairly liberal with indulging the more eccentric (ie. annoying) customers who insist on bringing in their dogs into the store or trying to become famous by doing one of those “douche chill”-inspiring Apple Store dance videos, but comedian Mark Malkoff decided to test just how far you can go in an Apple store before being escorted out. It turns out the answer is “Pretty far.”  Read More

Why has Apple’s Training and Certification” page been down for nearly a week?

Hey, have you checked out Apple’s Training and Certification page lately? Us neither. But apparently it has been down for awhile. Hmmm... define "soon" Faithful Macenstein reader Andrew asks: “Apple’s training & certification website is down, and it appears that it may have been down at least since July 20 according to Google’s cache of the site. What’s up with that?” No idea, Andrew. For all we know that site has been down for... Read More

How To: Get your external Super Drive working in Lion

Every once in awhile I like to post a tip that will likely help only one other person on the planet. Today is such a time. As some of you may know, I recently replaced my MacBook Pro’s internal SuperDrive with an SSD drive. I chose the MCE Optibay kit for both its ease of installation, and also because it included an external enclosure for my SuperDrive (basically turning my internal drive into an external USB-powered one), so on those rare occasions where I actually needed... Read More

NMA explains the fake Chinese Apple store epidemic

Just in case any of you are confused by the whole “fake Apple Store” outbreak sweeping China, our good friends over at Next Media Animation have once again come to the rescue, using their cutting edge 3D simulations to clearly explain all angles of the… oh, who are we kidding? Their animation is just as bizarre as always. And yes, Steve is still wearing a Darth Vader helmet for some reason. Enjoy. “Apple is on a roll lately with blockbuster profits that... Read More

11-inch MacBook Air is ZOMG Awesome!

Initial benchmarks have placed the new 11-inch MacBook Air very close in performance to the top of the line MacBook Pro of last year, and shown a nearly 150% increase in Geekbench scores. Yet, for anyone doubting the awesomeness of the of the 11-inch MacBook Air, check out Apple’s part number for the fully maxed out 11-inch model. ZOMG! Looks like Apple knows it’s got a winner. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Mike for the tip! [via Reddit]  Read More

We’re giving away TWO Mimobot Flash Drives, Any Design, Your choice!

It’s that time of year again – time for the Summer Hollywood Blockbusters! And what better way to celebrate your favorite pop culture characters than to carry around an adorable USB thumb drive version of them with a removable head? Well, we’ve once again teamed up with our good friends over at Mimoco to bring you yet another sweet Mimobot giveaway, and this one’s TWICE as cool, because this time we’re giving TWO lucky winners their choice of ANY in-stock... Read More

You had me at “Hot Russian girls with Apple gear pulling off their clothes”

Faithful Macenstein reader currentinterest sent us this great clip of… something. Not sure exactly what, but the video, entitled “Putin’s Army” certainly plays like an Apple ad, with iPhones, MacBooks, and iPad unwrappings. Oh, and boobs. Enjoy. Here’s the official description of what is going on, although I’m not really any clearer after having read it on what the deal is with all the new Apple gear: “Called “Putin’s... Read More

What’s wrong with this picture?

Looks like Apple’s educational storecould use a lesson in MacBook anatomy. [via Reddit]  Read More

You know you’re in trouble when you have to tell people your product is real

How many times have you been out with your iPhone and wished you could attach a giant SLR lens to it to capture that perfect shot? Never? Agreed. Yet apparently the folks at Photojojo think someone, somewhere is interested. Check out their iPhone SLR Mount.. For just $249 (iPhone 4 model) you can hook up your Canon or Nikon SLR lenses to your iPhone and… oh God, are they sure this is real? #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float:... Read More

Games that Don’t Suck: Puzzle Agent 2

Still looking for Isaac Davner. “Scoggins’ only exports are erasers and weirdness.” So says FBI Puzzle Agent Nelson Tethers, and he should know, as Puzzle Agent 2 marks Tethers’ second trip to the eerily charming town of Scoggins Minnesota. The original Puzzle Agent has proven to be a family favorite at the Macenstein house, so it was with great pride that we received an advanced copy of Puzzle Agent 2 to test out. (It’s now available on iPad $6.99,... Read More