Review: G800 Aerogel Extreme Wide LapDesk by LapLogic
All hail the nanotech battery! 22 hours of MacBook battery life; 400 hours of iPod use, 2500 hours of iPhone standby time!
Imagine… what if you could watch 70 hours of iPod video on a single charge. (OK, wait, that actually, might be a bad thing). Instead, imagine something more useful, like getting 22+ hours of MacBook use. Or 2500 hours of iPhone standby time. Such is the promise of Stanford University researchers who claim to have found a way to use silicon nanowires to improve the way lithium-ion batteries store energy, delivering a reported 10x boost in capacity. Above: Silicon nano... Read More
MacBook/MacBook Pro software update 1.1 fixes freezing issue
From Software update: “This update addresses a responsiveness issue on MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers. Some MacBook and MacBook Pro systems may occasionally experience a temporary suspension of keyboard input which can last a minute or longer. The Mac OS X 10.5.1 update is required before installing the MacBook, MacBook Pro Software Update 1.1.” I’ve experienced this freeze on my MacBook in the past, but it was a random problem I am unable to reproduce... Read More
Review: mStand by Rain Design
My new MacBook is my first laptop in years, having spent the last decade or so of my computing life tethered to desktop machines. And while I appreciate the newfound mobility the Macbook offers, a good 80% of my laptop computing is still done at my desk. Using the MacBook’s built-in keyboard and trackpad for 9-10 hours a day just isn’t an option for me (or my wrists). Ergonomically, I am just having a hard time adjusting to a full day’s work on a laptop.... Read More
Speaking of China…
Well, someone was probably speaking of China. Yes, my newly ordered MacBook has left China, and apparently has made it to the West Coast. With each feverish pressing of the “re-load” button on the FedEx tracking page, I have gradually become less and less worried about the possibility it will arrive with graphics problems, and am now just plain old excited about the thrill of installing tons of crap on a pristine machine. Perhaps sensing my newfound optimism, ComputerWorld... Read More
Apple’s Market Share – It’s all about the Quintiles
Faithful Macenstein reader Kevin O’Neil pointed our heads towards a rather controversial article making the rounds these days. Philip Elmer-DeWitt, writing for Fortune by way of CNNMoney and citing Toni Sacconaghi Jr. of Bernstein Research (this has sort of a “My best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night”... Read More
The REAL reason the iPhone gets so much press
Even as an Apple Fanboy, I have moments of incredulous disgust caused by all the press the iPhone has received. While searching for tech stories it seems these days we must wade through 10 (or more) iPhone-related articles for every 1 non-iPhone tech story. Given that only a million or so iPhones have been sold, and the Earth has about 6.7 billion people, this amount of press coverage (and we are almost 4 months into the launch) seems suspiciously disproportionate. I mean, I own... Read More
Rampant Speculation: New 15-inch MacBook Pros Sept. 5th?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Astute Apple shopper and faithful Macenstein reader Hendry pointed us to the online Apple Store, where for some reason the ship time on 15-inch MacBook Pros has slipped to 7-10 days. The 17-inch model, and all “normal” MacBooks seem to have ship times of 24 hours. Such a supply delay would normally not be overly suspicious in and of itself, however, Apple has coincidentally set up a “Special event” (aren’t they all?) to... Read More
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