So for the second time, I’ve had this problem: my MacBook would not get past the load up page (the one after the grey Apple with the spinning wheel) after applying Apple’s Security Update 2006-03. The first time, I had to reinstall the entire OS. This time, after searching around the web, it appears I’m [...]
Apples Releases MacBook and No More 1.83Ghz MacBook Pro
It was only a matter of time before Apple would do this: release a replacement for the 12″ PowerBooks. Today, Apple released the 13.3″ MacBook. What is more amazing is there is a new choice of color: black. Interestingly, the black color MacBook comes at a $200 additional premium over its white selection equally equipped. [...]
17-inch MacBook Pro Released
Apple has finally released their 17-inch MacBook Pro today. It looks wild! The major difference, other than the 17-inch screen, is: (3) USB 2.0 slots as opposed to (2) on the 15.4-inch MacBook. 800 Firewire slot added. 8x Dual Layer DVD-Burner versus the 15.4-inch’s 4x Single Layer DVD-Burner. It comes with the 2.16GHz Dual Core [...]
World of Warcraft and MacBook Pro
So my nephew installed World of Warcraft on my MacBook Pro to test how fast WOW would run, and we must say it is definitely phenomenal! Originally on the PowerBook I had, WOW ran quite laggy and the graphics were choppy and unexciting; essentially WOW worked on the PowerBook, it just wasn’t very satisfying to [...]
WinXP on MacBook Benchmarks
In regards to this previous post about WinXP on the MacBook Pro, PC World has conducted a benchmark review in comparison of WinXP running on: a 2.0GHz Duo Core iMac, a 2.16GHz Duo Core MacBook Pro, a Dell Inspiron 2.0GHz Duo Core E1705 laptop, a HP Compaq 2.16GHz Duo Core laptop, and a HP Pavilion [...]
Got my new work laptop…MacBook Pro!
After being on order since Apple’s announcement of Intel dual core processors in their 15inch laptops, it arrive this morning into shipping. I’m currently in the process of transferring all my data from my current PowerBook G4 to the MacBook Pro. So far my observations on the new MacBook: It’s a tad bit thinner than [...]
