10:28 Oct 21st, 2009 | Notes

Batch Apple

This has to be one of the biggest non-media event product upgrades in recent times from Apple. Brand new iMac, MacBooks, Apple Remotes, Time Capsules and the amazing new Magic Mouse. It’s a multitouch mouse, which means you can use gestures to navigate your Mac just as you would with gestures on the trackpads of the new MacBook Pros. I’m buying this mouse asap!

Bottom line, everything looks gorgeous!

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9:16 Jun 9th, 2009 | 0 notes

Personally I find the whole rebranding of the MacBook line a bit weird. The old aluminum MacBook’s branding was fine, the MacBook Pro’s had a clear advantage and superiority to them over the MacBook and the white MacBook was left out in the cold where no body knew about it. Oh wait… So the white MacBook was rightly brought back into the mix, but I still don’t see why the now 13” MacBook ‘Pro’ couldn’t have also stayed just a MacBook. In this case, Apple are just confusing people more by saying “No, that computer you bought last month is still a MacBook but this one we are selling now is a MacBook Pro. See? Just look at the writing under your screen!” Talk about confusing! All they needed to do was rebrand the white MacBook as “The MacBook Classic” or “The MacBook White” etc. and their problems would be solved. The removal of the Express-Card expansion slot was a mistake in my opinion. Sure, and SD slot is nice, but there isn’t too much harm or expense in adding both. I mean, take a look at every other laptop out there, they have both. Why can’t the MacBook Pros? Once again, Apple is just tweaking their product line up instead of bringing out something bold and ambitious.

Personally I find the whole rebranding of the MacBook line a bit weird. The old aluminum MacBook’s branding was fine, the MacBook Pro’s had a clear advantage and superiority to them over the MacBook and the white MacBook was left out in the cold where no body knew about it.

Oh wait…

So the white MacBook was rightly brought back into the mix, but I still don’t see why the now 13” MacBook ‘Pro’ couldn’t have also stayed just a MacBook. In this case, Apple are just confusing people more by saying “No, that computer you bought last month is still a MacBook but this one we are selling now is a MacBook Pro. See? Just look at the writing under your screen!”

Talk about confusing! All they needed to do was rebrand the white MacBook as “The MacBook Classic” or “The MacBook White” etc. and their problems would be solved.

The removal of the Express-Card expansion slot was a mistake in my opinion. Sure, and SD slot is nice, but there isn’t too much harm or expense in adding both. I mean, take a look at every other laptop out there, they have both. Why can’t the MacBook Pros?

Once again, Apple is just tweaking their product line up instead of bringing out something bold and ambitious.

6:11 May 24th, 2009 | Notes

My Macbook Pro is about a year and a half old now. So I was surprised to find this little icon in System Preferences. The ‘Energy Saver’ panel’s icon changes depending on what Mac you have. Normally, the energy saver spiral globe is reserved only for those Mac, such as the new Macbook Pros and Macbooks, which are ‘greener’ and more energy efficient. That means that my older Macbook Pro should be showing the incandescent bulb, not this one. I guess I’m just that green that my Mac decided to show it anyway! Yes, it’s a slow weekend.

My Macbook Pro is about a year and a half old now.

So I was surprised to find this little icon in System Preferences. The ‘Energy Saver’ panel’s icon changes depending on what Mac you have. Normally, the energy saver spiral globe is reserved only for those Mac, such as the new Macbook Pros and Macbooks, which are ‘greener’ and more energy efficient. That means that my older Macbook Pro should be showing the incandescent bulb, not this one.

I guess I’m just that green that my Mac decided to show it anyway!

Yes, it’s a slow weekend.