Lenovo ThinkPad X1 vs Mac
Lenovo ThinkPad X-1 vs. Macbook Pro, iPad, and iPhone.
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Tag: MacBook Pro
Are You Brutal With Your MacBook Pro?
Patricia is pretty brutal with her MacBook Pro. She tried out the Urban Armor Case for the MacBook Pro for some added protection.
Continue ReadingA Girl and The “Apple Demon” – My First MacBook Pro
For someone with extensive PC experience, Apple is not all that user friendly.
Continue ReadingThe Wise Walker WL-25 is A Better Backpack for Back-to-School
Looking for a great backpack for your high school or college age kid, or something stylish and functional for urban commuting? There are plenty of cheap backpacks out there, but most of these suffer from a few key flaws: heavy …
Continue ReadingProtecting the iPhone 4/4S: Yet Another Case Review
As can easily be seen from the “see also” category on this post, GeekDad has reviewed a plethora of iPhone cases. This is the first review for me simply because until two weeks ago, I didn’t possess a smartphone of …
Continue ReadingUpgrading a First Gen MacBook Air With a SSD
Following the success I had with upgrading my MacBook Pro’s hard drive with a SSD (solid state drive), I decided to to try the same thing with my MacBook Air. This is a first generation model, pretty pokey and with …
Continue ReadingVeteran Music Geek Alan Parsons Talks iPad Recording, ‘Irreversible’ Loss of Fidelity
The pioneer electronic musician talks about technology and the current music industry.
Continue ReadingGeekDad UnWired: Celebrating 50 Years Of Camping At Killbear
Last summer, one of our camping trips was to Killbear Provincial Park, roughly six hours northeast of our London (Ontario) home. We had such a good time there that plans were made to make that particular trip an annual one, …
Continue ReadingWhy I Decided Against Buying An iPad
On the surface, I’m probably an ideal iPad candidate: heavily invested in Apple gear already and looking for a device that’s smaller than the 17″ MacBook Pro I use for much of my writing, but with better battery life (and …
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