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Tag: MacBook
Drop That Bulky MacBook Cover for the Booq Slimsuit 13
Thicker than a sleeve but with a much smaller footprint than padded covers, the Slimsuit 13 combines durability with portability to make for a compelling solution for those looking to slim down their daily carry.
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TarDisk Pear Makes Your MacBook Bigger on the Inside
TarDisk gave two of us their Pear disk, an external drive designed just for Macs. Results were… interesting.
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Replacing the Battery in a MacBook Air
I recently wrote a year end post about products that had disappointed me in 2014, and one of the featured culprits was a 2008 vintage MacBook Air whose battery had swollen to the point it was distorting the aluminum case. Since Apple no longer sells components for this notebook — even though the battery is a consumable (thus the reason for my griping) — I was offered the choice of using the MBA only while plugged in, finding a third party battery or buying a new laptop. I bought a replacement battery from Other World Computing (OWC) and installed it, proving that the non user-replaceable battery in these things is indeed easily user replaceable. And so far, so good on the battery from OWC.
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Kickstarter Alert: The CruxENCORE
My biggest complaint about my iPad? It just ain’t my MacBook Air! A new Kickstarter by CruxCase, however, seems to be trying to address just that issue.
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GeekDad Review: Slate Mobile AirDesk
I’ve been lucky enough to be able to work from home for the past five years. While I have an office in the house, one of the advantages of a gig like this is the ability to set up shop anywhere if the mood strikes. If it’s a nice sunny day, I might grab a laptop and head up to the living room. Maybe sit on the porch or back patio if it’s warm enough. Or hang out in the rec room with the kids if we’re enjoying yet another “snow day” school cancellation. The problem with moving my workspace to a more casual location — like my favorite armchair — is the lack of a decent work surface.
Continue ReadingHead to Head: Windows 8 Convertible Ultrabook vs. MacBook Air + iPad
It’s no real secret that I’m a Mac guy, although I try not to be biased. I use just about everything and move back and forth between Macs and PCs with little fuss. I only switched over to the iPhone …
Continue ReadingStylish MacBook Protection With Leather Skins
While I love the silver, thin ultra book… after a year of using it, its surface has a few scratches or faded areas on the bottom where heat has done some work. And it looks like half a dozen other …
Continue ReadingPlugged or Unplugged? Given the Choice, Will Kids Opt for a Balanced Summer?
I share some of the concerns Jenny has about her kids and the easy/constant access to electronics, although I tend to take a somewhat less black and white stance. My house is pretty wired (or unwired these days, although not …
Continue ReadingDas Model S Professional Keyboard Brings the Clickety-Clack to Your Mac
As I’m writing this post, I pretty much don’t have to worry about doing a word count — or more accurately a character count. That’s because I’m writing it using a soon-to-be released Das Keyboard Model S Professional for Mac …
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 ReadingReview: Mercury Extreme Pro 3G SSD
One of my favorite computers for working is a 2008 vintage 17-inch MacBook Pro. When I bought it, this was a pretty fabulous machine, but it’s far from cutting edge nowadays. I still use it pretty much daily, but lately …
Continue ReadingHow Young Is Too Young To Get An Online Life?
Recently we had a death in the family. My wife’s 2007 MacBook locked up completely: no on-screen movement, no keyboard access, no mouse control, no ‘three finger salute’ to kill the nastiness (which incidentally was a Flash game). She wasn’t …
Continue ReadingGelaSkins: A Protective Ironic Tee For Your iPod
Just a few hours down the 401 from me, in the center of the Canadian universe (that would be Toronto), is the headquarters for GelaSkins, the “mobile art” company that wants to dress up your iPod, iPhone, laptop, DS, Kindle, …
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