macworld.com - 10/15/2008
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by Jason Snell , Macworld.com The new MacBook and MacBook Pro are here. No, not just “here” in the sense of “publicly acknowledged by Apple and being shipped to arrive in Apple Stores tomorrow.” Here in the sense of, in my office right now. So in advance of our full reviews and lab tests of ...
ifixit.com - 10/16/2008
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12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 iFixit News 10/15: We took apart the new MacBook Unibody! 10/15: We also disassembled the new MacBook Pro! 9/10: We ...
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MacBook Pro Unibody First Look
appleinsider.com - 10/17/2008
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appleinsider.com —
In one of his characteristically terse email replies,
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has reportedly told one
Mac user that changes in video camera technology have reduced the need for FireWire on his company's 13-inch MacBooks.
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Jobs responds to outrage over MacBook's missing FireWire
primatelabs.ca - 10/17/2008
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primatelabs.ca —
Benchmarks: Primate Labs takes a look at the
new MacBooks and MacBook Pros to determine if the
faster RAM and the new NVIDIA chipset helps (or hinders) processor performance.
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MacBook and MacBook Pro Performance
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MacBook and MacBook Pro Unpacking, Disassembly and First Impressions
MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors —
... a series of unboxing shots, and both Engadget and Macworld posted their first impressions. We've also gathered a few other notes of interest: - MacBook is half a pound lighter than previous. - MacBook Pro is two-tenths of a pound heavier than previous. - Trackpad is surprisingly usable: "The click feels similar to the traditional button -- though slightly more resistive -- and you're able to do right-clicking by either a two-finger gesture or assigning one of the bottom corners." ( ...
iPhone headphone mic works with new laptops
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... and Macworld's Jason Snell reported in his two-hour rundown of the MacBook Pro and MacBook updates, there's a stealth feature with these machines that is sure to please iPhone owners: the ...
Beware the dangerous icon
O'Reilly Media: Mac and iPhone —
Jason Snell, over at Macworld , tells us that Apple has redesigned the icon of the Energy Saver preferences pane into one of these newer, more energy-efficient fluorescent light bulbs that are progressively entering our homes. As I do not own one of these new MacBooks, I cannot check this assertion for myself, but I will trust him, and I invite you all to have a peek at the new design, which is quite a feat of illustration [1]. I find it touching that Apple still keeps time around for these in-jokes, despite being so overworked on many fronts including, I would assume, ...
There Was iPhone News! New Macbook’s “Just Work” With iPhone Headsets!
Top iPhone News —
Ha! No iPhone news indeed! We knew Steve Jobs wouldn’t abandon us completely, not his baby, not his “third-leg” love child! Jason Snell, putting the new MacBooks under the microscope for Macworld, discovers (via Daring Fireball):
Yes, it’s true — these new MacBooks work with your iPhone headphones. If you click the button on your iPhone headphones, iTunes pauses. Click again, and the music resumes. A double-click advances one track, and a triple-click moves back a track—just like on the iPhone. What’s ...
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