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Axiotron Modbook Mac-based Tablet finally shipping

by Chris Davies on January 1, 2008

Those people who couldn't wait for Apple to release an official Mac Tablet, and who instead pre-ordered Axiotron's Modbook alternative, will be getting a New Year treat as the company announces the pen-based OS X portable is finally shipping.  We first wrote about the Modbook - basically an Apple MacBook Pro rebuilt with a Wacom touchscreen digitizer to make a tablet - almost a year ago today, but the $2,290 device suffered ... continued »

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Upcoming MacBook ultraportable to have Solid-State Drive?

by Chris Davies on November 12, 2007

As far as I'm aware, our boy Vincent has never been described as psychic but with his trials of a 64GB Samsung SSD NAND drive in a MacBook Pro over at SlashGear it could be that he's pre-empted Apple's latest laptop move.  AppleInsider quote analyst Gene Munster who has highlighted the solid-state drive as a likely candidate for inclusion in a new addition to the MacBook range, possibly in the ... continued »

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Automatic file transfers from iPhone to Mac

by Chris Davies on November 2, 2007

Like vanilla-flavored cheese I'm just plain stupid when it comes to programming, which is why I'm so impressed by TUAW's Erica Sadun.  She's come up with a really useful application designed to make file swapping and archiving simple; it sits on your Mac desktop and then grabs a copy of image files you send from your iPhone.   continued »

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Apple patent shape-shifting MultiTouch keyboard

by Chris Davies on October 31, 2007

Attempts to change the venerable keyboard are usually met with failure - despite promising claims of productivity benefits, there's often too great a pay-off for users used to the traditional QWERTY 'board - but if anyone can encourage us to upgrade, perhaps it's Apple.  Their latest patent describes a MultiTouch surface particularly suitable for a MacBook (or a Mac Tablet, maybe?) which, thanks to a lifting framework of key-edges that presses ... continued »

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Some MacBooks experiencing HDD failure 20x more than rivals

by Chris Davies on October 30, 2007

If there's a phrase that'll put the fear of God into any mobile user, it's "critical manufacturing flaw", but that's just what data recovery firm Retrodata has accused Apple of experiencing in some of their machines, particularly MacBook and MacBook Pro models, but also potentially Mac mini deskop units.  Retrodata chief Duncan Clarke has gone public with his concerns that the 2.5-inch Seagate hard-drives manufactured in China and using firmware version 7.01 ... continued »

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Rumor: MacBook getting a processor upgrade by years end?

by James Allan Brady on October 10, 2007

Thinking about getting a MacBook? I’d recommend waiting if any part of this is true. Apparently Apple is looking to update the MacBook lineup along side the release of Leopard. They aren’t sure if the update will bring Santa Rosa to the MacBook line or if it will just be some slightly faster speeds. continued »

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Apple Mac OS X Leopard coming in October

by James Allan Brady on October 4, 2007

The time is finally upon us, there is a new Apple.com page that states quite clearly that OSX Leopard is coming this month. No word on when though. If tradition is any hint Apple has tended to do some sort of PC hardware update in the fall, this time it should also yield a new version of the OS too. Who knows, it’s a big enough announcement that it might be ... continued »

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