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Apple MacBook 2009 Review

Introduction

All hail the unibody. After the well-received launch of its new MacBook Pros last year, which substituted many interlocking pieces for a single, one-piece chassis, Apple has carried over the unibody approach to the cheaper, $999 MacBook. The aluminum gives way to boring white plastic, but specs and design remain remarkably similar. Is it worth the $200 price drop to go for the plastic? We find out.

Build and Design

Those familiar with the 13.3-inch MacBook Pro will immediately feel at home on the MacBook version, which sports a similar rounded-edge profile, LED-backlit screen, and even the skating-rink-sized glass trackpad. The main difference, as most people will immediately spot, is the choice of materials. This baby’s all plastic.  Read more...

Apple’s New 2009 MacBook, iMacs, Mac Mini and More

On the eve of Windows 7’s launch, Apple not only announced its most profitable quarter ever – the company chose to steal Microsoft’s thunder with several new product announcements. Enter a new MacBook with an LED-backlit display, longer 7-hour battery and glass multi-touch trackpad in addition to newer, faster iMacs starting at $1199 that use Intel Core 2 Duo and Core i5 and i7 quad-core processors and feature  21.5- and 27-inch LED-backlit widescreen displays. Also revealed were revamped versions of the Mac mini with more speed, storage and double the memory, as well as the Magic Mouse, which employs novel multi-touch technology. Here’s a look at these new additions to the firm’s celebrated product line.

Apple Updates iMacs, Gives MacBooks a Seven-Hour Battery

Apple iMac Family October 2009

Fresh off wowing Wall Street with its its fourth quarter financial results, Apple is rolling out updates to its consumer-oriented desktop and notebook lines just in time for the holiday buying season…plus introduced a new multi-touch “Magic Mouse” that handles multi-finger gestures for things like scrolling and panning—without the need for gizmos like scroll wheels.  Read more...

MacBook Pros Regain Matte Displays…At A Price

MacBook Pros Regain Matte Displays...At A Price

Glossy notebook screens seem to be popular amongst digital media consumers—perhaps they believe being able to see whether they have any spinach stuck in their teeth while using their system is a useful feature, we truly don’t know. However, a number of mobile computer users who work in bright environments—as well as designers, writers, and programmers—aren’t fond of glossy displays, and Apple annoyed almost all of them when it converted its entire MacBook Pro line over to glossy displays, beginning almost a year ago. A matte display has been an option on the high-end 17-inch MacBook Pro for a while, but now Apple is throwing a bone to its customers who prefer matte displays: for $50 extra, users can custom-order a matte display for the 15-inch MacBook Pro.

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Best Home and Photo Printers

Shopping for a new printer? Here, we explore a dozen of today’s best bets for the home-based user, taking into account key considerations such as price (you’ll find nothing here over $300), reliability, manufacturer track record, user opinion, editorial preference and more. But don’t let this roundup be your only guide – also be sure to check the Digital Trends reviews department (and the Internet in general, for that matter) for full-blown case studies to get a good feel for what’s really going on with your favorite models before you buy.

Standalone Laser Printers

HL-2170WHL-2170W
Brother
Estimated street price: $100  Read more...

Apple Revs Up Low-End MacBook

Apple Revs Up Low-End MacBook

When Apple announced its new “unibody” MacBooks back in October 2008, it left one hanger-on from its old MacBook line at the low end of its price spectrum: a white, 2.1 GHz MacBook with an old-style plastic case for $999. Now, without any fanfare at all, Apple has updated the innards of the white low-end MacBook to mostly match the speedier components of its unibody brethren…while still keeping the $999 price tag.

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Apple Releases Notebook Fixes

Apple has quietly issued a firmware fix for glitches that are in the notebooks it released in October, the MacBook Pro, MacBook, and MacBook Air. In typically tight-lipped fashion, the company will only say the fix will "improve the stability" of the computers, which have reported problems, CNET reports.

Apple has also released updates for the System Management Controler chip in Mac notebooks that the company says "improve the sensing and accuracy of the MagSafe Power Adapter indicator light, and the battery-charge indicator lights" on new MacBooks and MacBook Pros. For the MacBook air the update addresses MagSafe problems.

$800 Apple Laptop Coming?

$800 Apple Laptop Coming?

There are always rumors going around about upcoming Apple products, based on little more than hope and whispers. But this time Apple is fueling the fire itself.

The company has issued an invitation to journalists for an event on October 14. There’s’ very little detail besides a picture of a laptop lid and the phrase “The spotlight turns to notebooks.”

That has started tongues wagging, and the current beliefs are that Apple will introduce a MacBook with an aluminum skin, according to MacNewsWorld. But much of the current thinking is that the company will lower its MacBook price – Apple has already said it will become more competitive on price – and the low-end MacBook might be $800, which is $300 cheaper than current prices.

MacBook Airs Go Solar with the Apple Juicz

MacBook Airs Go Solar with the Apple Juicz

Even if you love the idea of Apple’s MacBook Air super-thin notebook computers, you’ve probably noticed their built-in batteries aren’t removable or swappable, which makes it nigh impossible to swap in another battery when you’re on the road, out in the wild, or just need a little more juice.

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MacBook Air Hacked in 120 Seconds Flat

MacBook Air Hacked in 120 Seconds Flat

The man who first hacked the iPhone has done it again on Apple’s latest golden child, the MacBook Air. The hot new notebook was the first to fall in a hacking contest held at the CanSecWest security conference, netting Charlie Miller his $10,000 prize in just two minutes.

The PWN2OWN contest featured a Sony Vaio running Ubuntu 7.10, a Fujitsu U810 running Windows Vista Ultimate SP1, and a MacBook Air Running OSX 10.5.2. The challenge for competitors: hack into one and win the computer, plus $10,000.

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