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The newest in Apple's family of portable Macintoshes
Move over Bud. College life isn't just about drinking beer. In a rare instance, Apple Computer Inc.'s iconic iPod music player surpassed beer drinking as the most "in" thing among undergraduate college students, according to the latest biannual market research study by Ridgewood, N.J.-based Student Monitor. AP Online
Jon at rentzsch.com was having trouble getting Tiger installed on his MacBook Pro. Specifically, the DVD wouldn't mount in his MBP... commenting: "It's fairly warm and humid today, so on a hunch I stuck the MBP and the DVDs into the fridge for 45 minutes and tried again. Success!" Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch
... Test is a troubleshooting utility for Mac OS X. Apple Hardware Test contains a suite of diagnostics that will test the hardware of your MacBook along with * Big Bang Board Games; Checkers, Chess, Reversi, Mancala, Backgammon, 4-in-a-Row and Tic-Tac-Toe * Comic Life photo comic application for Mac OS X. The program has 16 filters along with both "professional" and "fun" templates for creating comics. It supports .Mac, html, QuickTime and JPEG exports. * OmniOutliner outlining program for collecting, creating and organizing information. * X Lab's Apple Hardware Test diagnostics that will test the hardware of your MacBook Spymac - New York,NY,USA
MacFixIt updated their MacBook Pro special report, revising several already published areas of content and adding the following sections: Shift key not recognized * Repeated system freezes or sudden restarts * Not sleeping properly, still "on" with lid closed * LEAP Networks; cannot connect to * Kernel panics caused by AirPort drivers; Not sleeping properly, still "on" with lid closed * Display slightly bent, not latching properly -- solutions * Cooling solutions * Clock speed of ATI X1600 card -- some units apparently underclocked * Apple addressing issues with new revisions? MacFixIt (subscription) - Portland,OR,USA
TIME Magazine has taken its first look at Apple's 13-inch MacBook, touching on the notebook's price, non-Universal Mac software, and Boot Camp. ... "The first thing that startled me about the MacBooks were not their glossy white or matte black finishes, nor the fact that they had Intel dual-core processors rather than lower-powered single-core ones. " TIME Magazine
According to a report by Christopher Price on Sprint PCS Info, AppleCare has a silent recall on certain MacBook Pro batteries. MacBook Pro batteries failing
Apple's switch of its mainstream products to Intel chips was completed in May with the release of the MacBook. It doesn't look that different to from the old Power Book, but the new Intel Core Duo chips really set this laptop apart MacDailyNews - USA
We previously reported on repeated kernel panics from MacBook Pros, apparently caused by a problematic driver for the units' AirPort hardware. The kernel panics only occur when AirPort is turned on and the network is active. Users report that kernel panics disappear when an Ethernet cable or other network connection method is used. MacFixIt (subscription) - Portland,OR,USA
New 1GB and 2GB memory upgrade kits for Apple Computer's new MacBook and MacBook Pro models are now available worldwide from Other World Computing (OWC) starting at just $99 with a Lifetime Advance Replacement Warranty. Computer Graphics World - USA
After getting his MacBook Pro set up to boot into Vista, Verbeek has put up detailed step-by-step instructions along with some nice screenshots ... For everyone who has been salivating over getting your Vista game on, you may now engage! Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
Apple has warned MacBook owners to check for stray pieces of plastic left behind during manufacturing if their new Macs run too hot. ... NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA
... The MacBook has most of what its pricier sibling the MacBook Pro offers: a built-in iSight camera, the Apple Remote so that you can access music and videos ... TIME - USA
The next version (of Windows), Vista, might be a success, but with a MacBook you can hedge your bet. "The MacBook has most of what its pricier sibling the MacBook Pro offers," Macworld UK - UK
Now that laptop case manufacturers have had a few weeks to react to the new MacBook, they've started to release an array of sleeves that fit perfectly tuaw.com - Santa Monica,CA,USA
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