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MacBook Pro

87 Watt vs 60 Watt MagSafe Adapter

As you know there is no AC adapter for the MacBook Pro that can be used on airplanes (because of the 75 watt limit) and there are no AC adapters for 12 volt use (i.e. in automobiles). The 60 watt MacBook AC adapter will charge both the MacBook Pro 15 and 17-inch but at a […]

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MacBook

White MacBook Incrementally Faster Than Black

A test of the 2GHz white MacBook showed it offered a slight performance advantage in comparison with the black models. This confused the testers, as both Macs are, to all intents and purposes, equally configured. “Testing the white 2GHz MacBook and comparing the results to the published scores of the black model, we saw small […]

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Hack

Karma-improved SmackBook

Some people thought that the original SmackBook was too violent so a YouTube user uploaded a video of the Karma-improved SmackBook which appears to take advantage of the MacBook’s ambient light sensor (ALS).

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music

Digital v Analogue #8: A Browsing Compromise

storing/searching/finding digital tunes

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Benchmark

How Well do MacBooks run Quake 4?

BareFeats has posted a shootout between various Macs running Quake 4 Including three MacBooks: PowerBook G4/1.5 15″ (with Daystar 2.0GHz upgrade) PowerBook G4/1.67 17″ MacBook 13″ (2GHz) MacBook Pro 15″ (2GHz) MacBook Pro 17″ (2.16GHz) We’re still excited about seeing multi-processor support on a state-of-the-art game like Quake 4. It reminds us of “yesteryear” when […]