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MacBook Pro C2D’s Hidden iSight Indicator

Those owners of the previous MacBook Pro should notice a tiny dot is missing from the new MacBook Pro. Yes, with the previous MacBook Pro, there was a dot right next to the iSight built-in camera.The dot turned into green light when you turn ON your iSight, to tell the camera has been activated. With […]

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: Inside the MacBook Pro’s 3GB RAM limitation

One of the big new features in the Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro is the new 3GB RAM maximum that it supports. But 3GB is a funny number for a machine with 2 RAM slots. Why not max that puppy out with two 2GB sticks – for a total of 4GB? MacFixIt has learned that it’s not a physical space limitation and that both of the new MBP’s RAM slots are large enough to accommodate the bigger 2GB modules.

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Nitrozac and Snaggy’s Mac O’Lanterns

A group shot of J.O.T.’s Mac O’Lanterns (yes, that’s Ellen Feiss 🙂 What would Halloween be without Jack O’Lanterns… with a Joy of Tech twist! We decided to do some pumpkin carving this year, so after Nitrozac did some research on the web, we applied that knowledge to some suitable pumpkin specimens! Click through for […]

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User Group

PPUG Meets in Philadelphia Tomorrow

The Philadelphia PowerBook Users Group (PPUG) will hold its 2006 Autumn meeting on Saturday, October 28th.

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Buyer Gets Soap Instead of iPod

Remember the stories about girls and boys who received raw meat wrapped up in iPod packaging? Well this story is a little “cleaner.” The lesson here: you better be good all year or you may get more than coal in your stocking. We’ve all heard of iPod’s vaunted “clean design,” but this is ridiculous. Reader […]