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3D Game Shootout: MacBook Pro ‘Santa Rosa’ versus Others

We’re very excited about the new MacBook Pro with the “Santa Rosa” chipset (faster 800MHz frontside bus), faster GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor, greater main memory capacity (4GB), and bigger 7200rpm hard drive option (160GB). We’ll be posting a series of test results during the next few days. We’re starting with a page comparing the […]

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PowerPage Podcast Episode 46

Episode 46 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available. You can either download it from the iTunes Store or directly (54’37, 21.88MB, AAC). Your panel: Jason O’Grady, Rob Parker, Youngmoo Kim and special guest Ben Rudolph from Paralles. Topics include: the release of new Santa Rosa, LED-backlit MacBook Pros and the release of Windows virtualization […]

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Poll: Will You Buy an iPhone on its Launch Day?

With June 29th only a handful of weeks away, we here at PowerPage would like to know where you’ll be when the iPhone goes on sale. Will you buy an iPhone on its June 29th launch day? Definitely. No. I’m going to wait a few weeks/months. I’m camping out. The Apple Store will have a […]

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Apple Releases Boot Camp 1.3 Beta

Late Thursday, Apple released version 1.3 of its Boot Camp beta. Introduced in 2006, Boot Camp has become extremely popular thanks to its ability to run the Windows XP and Vista operating systems on a separate partition of Intel-based Macs at native hardware speeds. The new version, a 274 megabyte download, adds the following fixes […]

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NewerTech Introduces Intelligent Battery Charging Station

On Thursday, NewerTech announced that it had released its Intelligent Battery Charging Station, a charger specificall y designed to charge and condition Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro laptop batteries. The charger contains two battery bays which, according to The Mac Observer, can be used to either charge two batteries in succession or charge a single […]