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The Apple Core: PowerBook Battery Shenanigans

The Apple developer note for the new PowerBook announced on 19 October 2005 (1440 by 960 pixels) appears to contain conflicting information about its battery capacity: on page 11 it says: “the computer has a 6-cell battery pack that uses lithium ion cells and provides 50 watt-hours at 12.8 V (nominal) for up to 6 […]

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The Apple Core: Intel PowerBooks Ahead of Schedule

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple’s Intel PowerBooks and iBooks are ahead of schedule and could arrive as soon as April or May 2006. Originally slated for June of 2006, AI reports that iBooks are expected a little earlier than that to meet the educational buying window for the 2006/2007 academic year. Read the rest of […]

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The Apple Core: Advantage – Macintosh

There are plenty of reasons to use a Mac; great software and hardware, the iPod, but perhaps the best reason is security. It’s pretty well known that the Macintosh is a great platform because of the lack of viruses, trojans and malware that targets it. It’s one rare case where less market share is actually […]

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The Apple Core: The iPod's missing feature: gapless playback

Gapless playback is simply the ability to playback several tracks with no pause between them. It’s very useful when listening to certain types of music especially classical, classic rock, jam bands and electronic music. Any album where each track naturally blends into the next is simply ruined by the gap inserted by iTunes and the […]

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The Apple Core: iPod your car, the right way

There are several ways to connect your iPod to your car’s stereo ranging from simple and poor sounding to complex and high fidelity. Sometimes you don’t have much of a choice because your car stereo limits your options, but there’s an option for every configuration and budget. The easiest method to blast your iPod through […]