QuickerTek announced a new Airport transciever for the MBP today: QuickerTek on Monday introduced a new 27dBm transceiver that boosts the MacBook Pro’s wireless range by up to 100%. The US$200 product is compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g networks and features 500 milliwatts of RF power. New Transceiver Boosts MacBook Pro’s Wireless Performance || The […]
There’s a theory making the rounds that the MacBook Pro’s high temperatures are attributed to a misapplication of “thermal grease” that’s applied to the CPU and GPU chips during the manufacturing process. A post by Interrupting Moss on the Something Awful forums mentions that “it just takes a slight misapplication of thermal grease on a […]
17″ PowerBook could have been better
Found tonite on Slashdot: Public belief: The 15″ and 17″ are the very same thickness and therefore there is no technical reason for the 15″ not to also have the dual-layer drive. Reality: There is a technical reason. The 17″ is both wider and deeper than the 15″. There are things in the 15″ that […]
I can deal with the fact that the 17-inch MacBook Pro has some features that the 15-inch model doesn’t have (FW800, 8x DL burner) but I am baffled by Apple’s pricing model for the MBP nicknamed “riot shield.” Let’s compare Apples and Apples for a second (pardon the pun.) If you price out equivalent MacBook […]