Apple doesn’t mention Blu-Ray support with the new MacBook Pro and I was surprised when a new MacBook Pro owner wrote that Toast 8 showed the OEM Matshita UJ-857E drive as having Blu-Ray read and write support. The UJ-857 (no E) was used in some previous MacBook Pros/MacBooks and was often maligned for things like […]
As we’ve said before, we are very excited about the new MacBook Pro with the “Santa Rosa” chipset (faster 800MHz frontside bus), faster graphics processor (GeForce 8600M GT), greater main memory capacity (4GB), and greater capacity 7200rpm hard drive option (160GB). In this test session, we focused on applications that push the dual CPU cores. […]
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 […]
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 […]