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New i5 and i7 MacBooks
Last November I told you to wait for the next update before buying a Macbook Pro, since the new ones were definitely coming out any day now. Since then, after half a year of messing around with giant iPhones, Apple finally shipped an open mobile device that I'm actually interested in buying. The MacBook Pro line has finally been updated after 11 ( Read more... ) -
The Black Friday Guide to MacBook Pros
ikkyu2 asked me to weigh in on his purchase of a fancy new MacBook Pro and I figured now's a good time to talk about where the hardware is right now. Short summary: not a lot has changed, you can still get the same stuff as cheap last-gen refurbs, there's an imminent hardware update, and when the update comes it'll be relatively significant ( Read more... ) -
My New MacBook
Apple's most recent 15" MacBook Pro is not too much different than the old one. Same chipset, same CPUs, same graphics card, same ports, same generous 8GB/ $700 memory limit. The two are similar enough that even after the new model was announced, Apple wasn't offering a discount on the last models: the 2.66Ghz is $2000 either way. I decided to buy ( Read more... ) -
The Apple Tax: Cost Over Product Cycle
The following is my theory about where the "Apple Tax" myth comes from and why it's not exactly a myth, despite my OCD-heavy comparisons:
Apple knows about the paradox of choice. To sell more computers they keep things simple. They've got two laptops: the cheap one and the really nice one. The laptops are sold at simple price points: $1000 to $ ( Read more... ) -
Speck SeeThru Case
After seeing one on cactusthesaint's MacBook Pro I bought a Speck SeeThru Case for my own ( Read more... ) -
Montevina and HD Video
Yet another reason to wait for the Montevina chipset before buying your new MacBook: native HD support. A regular Intel CPU can decompress and play h.264 in Quicktime or VLC, but since h.264 is doing a lot of things under the hood this ends up being it's very processor-intensive which means it'll run hot and eat a lot of battery power. The new ( Read more... ) -
Apple Tax: MacBook
lockalsh pointed me to this article which compares the price of the latest MacBook to the equivalent Dell XPS M1330.
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New Mac
Back in November I said that Apple would be releasing Penryn MacBooks at MacWorld. Turns out I was about two months late, possibly because Apple delayed because of the Migetbook. New stuff came out today pretty much as I anticipated but without the rumored case redesign. The new MacBooks have the multitouch trackpad from the Air, and that's ( Read more... ) -
The "Apple Tax" in Ireland
waider has recently complained that a significant Apple Tax exists in Ireland when comparing Apple to Dell. He said that Apple sells their MacBook Pro for €2,399.00 while a Dell Precision M4300 costs only €1279.00 - an 87% increase. I was a little dubious of these numbers, so I configured an M4300 at the Dell Online Store and came up with ( Read more... )