That’s right folks you heard me right! That external battery pack will do the job for you. If you’re traveling for up to 32 hours and there’s no electricity around, this baby will keep you MacBook running. Although I can hardly imagine such harsh conditions, I would still appreciate such a power solution for any other laptop. Sanho’s Hypermac will provide all that power for the right price. The 222Wh unit will cost you $500 which isn’t that cheap. There’s also a 60Wh model which goes for $200 or you could consider the $150 car charger. Whatever you choose, it will be shipping later this month, so start making plans for that 32-hour journey!
Despite having a great financial quarter and despite answering to Microsoft commercial campaign which shows everyone how a regular PC is just as good and way cheaper than a MacBook, Apple seems ready to do all that’s necessary in order to keep the customers interested in Apple laptops and desktops. Therefore the Cupertino-based company is willing to offer cheaper MacBooks and iMac lines in the near future while in the shadows the company will be working on a new tablet line meant to compete against those netbooks out there.
Apple still says no to an Apple netbook but all the signs point to a different directions. Rumors say that Apple and Verizon will be releasing an iPad this year while Quanta is delivering 10-inch displays to Apple. If it’s not an Apple netbook, what else could it be?
We’re waiting for the WWDC 2009 since that’s where we’re going to see the new iPhone. But besides the new handset it’s rumored that another important Apple product is going to get an update. We don’t know what to expect since Apple has released the new MacBooks just a few months ago and it would be to early to release any important updates. We’re probably going to see built-in 3G, larger hard drives and faster processors. However new OLED screens would be quite welcome and they would represent quite an important update. What would you like Apple to install in your future MacBook?
There are no facts regarding Apple’s future netbook so we have plenty of room for more speculation. This time we have a great concept design called the Mac Folder. It’s slim, it’s original and it has support for multitouch like the iPhone or the iPod touch. That’s probably what most of us are waiting from an Apple netbook. The device in the picture is just a concept for now, but who knows really what the future will bring?
Do we really need biometric security for our gadgets? Apple seems to have an idea of how to implement it to its iPhone and MacBook. According to the concept patent here the biometric tool will be hidden within the touchscreen of the iPhone or the trackpad of the laptop. The sensor will detect fingerprints, vein patterns or the shape of the year. Therefore the process is totally invisible and it also should be totally secure. Other features might include face recognition and even DNA recognition.
It’s just another rumor here but since we appreciate the design we can go along with it for a while. The device in the picture is a MacBook Nano which could very well be the name of Apple’s first netbook. Since rumors already point to an Apple netbook coming this year, why shouldn’t it look like that? So is that an OLED touchscreen coming from LG? How much would you pay for it?
In perhaps what is the only polycarbonate model remaining among the various Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops in the market today, the the $999 white MacBook 2GHz is perhaps entirely better than the other all-around system out int he market today.
The new 2GHz model is identical to its predecessor externally, with the same number of peripheral connections (a pair of USB 2.0 ports and a single FireWire 400 port) and the same mini-DVI port as before. Similarly it retains the same glossy, 1280-by-800-pixel display and the same 120GB Serial ATA hard drive. Like the previous version, it weighs in at 5 pounds.
Under the hood, however, the new model provides a few significant improvements. Most notable is the nVidia GeForce 9400M graphics subsystem, a major upgrade over the Intel GMA X3100 used previously. Like the X3100, the 9400M is an integrated graphics chip that shares its memory with main memory; but the 9400M uses 256MB of memory, versus the X3100’s 144MB.
The second big change is a doubling of system RAM: The entry-level MacBook now ships with 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 RAM. The latest white MacBook has a much faster front-side bus, too, at 1066MHz instead of the old 800MHz. Bucking the general trend, though, the new processor runs at 2GHz, whereas the previous version’s processor came in at 2.1GHz.
Though its slightly slower processor didn’t help its performance, this new white MacBook is a solid entry-level product. And if you need a Mac portable with FireWire, it’s your most affordable choice, since the cheapest MacBook Pro costs twice as much.
A video has recently hit the internet detailing new features in Apple’s upcoming Snow Leopard operating system.
Featured in the video is the new ’stacks’ system being added to Snow Leopard. As you can see, you can now browse through folders all in the ’stacks’ pop-up menu, previously when you clicked on a folder within a stack you would be taken to a Finder window.
It’s not a big step but it’s just a little thing to make your life that much easier, and that’s what makes Apple great.
