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NEW Book – Steve Jobs – by Walter Isaacson

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iPad 2 Arrives in 25 More Countries This Friday

Available in Hong Kong, Korea & Singapore in April CUPERTINO, California—March 22, 2011—Apple® today announced that iPad® 2, the second-generation of its third post-PC device, will go on sale in 25 additional countries this Friday, March 25. iPad 2 will be available at Apple retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers at 5 p.m. local [...]

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MacBook Pro can now be upgraded to 1-Terabyte

Just like everyone else I have been waiting for something new to report about Apple Computers (other than the iPad). In other words I am waiting for newer, faster processors in the MacBook Pro line of laptops (all the other Apple products are probably of great interest to someone, but they don’t mean much to [...]

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Apple iPad – a big success in a touchy-feely kind of way

I have been spending a good part of the day reading various reports and opinions on the new Apple iPad and although I won’t be buying into the iPad system immediately, I am beginning to understand why it is a very important step in the evolution of personal computer devices.

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If the 27-inch iMac was a girl, I would take her home to meet my mother.

Apple iMac MB952LL/A 27-Inch Desktop The new 27-inch iMac is a beauty to behold and on the high end has enough power under the hood to keep me interested for a long time. Forget the big Mac Pro box and the sleek 30-inch Cinema display I fell in love with before, I’m now in love [...]

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Why won’t Apple give us a 12-inch MacBook Pro?

For the last three years now, Apple power users (who have to travel a lot) have been asking for a MacBook Pro version of the 12-inch PowerBook G4. Now that Apple has decided to discontinue future support of the older (pre-Intel) processors for their systems and software, it is again time to ask the question. [...]

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The Incredible Shrinking Apple Macintosh Portable

It was 20 years ago today ……. when Macintosh Portables first came out to play. Actually it is still a few days from now, but on the 20th of September 1989, Apple introduced the first portable, battery powered Macintosh computer. In April of 1986, the Apple board decided to create a battery-powered BookMac. After Jobs [...]

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‘It’s Only Steve Showing that He’s Still Alive’ iTunes 9 Event

I had to download iTunes 9 and look it over, before I could write this review of the latest Apple Event. The iTunes improvements are OK, but I don’t know what special ingredient they are putting into the Starbucks in Cupertino these days, this is not Rock and Roll, and I don’t like it.

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Mac OS X Snow Leopard Shipping Today

Apple to Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard on August 28 Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard CUPERTINO, California—August 24, 2009—Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X v10.6 Snow Leopard™ will go on sale Friday, August 28 at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders. [...]

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A gallery of a few real and some not so real, Apple Tablet computers

The very real Axiotron Modbook, which is based on a (white plastic) Macbook and sells for (starting under) US$2,000. You can even supply your own (white or black) Macbook and have a custom conversion made. Mostly used by graphic artists, this tablet computer is a clever hybrid of Apple MacBook and Wacom graphic tablets parts [...]

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