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MacBook Pro 13-inch is the ideal computer for the traveling photographer.

This is my new 13-inch MacBook Pro and a 10.6-inch Samsung N220 Netbook next to it, both set-up for digital workflow use, while traveling to remote locations. As you can see in the picture above, both computers are capable of running Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (Version 3). The MacBook Pro is the newest mid-2010 version so [...]

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New MacBook Air now available in the most popular netbook sizes.

When I heard our fearless leader saying that Apple had just come up with a new category of computer by combining the iPad with the MacBook, and then when he started bashing netbook computers, all I could think of was how Al Gore once claimed that he had invented the internet and now Apple is [...]

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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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New Apple MacBook Redesign Rumors are building slowly but steadily.

Usually there are some leaked photos, highly realistic renderings and detailed (even if imaginary) specifications, but not this time. The rumors are actually so sparse, that at times I wonder if I am reading and reporting on a modified version of a rumor that I started myself. The only thing that seems to be for [...]

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Revised MacBook with lower price on the way?

Analysts say that we might have a new MacBook with a slightly revised design (I take that to mean fewer features) and lower prices, available as soon as two weeks from today. This surprising piece of news, comes from Barron’s Blog (Silicon Valley Bureau), so it does carry some weight. To quote Eric Savitz, “Research [...]

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Now even Nokia has a Netbook, how much longer can Apple stall?

Nokia Booklet 3G brings all day mobility to the PC world August 24, 2009 – Espoo, Finland – After more than 25 years as a pioneer and leader in the mobile industry, Nokia will bring its rich mobility heritage and knowledge to the PC world with the new, Windows based, Nokia Booklet 3G. Powered by [...]

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Apple iPods and Photography

When will the Apple iPod become a viable storage device for digital photography? I actually wrote most of this story a while back, but it seems to be very relevant to what is going on right now with the imminent release of some sort of Apple tablet computer. If the tablet ends up being a [...]

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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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Apple caving in to low netbook prices?

Some of you may have already read that Apple is so worried about the new consumer craze for netbooks, that they are going to lower the prices on their MacBook line of portables within a few weeks or maybe even days (I mean it is Spring isn’t it?). Apple shareholders are of course concerned because [...]

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To MacBook or to NetBook, that is the question.

For quite some time now I have been waiting for Apple to revive the 12-inch Macintosh laptop, to use as a portable image storage device and on the road computer for website maintenance, photographic image workflow and for keeping up with my personal and business e-mail. Apple MacBook MB466LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core [...]

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