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MacBook Pro

MBP: Airport Causing Kernel Panics

I just want to know if you heard about the repeat kernel panics problem when using the Airport connexion on some MacBook Pro? By looking at this thread on Apple support site, it seems this isn’t an isolate case. A lot of people have the same issue but no word from Apple… All the details […]

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MacBook Pro

My New MacBook Pro Battery

I reported last week that my MacBook Pro battery was suffering from the 33 percent battery bug. That’s where the MacBook Pro completely shuts down (without warning) when the battery gets down to less than 33 percent capacity. I received my replacement battery from Apple last night and it’s from a completely new serial number […]

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Software

Flip4Mac WMV v2.1 Goes Universal

Flip4Mac WMV v2.1 allows you to play Windows Media content in Apple’s QuickTime player so that you can finally uninstall Windows Media Player forever. The new v2.1 version is now Universal Binary. Flip4Mac WMV is a collection of QuickTime components that allow you to play, import and export Windows Media files. Flip4Mac WMV can be […]

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retail

Buy a MacBook, get a Free iPod nano

Apple has launched a new back-to-school promotion: purchasers of a new Mac (MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, or Power Mac G5) before 16 September 2006 will receive a free iPod nano by mail-in rebate: Mac – it’s the perfect college companion. It runs Microsoft Office, so you can get your work done. It lets you video […]

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: Apple comes clean on MacBook vent cover up

Two weeks ago I reported on an issue where some MacBooks were coming from the factory with a piece of clear plastic film covering the rear exit vent – which made the machine run (understandably) hot. Some would peg this “problem” squarely on the end user for not noticing it in the first place, but […]