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The Apple Core: How-to: Take your MacBook Pro’s temperature

If you’ve used an Apple notebook for any extended length of time you probably have an opinion on its operating temperature. But how do you quantify the temperature of an Apple’s notebook? Let’s take a look at different ways to measure the temperature in the MacBook Pro.

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Ship Dates Changed on Some MBPs

I have a pending order for a new 15″ 2.33 Ghz Macbook Pro, which was placed within 24 hours of the announcement last week (webstore blocked me out until about 7AM Tuesday). It was CTO, the options selected were glossy screen and a USB modem. It was listed as “ship on or before Nov. 3” until, of course, Nov. 3rd, at which point I received an e-mail indicating an “unanticipated delay” and a new ship date of “on or before Nov. 29.”

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The Apple Core: How-to: MacBook Pro hard drive transplant

I recently purchased a new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro and wanted to share some of the intricacies of swapping out the hard drive.

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The Apple Core: Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro runs 40 degrees (F) cooler

I received my brand new MacBook Pro 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to learn that it runs 25 percent cooler than my previous MacBook Pro.

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The Apple Core: Inside Apple’s 802.11n adapter

MacBook Pro 802.11n adapterIt may be Apple’s worst-kept secret, but it’s a secret nonetheless: the company is including wireless cards in the new MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo that support the draft 802.11n wireless protocol.