Browse tag: macbookpro

Browse tag: macbookpro

Twelve South announces BassJump laptop subwoofer
Twelve South has announced the BassJump, a USB-powered subwoofer that aims to enhance the audio pumped out by your MacBook's own speakers.
Macworld's complete Mac buying guide
In this buying guide, we'll cover all the Macintosh models available, tell you how they've changed over the previous model, and how well they did in our benchmark tests.
Macessity NX Stand gives MacBooks a lift
The NX Stand from Macessity props up a closed laptop in a cushioned slot.
Speedmark 6: Macworld Lab's new benchmark suite
The Macworld Lab has been hard at work tweaking Speedmark, our overall system performance testing tool, to better accommodate Snow Leopard and to test the Macs on which it runs.
Jitouch adds new gestures to Multi-Touch trackpads
Jitouch is a simple program that adds eight new sets of gestures to the Multi-Touch trackpads on recent Apple portables.
Upgrading a MacBook Pro's hard drive
Laptop in one hand, replacement raw drive in the other. No, you needn't reinstall everything when you install the new hard drive.
Apple: Boot Camp will be late to the Windows 7 party
Rushing to get home from work to install Windows 7 in Boot Camp today? Not so fast, says Apple, and not at all if you own a handful of specific first-generation Intel Macs.
New iMacs and more
In this week’s special-edition episode we look at the “two” in the week’s one-two punch—Monday’s spectacular quarterly earnings and today’s raft of new Apple hardware.
Performance Update fixes a hard drive stalling issue
Performance Update 1.0, released Wednesday, fixes a problem with hard drives stalling in 2009 and late 2008 Macs.
Automatically mute sound before meetings
Use a couple of very simple AppleScripts and iCal to mute your laptop before (and unmute it after) you head to meetings, lectures, or other scheduled events.
Google leak points to imminent iMac, MacBook refresh
Google posted ads on its search results over the weekend that hinted Apple will soon refresh its iMac, Mac mini and MacBook lines.
Report: U.S. Mac households rise to 12 percent
A new study from The NPD Group finds that almost 12 percent of U.S. computer-owning households now own an Apple computer. That number climbed three points from nine percent in 2008.
Apple lays out carbon footprint data
Apple on Friday published an extensive breakdown of its greenhouse gas emissions, adding more information to the debate over what it means to have an environmentally-friendly company.
Slideshow: 20 years of notable Apple totables
Take a stroll through the past two decades as we look at 20 years’ worth of laptop improvements introduced by Apple.
The five most important Mac laptops
It's the 20th anniversary of Apple's first laptop -- the Macintosh Portable. To mark the occasion, Benj Edwards lists the five most significant laptops to come out of Cupertino and why they enjoyed such a lasting influence.
Autograph lets you sign your name digitally
Ten One Design's Autograph application lets you use your MacBook's trackpad to sign your name digitally.
Survey: Apple's lack of netbook hurts it with students
Retrevo says that Apple's absence of a netbook is hurting it with students shopping for a back-to-school computer.
Bugs and Fixes: MacBook Pro oddities
Ted Landau looks at two strange quirks in the current line of MacBook Pro models.
Apple releases Bluetooth, hard drive firmware updates
On Wednesday, Apple released updates for users of its wireless mouse and keyboard, as well as for recent MacBook Pro owners.
Survey: Asus, Apple provide most reliable PCs
Asus, Apple were the most reliable PC vendors in the U.S. during the second quarter, according to a PC reliability survey from Rescuecom.
AirPort Client Update improves MacBook wireless performance
Apple's rolled out an AirPort Client Update for certain recent models of MacBook an MacBook Pro, improving wireless performance while on battery power.
Apple brings antiglare display option to 15-inch MacBook Pro
After yanking the option of a matte display unceremoniously from the 15-inch MacBook Pros in the past, Apple has brought it back as a $50 option.
Mac News Briefs: NewerTech offers battery charger for unibody laptops
The $150 Intelligent Battery Charging Station charges and conditions the batteries used by 13-inch and 15-inch "unibody" MacBooks and MacBook Pros. Also on Thursday, Redcort Software released a basic edition of its Virtual TimeClock program and Zaxwerks unveiled a new After Effects plug-in.
Get me rewrite: Microsoft alters Laptop Hunter ads
A Microsoft executive may have crowed about Apple's complaints over its TV ads, but according to Advertising Age, Microsoft has tweaked at least one of the commercials to reflect the lower pricing of Mac laptops.
Apple COO says laptop strategy is on track, even without netbook
Apple COO Tim Cook says that even without a netbook or iPhone-based tablet computer in Apple's product line, the company's on track with its laptop strategy.
The Macalope Weekly: I love my Mac-usin’ son!
John Dvorak's humming a new world symphony now that his son has switched to the Mac. Add in complaints about Apple's "monopoly" and Microsoft's new retail plans and it can mean only one thing: the Macalope is back.
MS Exec: Apple complained about Laptop Hunters ads
Microsoft’s COO says that Apple called him to complain about the Redmond, Wash., company's Laptop Hunter ads.
Create a tab-switching gesture shortcut in Firefox 3.5
Firefox 3.5 supports gestures on newer Apple laptops, including pinch and swipe. What's missing, apparently, is a way to switch tabs via gestures. This hint explains how to add just that functionality.
Can an SD card startup disk be used on any Mac?
Can an SD card startup disk be used on any Mac? Roman Loyola does a little bit of testing, and finds the answer may be yes.
All about laptops
Macworld editorial director Jason Snell and senior editor Dan Frakes join Christopher Breen to talk laptops—Apple-branded MacBooks as well as anything-but-Apple HackBooks.