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The After Mac

Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category

May 26th, 2008

My Next Mac Computer

When I first made the switch to mac, I wasn’t looking at the operating system, but rather was looking for a computer that was small, lightweight, relatively powerful, a decent battery life, and didn’t cost a fortune. Most of the Windows ultralights that I looked at started at $1700-1800 and the ones with enough power […]

By Chris Marsden -- 0 comments

May 8th, 2008

MacWorld Tests Psystar’s Open Computer

The folks over at MacWorld got themselves Psystar’s Open Computer to test. The Open Computer is the ‘Mac Clone’ Psystar built. They say that for a fraction of the cost, you can have a decent spec’d computer running the Mac OS.
However according to what I’ve read so far, It’s not that simple. For one thing, […]

By Juan -- 0 comments

April 30th, 2008

iMac: More Power, Better Graphics

Apple just updated its iMac line of computers. The base configuration of the updated iMac sports a 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo processor, 6MB shared L2 cache and a 1066MHz front side bus.
Processors up to 3.06Ghz and an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS with 512MB GDDR3 Memory are upgrades available to the 24″ model.
There are some component […]

By Juan -- 0 comments

April 29th, 2008

iPhone Plan for People With Disabilities: Good Job AT&T

I’m really happy with companies don’t forget the little people or minority such as people with disabilities. Why? I’m one of them. Most of us have had to take crap through no fault of our own and to be treated unfairly. So when companies such as AT&T does something to help make the lives of […]

By Juan -- 0 comments

April 27th, 2008

The Dastardly Line On The iMac LCD

Sometimes life can be cruel. I woke up this morning to find out from my brother that our iMac developed a line 1 pixel wide on the right side of its LCD. Apparently we’re not alone.
Apparently people have been experiencing this with their iMac 17″ models both the G5 and the Intel versions. Some […]

By Juan -- 0 comments

April 23rd, 2008

Speaking of Sleeves

A friend showed me WaterField tonight. It’s a bag maker based in San Francisco. They look like great bags but what I liked most was the sleeves.
Their laptop sleeves are made of high-grade neoprene and ballistic nylon. Like other sleeves it can stand alone or inserted in a bag.
The great thing about WaterField is that […]

By Juan -- 1 comment

April 21st, 2008

If You Were To Buy An iPod Then Buy The…

Lia over at Gadgenista wrote a post entitled “If You Were To Buy An iPod” and I thought I’d give my two cents on this.
If you were to buy an iPod there are things you need to ask yourself. First is, what do I want to do with my iPod or how will I […]

By Juan -- 1 comment

April 9th, 2008

Australia to See iPhone End of June?

According to this article found in MacTalk, yes Australia will be seeing an iPhone at the end of June. Quoting from the article here are the important information gathered.
* Last week of June release
* More than 1 carrier
* No contract lock in
* Current resellers will be able to sell iPhones
The last week of June release […]

By Juan -- 1 comment

April 8th, 2008

MacBook, MacBook Pro To See Design Change Soon?

[via AppleInsider]
According to report by AppleInsider, Apple is set to revamp the design of both the MacBook and MacBook Pro line of portables. Well it’s about damn time! Especially for the MacBook Pro who hasn’t really seen a design change since its launch. That being said the MacBook Pro uses a lot of design cues […]

By Juan -- 2 comments

April 1st, 2008

Which Is Better Time Capsule or AEBS with an External Hard Drive?

There’s a discussion going on in the local Mac Users Group I belong to. Several members are discussing which is better to get, a Time Capsule or an Airport Extreme Base Station. With the current software update of the AEBS enabling it to do wireless backups when an external drive is plugged in, this is […]

By Juan -- 2 comments

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