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Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category

November 9th, 2008

Scott Kelby’s Thoughts On The New MacBook Pro

If you’re a photographer or doing a lot of Photoshop work, chances are you’ve heard of Scott Kelby. He’s a renowned photographer, author and Photoshop guru. He co-hosts Photoshop User TV with Dave Cross and Matt Kloskowski.
Scott wrote his review on the new MacBook Pro. The jist of his review says that as a […]

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May 21st, 2008

Radiator: Take Your MacBook Outdoors

Together with the Air Manila sleeve, I was also loaned a Radiator case for the MacBook by a friend of mine who just bought these two. I borrowed both cases from him to do a mini-review. The review of the Air Manila can be found here.
When I found out that I was going to […]

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May 21st, 2008

Air Manila: A Sleeve Fit For The MacBook Air

I just got my hands on an Air Manila Sleeve for the MacBook Air. It was loaned to me by a friend who recently bought one. This particular sleeve is manufactured by Civilian Lab. Now, a sleeve for the MacBook Air is a fairly simple product. There’s not much bells and whistles you can put […]

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March 10th, 2008

MacWorld Reviews New MacBook Pros

MacWorld’s Jackie Dove reviewed the latest MacBook Pros release. In the review it states that this is the fastest Apple portables to date.
The new MacBook Pros feature the new 45mm Penryn processors from Intel. Delivering significant increase in performance, battery life and less heat.
The MacBook Pros still feature the same design and that’s […]

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February 10th, 2008

Digital Slimming: A MacBook Air Review

The MacBook Air is a thing of beauty, a sliver of modern sculpture you could be happy just to look at or to stroke. You may not need it, but you’ll want it; when you see it, you will.
That’s the line in an article written by Prof. Jose Dalisay Jr., Butch as he is known […]

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February 8th, 2008

Ars Technica Reviews the MacBook Air

Ars Technica has a “no-spin” review of the MacBook Air. Simply put they’ve written about the MacBook Air sans the “reality distortion field”.
They were able to compare the base 1.6 Ghz 80GB version vs. the 1.8 Ghz 64GB SSD variant. The conclusion? The SSD version while fast in some aspects it was also not a […]

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October 20th, 2007

Apple Wireless Keyboard: Keystroke of Genius

One of the recent Apple products that I got really excited about was the new Apple Wireless Keyboard. When I first saw it I was stunned. From the pictures that I saw posted on the Apple web site, it looked like it was a thing of beauty. The problem was that when Apple announced it, […]

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August 25th, 2007

Review: Mac Pro 2.66 Ghz

Admittedly it was the picture above that got my attention. I love a clean workspace. Well because mine is a bit messy. I want a clean workspace but I can’t seem to keep it that way. Anyway, a clean workspace is even better when it has a 30″ Cinema Display on it and powered by […]

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June 27th, 2007

iPhone Reviews

The iPhone reviews are out. Select journalists were given units by Apple to test out. Walt Mossberg and David Pogue, two of the notable tech columnists share their opinions on the iPhone. Both of them pretty much share the same sentiments. The iPhone lacks in some areas but as a whole, it’s pretty much close […]

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June 10th, 2007

Latest MacBook Pro Benchmarks

Thinking of getting the new MacBook Pros? Well Macworld has some initial benchmarks showing how it performs against the previous MacBook Pro revision and Macbook.
Most of the results are pretty much what is to be expected. The new ones are faster. Except for the Unreal Tournament 2004 test which the latest Macbook Pro faired poorly […]

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