Apple MacBook Air (2009)
Apple MacBook Air (2009) The updated version of Apple’s barely there ultraportable adds plenty of performance punch, but its battery life is too short. 2,499
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Why Apple must do a Netbook now
My brother-in-law Ken IM’d me the other day with this message: “Did you see they’re loading OS X on Netbooks?” He sent me a link to a Gizmodo article that explained how to hack a Netbook into
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Together in harmony: Mac and PC
Shortly after I bought a MacBook, I posted an (unpopular) article in which I vented about learning and using the new platform. I’d been a Windows guy for 20 years, and although I knew a transition to OS X would require effort, I didn’t expect it to be quite so frustrating.
But I have since found a way forward with the machine. Rather than trying to jam it into my well-established workflow and have it replace my Windows laptop, I’m now trying to use it alongside my PC. It’s also the only computer I travel with. And with a few tricks, I’ve found it to be a positive and productive experience.
Side by side on my computer keyboard (oh Lord…)
At work, I like using the MacBook for instant messaging, Twitter, Skype, for researching and browsing, and for anything involving video. My old ThinkPad is slow, and offloading these apps from it during the day is a small help. I still use my PC for e-mail, since there’s as yet no reasonable replacement for Outlook if you work at a company that runs Exchange servers, and for writing and taking notes, since my fingers know their way around a PC keyboard.
Although I’m using two computers, I use only one primary keyboard. Thanks to the old open-source app Synergy (and the Mac version called SyngergyKM), I can control the Mac from the keyboard that’s connected to my ThinkPad. I have my MacBook on a stand to the right of my Thinkpad’s external monitor (recommended: the Rain Design mStand), and when I drag the mouse off the right edge of the Windows screen, it appears on the MacBook. The keyboard then controls the Mac as well. Even better, copy and paste works between the machines (although, awkwardly, the keystrokes for copy and paste are different on a PC and Mac–I’m still learning to adapt to that).
After a rocky start, now I put my Mac on a pedestal, literally. (The screen and keyboard on the left are connected to a Thinkpad laptop.)
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Piper: Q2 Mac sales on pace to decline
Mac sales could decline for the first time since 2003 without a boost, according to Piper Jaffray.
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Apple’s Mac sales for the first month of the year could indicate that the economy is finally catching up with the company.
Piper Jaffray, known as one of the most …
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Apple delays 17-inch MacBook Pro shipments
Apple is having trouble getting its new 17-inch MacBook Pro out to customers.
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Apple is going to need a little more time to get its new 17-inch MacBook Pro out the door.
Last week Apple updated its order page for the new MacBook Pro unveiled …
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