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Hands On: Old MacBook Pro vs New MacBook
Hands On: Old MacBook Pro vs New MacBook
I bought a new MacBook. I couldn’t help it. Three days spent in and out of the press room at the MWC in Barcelona meant three days of seeing the tiny 13” package over and over (these unibody MacBooks seem to be popular). Worse, I was seeing the svelte new carcass alongside my old-model ...
MCE OptiBay Hard Drive for MacBook Pro, MacBook and PowerBook G4
MCE OptiBay Hard Drive for MacBook Pro, MacBook and PowerBook G4
mcetech.com — FireWire SuperDrive Enclosure SuperDrive - External In order to maintain the CD/DVD read/write functionality of the original... internal optical drive replaced by the OptiBay Hard Drive with the MacBook Pro 17-inch and PowerBook G4, you can choose to ... (more) MCE OptiBay Hard Drive for MacBook Pro, MacBook and ...
MacBook Pro 17" Unibody First Look
ifixit.com — "He [Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vice president of industrial design] understands that it's not about the object... itself. It's about the experience the object will create" – Victor Ermoli dean of the School of Design at the Savannah College of Art and ... (more) MacBook Pro 17" Unibody First Look
MacBook Pro 17" Unibody First Look
ifixit.com — Removed the battery! That was pretty easy. It's only a matter of time until you'll be able... to buy this battery online from companies like us. Removing the battery in the 17" is reminiscent of the MacBook Air-- several screws to remove the lower case, ... (more) MacBook Pro 17" Unibody First Look
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Previous-gen Apple MacBook Pro vs. new MacBook
MacDailyNews — ... the two in use... First, a few numbers. The old Pro is a 2.4GHz machine with the Santa Rosa chipset. It is loaded with 4GB RAM but is otherwise completely stock. The new, young whippersnapper is also 2.4GHz and is running on just 2GB RAM until four gigs on order from Crucial turns up," Sorrel reports. Find out how the new consumer MacBook stacks up against the old Pro, and why you might think twice about buying one if you are a photographer (go for the new Pro), in the full article here .

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