Apple MacBook - 6GB of RAM
November 1, 2008
For those of you wanting more than 4GB of RAM with Mac OS X, and wanting to buy one of the new 13.3″ Apple MacBooks (or one of the 15″ MacBook Pros that came out last month, you might just be in luck.
Apple will tell you that the maximum amount of memory is 4GB of the 1066MHz DDR3 (aka PC3-8500) RAM. Mac Rumors is reporting that 8GB of RAM causes stability problems with OS X on MacBook Pros , however 6GBs works just fine (8GB is supported by the NVIDIA chipset).
If you are willing to pay $675 (one 4GB DIMM and one 2GB DIMM) RAMJET Inc. will set you up with the proper non-stacked DIMMs (which run cooler and require less power than normal stacked DIMMs).
This is tested on Model 4,1. You can find the memory and more information at:
http://www.ramjet.com/mbib.asp.
Read: ZDNet.com via Mac Rumors
New Apple MacBook - Disassembly, Review (PC Mag)
October 16, 2008
It’s now a given - as soon as a new laptop that’s been hyped up quite a bit is released, that somebody will get one and then take it apart. The new 13.3″ Apple MacBook is no exception.
KODAWARISAN quickly unboxed their new aluminum MacBook (or Macbook (Late 2008) as it’s called) and took it apart. You can clearly see the new design for easy access to the battery and hard drive. They’ve also got a good photo of the new NVIDIA GPU alongside the Intel Core 2 Duo CPU.
Meanwhile, PC Magazine wasted no time in getting their review up. They gave it a 3.5 out of 5, mentioning the design and easy access to the hard drive among other things (it’s a big deal as far as access - in the past, it was not easy to access the drives in the “pro” models). They included some benchmarks against other 13.3″ laptops as well. They did confuse the point of Apple upgrading to DisplayPort and dropping the FireWire port - the two are not related, and I’m kind of surprised they would confuse those two technologies.
16GB - 64GB SSDs for Asus Eee PCs
October 8, 2008
For those who have bought an Asus Eee PC and desire more storage, Super Talent is hoping to help you out.
They’ve announced mini PCI-Express Solid State Drives (SSDs) in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB sizes. These were designed specifically to fit the Eee PC series, specifically the Asus Eee PC 701, 702, 900, 901, 903, 905 and 1000.
All three models read at 40MB/sec and write at 15MB/sec. Super Talent believes they’ll have them in mass production in November.
Models w/Street Price:
- FPM16GHAE: 16GB , $53
- FPM32GHAE: 32GB, $79
- FPM64GHAE: 64GB, $149
Read: SuperTalent Press Release
Thanks to Khanj for the link
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 - GPS
October 7, 2008
A forum user over at MyDellMini has decided that they needed an integrated GPS solution for their 8.9″ Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook.
Seeing as how it’s not offered as part of the standard options available to Mini 9 customers, they’ve decided to add it themselves. They picked up a USB GPS receiver with a SkyTraQ chipset, that supports assisted GPS (AGPS). They took their Mini 9 apart and found a spot underneath the palm rest where the GPS receiver would not be blocked.
Using some creative soldering and the WWAN’s USB connection, they were able to get it installed and working. Once the Mini 9 was put back together, you couldn’t even tell it had been modified.
Read: MyDellMini.com
Acer Aspire One - Replacing SSD with 1.8″ HDD
August 16, 2008
A few days ago we mentioned that tnkgirl Mobile had been modding their SSD-based 1.8″ Acer Aspire One to handle bluetooth. Now they’ve since published a how-to guide (complete with lots of pictures).
The SSD is slightly smaller in the area where storage is located, compared to the HDD version (which takes a 2.5″ Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive). As such, the space is limited and you are basically having to work with 1.8″ size devices.
tnkgrl Mobile replaced their SSD with a 1.8″ 60GB Samsung HDD. The Samsung drive has 8MB of buffer and spins at 4200rpm.
Read: tnkgrl Mobile
Acer Aspire One - Adding Bluetooth, Replacing SSD
August 14, 2008
It may seem like there are a lot of stories coming out about the Acer Aspire One, and well, there are. That’s because it’s starting to become available to quite a few people (I’ll be posting my first impressions of the Aspire One later this morning as well).
tnkgrl Mobile has put together an article (along with video and photos) about upgrading the memory as well as adding Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR.
This is for the 8GB SSD version of the Aspire One, but some of it applies to the 120GB HDD version as well.
A second article in their series will be published soon showing how to swap the 1.8″ SSD with a 1.8″ PATA harddrive (the 120GB HDD Acer Aspire One takes a normal 2.5″ laptop SATA harddrive).
Read: tnkgrl.wordpress.com
(via jkOnTheRun
