AppleInsider is reporting on comments made by Citigroup analysts and others that the 13.3″ Apple MacBook line is about to receive a new design, and that it will be introduced “within weeks” and available later this month or into October. Among the changes: – New … Read more
Apple released Mac OS X 10.5.5 today. Among the updates and fixes were a couple of important ones for MacBook Air users:
Addresses stability issues with video playback, processor core idling, and remote disc sharing for MacBook Air.
There were also a couple of updates for iPhone users:
– Improves iPhone sync reliability with iCal and Address Book.
– Time Machine can now back up iPhone backups that are on your Mac, as well as other items in (~/Library/Application Support).
BuyKing.com has several high-resolution photos of the flyer from the upcoming 5.6″ ultraportable convertible Fujitsu U2010 / U820. This is a major upgrade over the previous U1010 / U810, which used a more conventional laptop-oriented CPU from Intel. The U2010 / U820 has moved to … Read more
Here in Texas, we have a grocery store chain based out of Central Texas, H-E-B, that has what are known as “Plus” Stores.
These are larger than normal grocery stores that carry other household goods that don’t fall into what yo would normally buy at a traditional grocery store in the US.
Low and behold this morning, when I opened my Sunday paper, right there on the front page of the H-E-B Plus ad, they had a bright pink 7″ Asus Eee PC 2G being advertised for $299.99
Specifications:
– Black, Pink, White
– 2GB SSD
– Linux
It will definitely be interesting to see how this turns out – netbooks are turning up in (in the US) in mainstream electronics retailers, and now in larger grocery stores.
The ad is below:
Seems that, like certain other netbooks, the 10.2″ Lenovo IdeaPad S10 can get a little hot in areas. I’m not sure if this is based on a pre-production / review model (which could change significantly from the final shipping models and one of the articles … Read more