Apple Updates Plastic (White) MacBooks

Apple has kept what amounts to two lines of 13.3″ MacBooks available for purchase – one, the new aluminum-clad MacBook (October 2008) that amounts to a budget version of the MacBook Air or MacBook Pro. The other is based on the last of the “plastic” … Read more

Apple Issues MacBook, Air Firmware Updates

Apple has issued two firmware updates apiece for the 13.3″ MacBook Air (Late 2008) and MacBook (Late 2008): Direct Apple.com Downloads: – Apple MacBook Air EFI Firmware Updater 1.1 – Apple MacBook Air SMC Firmware Updater 1.1 – Apple MacBook EFI Firmware Updater 1.3 – … Read more

Apple – Aluminum MacBook?

Is Apple looking to replace the polycarbonate shell of the 13.3-inch MacBook with an aluminum casing, similar to the MacBook Air? While it is a rumor at this point, it would not be surprising, since the iMac recently went through a polycarbonate to aluminum change, … Read more

MacBook Air’s CPU in Non-Apple Laptops?

Could the custom CPU that Intel cooked up for Apple’s MacBook Air find its way into other, non-Apple, laptops? Say it ain’t so! But it maybe, at least according to PC Advisor: Two PC makers will use the miniaturised Intel Core 2 Duo processors used … Read more

Apple’s New MacBook Pros – LED Backlighting

Gizmodo talked to Apple and received some very interesting information in regards to Apple’s new Santa Rosa-based MacBook Pros. Now the MacBook Pros are not something we’d normally talk about, since they are have 15 and 17-inch displays, but the following was too interesting not … Read more