My 8 Mth Old MacBook is now 39% Slower than New Machines
My “old” MacBook Pro is now up to 39 percent SLOWER than the new machines. It’s so hard to have a dinosaur that’s only 8 months old.
Best Quarter in Apple history – 56 percent increase in laptop shipments
“Looking forward, 2007 is likely to be one of the most exciting new product years in Apple’s history.”Apple is basking in the sales of products that appeal to people who want technology that crosses productivity, entertainment, and creative bounds…. It was interesting to see the following report in today’s Wall Street Journal:Shipments of iPods climbed to 8.7 million, up 35% from 6.5 million a year ago. The company said it shipped 1.6 million Macintosh computers, up 30% from a year earlier, in the pivotal back-to-school season.
Q1 for the “Smart” iPhone
Jesse Tortora, research analyst at Prudential Equities, has reported that Apple will release two phones into the market. 1) a slim phone with a music playback2) a smart phone, including integrated keyboard, video and music capabilityAnalysts expect the phone to be officially announced at Apple’s MacWorld Conference in January of 2007.
Apple iPhone…if the rumor is true, it’s GSM
May retract this tomorrow, but latest rumor is Cingular is the carrier for an Apple iPhone…. However, Cingular’s lack of cutting edge data networking clearly suggests that the first-gen phone would be media centric (surprise, surprise) and less data centric.
Cool MP3 player comparison in WSJ
With the big rebranded-reskinned Toshiba Gigabeat Microsoft’s Zune announcement today, Wall Street Journal posted a cool page that compares the big name devices today.
iTV…I’m buying one
Merry Christmas Brad!
Why do I miss all the cool parties
Couple of weeks ago it was the TechCruch meetup party. Next week on Sept 12th, it’s the Apple announcement event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco.Good thing Bridget’s having her 10th birthday that week.
MacBook is back…already!
Wow. The repair is done and my MacBook Pro is back! New fan parts, new battery. Hopefully with less heat this time! Amazing service! Dropped off for service to DHL: 8/22 5:45PM Returned from servicy by DHL: 8/24 10:08 AM
Great communication on my MacBook Pro repair
From: Apple To: brad Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:22:41 AM Subject: Apple Mail-In Service Request ########## Dear Brad, Your MACBOOK PRO has reached our repair center. We will notify you by email when the repair is complete. Date received: 2006-08-23 Repair ID: ##########
Separation anxiety
My space heater MacBook is in a box and on its way to Houston for a much needed cooling system. Guess it’s back to this Windows machine for a while. It will be days before I can get my mind to CTRL+C/X/V/etc. instead of Command+C. Hurry home old friend!
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