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...Web-based functionality. The iPad provides a more instant-on experience compared to booting up the Macbook Air. However, the Macbook Air is capable of multitasking, while the iPad will only have a limited form of multitasking once iOS4 is available for it...
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Macworld UK
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/idg/uk/MacworldUk/~3/bmrBG9cDxJ0/story01.htm
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Apple Computers claims that the MacBook Pro battery life for their new series of machines runs between 9 - 10 hours, but is this a claim that is backed up with firm evidence? The truth is that Apple Computers, like all other computer manufacturers,
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Buzzle
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/macbook-pro-battery-life.html
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You finally purchased the TV you deserve thanks to this year’s Black Friday deals. I know I did. You may have also purchased a Blu-ray player. Congratulations on joining the high definition world. If your new Blu-ray player doesn’t offer Netflix
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The Apple Blog
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAppleBlog/~3/DY288jH5KVI/
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A full set of external speakers might sound nicer than a MacBook's built-in set, but all those cords aren't attractive on a desktop, and the various components make speaker sets inconvenient for travel. Twelve South's BassJump is a portable,
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MacNewsWorld
http://www.macnewsworld.com/rsstory/68815.html
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You’d buy a solar powered charger for your MacBook, right? Save money, save the planet, and all that other hippy stuff the Mac user cares about. How much would you pay for such a thing? $100? $200? Sure, it might be the cost of a couple spare batteries,
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Wired
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/solar-macbook-charger-costs-more-than-macbook-itself/
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You're here because you want to give your MacBook a storage upgrade. It's a minimally invasive procedure, but one you'll want to do with great care. With luck, it's an elective procedure, rather than brought on by a dead drive. Either way, it will be
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Wired
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/Vvx7gkgAq08/Replace_a_MacBook_Hard_Drive
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I've written in this column about the importance of having a good, reliable backup of your computer's data. Of course, you know it's a good idea, but backing up is like flossing: you know you should be doing it regularly, but something more important
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010135750_ptmacc24.html?syndication=rss
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Apple's new laptop is called the MacBook, plain and simple, and it molds the original polycarbonate plastic material into the more current Unibody enclosure, similar to the MacBook Pros. It receives the gesture-based glass touchpad, the non-removable 60
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PC Magazine
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/pcmag/breakingnews/~3/64xR9f6wYLE/0,2817,2354483,00.asp
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Apple has again raised the UK price of the white polycarbonate MacBook in the UK, which now starts at £799. The news will come as a blow to many UK Mac fans looking for a cheaper entry-level portable Mac experience.
Previously the entry level MacBook
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Macworld UK
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/idg/uk/MacworldUk/~3/LfdBdzQwSZQ/story01.htm
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Product rumors have been fairly quiet on the Apple front recently, but the tech community has begun exchanging whispers about new Macs due in stores soon.
Here, we round up all the Mac-related rumors that have surfaced in the past month and rate their
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Wired
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/gadgets/mac/~3/IsHFwQN_krE/macrumors
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Computerworld - Google posted ads on its search results over the weekend that hinted Apple will soon refresh its iMac, Mac mini and MacBook lines.
As first reported by the Mac enthusiast site AppleInsider, searches Saturday on the Dutch and Italian
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ComputerWorld
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138948/Google_leak_points_to_imminent_iMac_MacBook_refresh?source=rss_news
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As we and others have posted over the past few days, there is a rumor that a new or redesigned iMac, Mac mini and MacBook models are coming very soon. Now, this week brings reports of Google ads supposedly touting the rumored Mac mini, iMac and MacBook
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/05/new-imac-mac-mini-macbook-ads-spotted/
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I go for comfort and portability when grabbing a laptop.
I've had several laptops and to be brutally honest, the best Windows based laptop I've found is... My Macbook. Seriously, I've not had Windows run as well on any dedicated PC laptop. And of
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Slashdot
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/4IsqC0jWvYo/Best-Developers-Laptop
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If you want to conserve the battery of your MacBook and want to make it last longer than usual, change the settings of your MacBook to Energy Saver mode.
To do this, follow the step by step guide given below. This should conserve the battery of your
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2231909/macbook_energy_saver_tips_conserving.html
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New rumors from AppleInsider point towards Apple introducing the most affordable notebooks in the Apple history.
The new MacBook would revolve around a redesign of the white plastic MacBook. This was already rumored last month.
The new low-cost
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I4U News
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/I4UNews/~3/pXMAfhacWQ4/article27194.html
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Using a white macbook is extremely helpful for all high end computing needs. However it needs more care and maintenance than a desktop computer because it's usually used by frequent travelers. The chances of getting dirt are high when it is used in
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2146621/white_macbook_cleaning_made_easy.html
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That lone, white MacBook remaining in Apple’s notebook family will soon undergo a design overhaul and be joined by additional models, according to a blog citing anonymous sources.
People familiar with Apple’s plans say the 13-inch MacBook will be
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Wired
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/macbook-rumor/
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The biggest benefit that netbooks bring to the table, besides being dirt cheap, is the high portability factor. They weigh just 2-3 pounds, and are generally as small as notebooks can get. That makes netbooks perfect for business travelers. Or does it?
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jkOnTheRun
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jkOnTheRun/~3/PwJcCF8T6dk/
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A lot of consumers are thinking twice about buying the Apple Macbook due to its expensive cost. Compared to PC computers and laptops, the Macbook really does require careful budgeting and planning, especially if money is of importance to the
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Associated Content
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Couple Matt and Olivia are shown trying to find a laptop at Best Buy for $700
Microsoft is back with a new Laptop Hunters ad, part of an ongoing campaign, that takes a swipe at Apple's most economical laptop,
the £749 13-inch MacBook.
Couple Matt and
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NetworkWorld
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070909-microsoft-takes-aim-at-white.html
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And if Captain Obvious is not enough, the summary also mentions "a Gizmodo editor".
Enough said.
They would need a really big hill.
Like say a mountain...
Let's start with a mole hill and work our way from there.
Thats what started this whole
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Slashdot
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/fibZw5pbOj0/Lies-Damn-Lies-and-Battery-Life-Statistics
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Last week I bought a new Macbook battery from the Apple Store to replace the slightly aged one that came with the machine. I’m travelling shortly and I need enough juice to play MAME and Doom do some work while I sit in airports waiting for connecting
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Town Hall
http://battery.blogtownhall.com/2009/06/04/how_to_replace_and_calibrate_the_apple_macbook_battery.thtml
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Apple’s $999 white MacBook just keeps getting better. A benchmark test performed by Macworld’s Jim Galbraith (disclosure: my previous boss) reveals that Apple’s entry-level MacBook is faster than one of the pricier, aluminum models.
It’s not all that
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Wired
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/OEwNvLjE-9s/
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Apple has quietly upgraded their US$999 white polycarbonate MacBook to the following specs:
• 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 2GB DDR2 Memory (800MHz DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB)
• 160GB hard drive
• NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
The updated MacBook ships within 24
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MacDailyNews
http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/apple_quietly_updates_999_white_macbook_with_faster_processor_more_storage/
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Apple quietly gave the entry level white MacBook a speed bump from 2.0GHz up to 2.13GHz on Wednesday. The updated MacBook now includes a bigger hard drive and faster RAM, too, bringing its specs closer to the unibody MacBook models.
The new white
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The Mac Observer
http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=059533bdb568ee66c8fa483582d6b2d7
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The hints that a MacBook 3G is on the way are moving from subtle shoulder taps to sharp kicks to the shins. An AT&T boss let slip the US network might be trying to cook up a deal with Apple for mobile broadband in your MacBook a while back, but in the
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Mirror.co.uk
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology/2009/05/11/poll-would-you-buy-a-macbook-3g-115875-21350246/
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Macbooks can right click just like a PC.
How to right click on a Macbook.
First time users of an Apple Macbook are often left confused at the fact that the Macbook models either have only one large button under the track pad or lack a button
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1717166/twofingered_clicking_on_macbooks.html
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Apple may be about to break a long-held belief that Macs are more expensive than PC desktops and laptops, by cutting prices on two popular models, the MacBook and iMac, at least if rumour sites are to be believed.
According to Mac gossip site
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The Industry Standard
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IndustryStandardNewsAndPredictions/~3/LqfXTMrIeq0/apple-mulls-macbook-imac-price-cuts-claims-rumour-site
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Apple may be about to break a long-held belief that they are more expensive then PC desktops and laptops by cutting prices on two popular models, the MacBook and iMac, at least if rumour sites are to be believed.
According to Mac gossip site
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Macworld UK
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/idg/uk/MacworldUk/~3/mG40GEAeZtY/story01.htm
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After two months of getting configured and acquainted, I’m pretty much comfortably settled in with my first Intel Mac — a little jewel of a 13″ unibody MacBook — and thus far it’s pretty much all good.
It’s been an adjustment going down from the 17″
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The Apple Blog
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If you're looking for a significant performance boost for your middle-aged laptop, replacing your aging hard disk with a solid state disk (SSD) could give your computer a new lease on life.
Solid-state disks (pictured, bottom) differ from traditional
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
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It may have more to do with Adobe then Apple, but a MacBook mini netbook has appeared online claiming to be the real thing.
Probably the work of a fairly gifted Photoshopper, pictures started to appear here and here over the weekend with Apple news
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Macworld UK
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/idg/uk/MacworldUk/~3/b9fOKQqQEg4/story01.htm
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Apple's laptops come in two ranges: there are three basic Macbook models,
from the cheaper white plastic model costing £719 to the gleaming new aluminium
model priced at £1,125.
All three of those computers have the same 13in screen, so if you want
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VNUNet.com
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VnuBusinessPublicationsHardwareReviews/~3/0rqP3cjNOts/story01.htm
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Now that we all have our beta copies of Windows 7 to play with, Ars thought it was time to take Vista's successor for a spin on the Apple side of the street. After all, it isn't every day that recent switchers and established users get to (legitimately)
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Big News Network
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=22863977&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc
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Now that we all have our beta copies of Windows 7 to play with, Ars thought it was time to take Vista's successor for a spin on the Apple side of the street. After all, it isn't every day that recent switchers and established users get to (legitimately)
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Ars Technica
http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/1XT8_obpGSk/win-7-on-a-macbook.ars
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Other World Computing (OWC) today announced two instant rebates, on the purchase of an Axiotron Modbook, the world's only Mac-based tablet computer that lets users draw and write directly on the screen, and Modservice, a service that converts an
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MacDailyNews
http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/owc_offers_instant_rebates_for_modbook_and_macbook_to_modbook_conversions/
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A few months ago, Apple redesigned its popular Macbook laptops, switching
from their traditional white plastic casing to a gleaming new aluminium design,
in which the body top is made of a single sheet of metal.
One advantage of the new design is that
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VNUNet.com
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VnuBusinessPublicationsHardwareReviews/~3/Nx5L2fYf_lg/story01.htm
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Apple recently rolled out its new family of Macbooks with a bold claim: The World’s Greenest Family of Notebooks. The new Macbooks are lighter, less toxic, and more energy efficient than previous generations, but are they really the greenest laptops in
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Inhabitat
http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/19/is-it-green-the-new-macbooks/
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 09:23 AM EST
Apple has released MacBook SMC Update 1.3 which improves overall system stability and performance on MacBook computers, specifically the latest white polycarbonate MacBook (13-inch, Early 2009). The
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MacDailyNews
http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/apple_releases_macbook_smc_update_13/
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Shenandoah University has chosen Apple’s environmentally-friendly MacBook computer and the iPod touch as the foundation for its new mobile learning program. University officials said Apple’s commitment to the environment was crucial in its
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Macworld UK
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/idg/uk/MacworldUk/~3/540820161/story01.htm
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2009-01-27 17:25:05 -
white MacBook comes standard with 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 RAM - up from 1 GB on prior models - along with an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card and a 120GB hard drive. It also incorporates the popular Mac OS X software, along
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/new-low-priced-macbook-from-apple-with-r1028164.htm
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The US$999 MacBook is clad in a white polycarbonate chassis, a throwback to the previous-generation MacBook. It lacks the aluminum-clad "unibody" design of newer MacBooks, but it also is a lot easier on the wallet, priced at $300 less than the 2GHz
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PC World
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Apple has quietly updated the low end of its MacBook line with Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics, a 1066Mhz frontside bus, 2 GB of RAM...and the same price.
When Apple announced its new "unibody" MacBooks back in October 2008, it left one hanger-on from
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Digital Trends
http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/19022/apple_revs_up_low-end_macbook
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The white 13-inch MacBook is now showing improved tech specs on the Apple US store with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card replacing the Intel GMA X3100 graphics card.
Memory has also been boosted from 1GB DDR2 Memory to 2GB DDR2 Memory as standard.
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Macworld UK
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/idg/uk/MacworldUk/~3/518677282/story01.htm
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How to set my new Mac up
I just bought a macbook to use for work and home. I still have my 24” iMac which I will continue to use.
I used the migration assistant to move alot of stuff over to my new macbook. Of course, the macbook now has the same
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The Mac Observer
http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=fe8ea34e69dffb418de60f841dededc7
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...Cinema Display, a faster CPU and faster front side bus, plus that Nvidia 9400 graphics chipset that's in the MacBook and MacBook Pros. Here's how the machine stacks up. Benchmark: The most important thing to measure in this incremental upgrade is the performance...
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Gizmodo
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http://gizmodo.com/5111658/macbook-air-2nd-gen-review
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...member not to long ago got a job at Apple and I was able to get a decent discount on the machine. I decided to give the new Macbook a try absent Firewire. First the good. I love the new aluminum body, the bright screen, the performance, and the keyboard....
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The Mac Observer
http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=a60e57820b0ff03f8332c08b7cec9b6d
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...But I was still skeptical. It created a new drive in My Computer, so I clicked on it. Then I plugged the other end into the Macbook, and a little EasySuite CD icon showed up on the desktop. I double-clicked the CD to see a folder with three icons, including...
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Crunch Gear
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/14/review-targus-file-share-cable-for-mac/
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...is to be portable and this model, while lighter, can be portable for a shorter period of time. I believe that overall the new MacBook is a solid machine and superior to the previous model. But the Eddy Awards are about recognizing great products, not simply...
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PC World
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