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Glossy Screen, Black Keyboard, Glass Trackpad Rumored for New MacBooks

As speculation builds up, new details have emerged related to Apple's (possibly) upcoming MacBook lineup. Glossy screens, black keyboards and other features akin to those of the MacBook Air accompany the latest mockups of the new device.While the device pictured to the left is just a MacBook Air that was tampere...

30 September 2008
05:19 GMT

Iomega Releases Ultra-Thin Portable Hard Drive for MacBook Air

Iomega is a company specializing in data protection and security solutions. The company announced its new Iomega eGo Helium portable hard drive today. The USB 2.0 320GB hard drive is aimed at owners of an Apple MacBook Air and is said to be the perfect match for the style and incremental storage needs of Apple's...

17 September 2008
15:51 GMT

Dell Wants to Compete with Apple's MacBook Air

It’s been almost one month since the Round Rock-based systems maker, Dell, announced its latest lineup of Latitude laptops, designed for business users. Even back then, the company prided itself on releasing the lightest commercial notebook in the company's history, the E4200. This is a 12.1-inch not...

10 September 2008
06:44 GMT

MacBook Air Update Fails to Fix Core Idling Issues

Towards the end of last month, Apple issued a software update for MacBook Air owners, addressing video playback issues, and a problem with processor core idling. Seemingly, the update hasn't done its job, according to Apple Discussions posters.AppleInsider is reporting that, following Apple's release of the...

9 September 2008
02:55 GMT

Samsung's X360 Is 'Lighter than Air'

Despite not being the biggest brand in the portable computer systems market, Samsung can still pride itself with some interesting notebook designs. According to recent rumors, the South Korea-based company also plans to release a new ultra-portable computer, of which it says it will be “lighter than air.”...

29 August 2008
03:02 GMT

MacBook Air Update Addresses Video Playback Issues

Apple released a new update for MacBook Air owners on Friday. Seemingly, some users have been experiencing issues with video playback. Processor core idling is another issue addressed in this release. The update is free to download and install.From Apple's Support page,About MacBook Air UpdateUltrathin, ultrapor...

25 August 2008
02:54 GMT

Lenovo Aims Bigger Guns at Apple - Announces X301

Earlier this year, Lenovo had the courage and technical expertise to unveil a fully-fledged notebook that could rival Apple's highly mediated MacBook Air. Known as the ThinkPad X300, the new device provided an impressive performance in a lightweight form factor, at under three pounds. Due to the release of Intel...

18 August 2008
11:28 GMT

More Details on MacBook Touch

Two days ago, we were reporting that MacBook Touch rumors were building up speculation as to what the system could look like, perform and, ultimately, when it would be available on the market. As it turns out, even more "leaked" details have surfaced.Seth Weintraub, writing for Computerworld, claims that "talk amongs...

30 July 2008
03:40 GMT

ThinkPad X200 vs MacBook Air

Well, as most of the world knows by now, Intel has finally brought its Centrino technology in the 2.0 era. And this has been the main catalyst behind the recent notebook releases from almost every major manufacturer, including Lenovo, which has finally rolled out its highly anticipated X200 notebook, as part of the c...

18 July 2008
11:00 GMT

QuickerTek Offers Solar Power Solution for MacBook Air Users

MacBook Air owners, QuickerTek has released the Apple Juicz, a device that uses solar cells to power up your ultra-thin Apple notebook. It folds neatly but costs quite a lot. An additional hundred bucks are also required for a modified MacBook adapter."The solar cell represents the ultimate in flexibility. No power s...

14 July 2008
05:49 GMT

Marware Introduces Sportfolio for MacBook Air

Marware, accessory maker for Apple products and one of the best in the business, has unveiled the Marware Sportfolio for MacBook Air this week. With the recently revealed price reduction for Apple's sleek laptop, a slim briefcase with roomy exterior pockets is just what you need."The elegant and sleek Sportfolio...

4 July 2008
05:05 GMT

Apple Slashes MacBook Air (SSD) Price by $500

Apple has slashed the price on its high-end MacBook Air (SSD) by as much as $500. The price reduction is most significant for those looking to acquire a unit, especially the model featuring a 64GB, solid state drive.Various reports are noting that the price of the 64 GB SSD drive has been dropped by as much as $400, ...

4 July 2008
03:09 GMT

Flybook V5 to Sell for $3,000 in the US

Who could honestly say, when asked to name the coolest $3,000 notebook, that the first thing that popped into their mind was Flybook's V5 mini-notebook? Now, for most of you technology enthusiasts out there, the most probable answer to that question would be Apple's MacBook Air that, although not much of a ...

17 June 2008
09:48 GMT

Beyzacases' Leather 'Thinvelope' for Air Will Suck You Dry

Beyzacases is now shipping Apple MacBook Air Thinvelope Leather Cases. The sleeves give a whole new meaning to the way you carry around a posh notebook such as Apple's Air, but all this beauty comes at a price - one that's going to burn a huge hole in your pocket.Better make that two holes, counting the one...

27 May 2008
04:58 GMT

Apple Is Offering Refurbished MacBook Air

Apple is now offering Refurbished MacBook Air units equipped with a 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB of memory and an 80 gig hard drive (that's non-solid state) for a new price (almost 15 percent cheaper) - $1,549. Apple Certified refurbs include Apple's one-year limited warranty, the possibility to purchase Ap...

26 May 2008
18:11 GMT

MacBook Air, iPhone C.E.O. Sleeves from Marware

You don't have to be a the Chief Executive Officer of a company to get Marware's C.E.O. Envi for MacBook Air (although it fits the profile best). As long as you own Apple's super slim notebook, this accessory is perfect for you too. The makers also have a C.E.O. Sleeve for your iPhone, in case you want...

19 May 2008
05:55 GMT

MacBook / Air USB-Powered Add-On Cooler

So, they say this Zefyr is a high efficiency MacBook cooler huh? Well, does the fact that it drains its power from the MacBook Air's single USB port count as a plus? Luckily, moshi's add-on is also suitable for MacBook (not Air) users, so I guess we know who's buying."A MacBook under continuous demandi...

13 May 2008
18:36 GMT

Lenovo Gives Apple a Taste of its Own Medicine

Without a doubt, Lenovo's ThinkPad X300 kicks major behind. The laptop not only includes a built-in optical drive, but sports not one (like Apple's MacBook Air) but three USB ports, not to mention more options to upgrade. So, while Apple was busy making fun of PCs, Lenovo decided to give the Cupertino folks...

5 May 2008
17:16 GMT

Hacked Eee PC Sells for the Price of a MacBook Air

The extremely popular Eee PC sub-notebook from Asustek has reportedly been modded once again. This time we're not talking about carbon fiber lids or 802.11n Wi-Fi capabilities, but rather of a whole new set of features, previously unknown to the toy-like gadget. The new version has shown up on eBay and sells for...

30 April 2008
06:50 GMT

WMware: Make Video, Nab MacBook Air

VMware claims that thousands of people have switched to Mac thanks to its stable and powerful Windows-on-their-Mac solution, VMware Fusion. The company asks, "Are you a proud switcher?" If you are, all you need to do to fulfill your dream of owning (what else) the world's 'thinnest' notebook out there,...

18 April 2008
04:44 GMT

Apple's MacBook Air - the Perfect Secondary Computer

Browsing the web I came across this piece entitled "Apple's MacBook Air love affair." Eric Benderoff believes the MacBook Air is perfect as a secondary computing machine, because of its lacking storage space, optical drive and the only USB port available, a topic we've also covered a while ago (a bit negati...

14 April 2008
05:16 GMT

New Bluetooth Firmware Available for Your MacBook Air

Apple has released the MacBook Air Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.0. You can grab the latest version of your Bluetooth firmware by visiting Apple's official web site or through the Software Update system preference. MacBook Air Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.0 should not be mistaken for MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update...

13 April 2008
12:35 GMT

Intel's NetBook, the Poor Man's MacBook Air

Intel's upcoming generation of NetBook is especially designed to deliver web interaction capabilities at an extremely low cost. Despite the fact that, at the moment, they are neither powerful, nor good-looking (remember the odd carrying handle of the Classmate PC), other system vendors are working their way to d...

7 April 2008
02:57 GMT

MacBook Air 24-Hour Screen Replacement Program

MacService, as its name implies, deals with repairing but also upgrading your Mac. Their services span everything from the iBook to the MacBook Air and even PC lately. MacService has just announced this MacBook Air 24-hour screen replacement program. The mail-in repair program will have you forking out for US$445. Pr...

4 April 2008
07:15 GMT

Rock Unveils 12-Inch MacBook Air-Lookalike

United Kingdom-based notebook vendor Rock has just pulled the veil off a new, sleek ultra-portable notebook offering that resembles Apple's MacBook Air and Toshiba's Portégé R500. Called the Pegasus P210, the new laptop PC is quite a surprise, given the fact that Rock is mostly known for its huge, desktop-l...

3 April 2008
08:43 GMT

MacBook Air Test Drive Available at Your Local Store

Apple doesn't want you buying one of their products not knowing every particular aspect about it before you make the purchase. Quite frankly, no one wants you knocking on their door for a refund. But this isn't why Apple is offering its Personal Shopping at the Apple Retail Store service. The Cupertino folk...

31 March 2008
04:47 GMT

PWN to OWN - MacBook Air Compromised in 2 Minutes

Well, this is a bit of a surprise. This year's 'PWN to Own' contest hosted at CanSecWest saw Apple's MacBook Air get PWNED in 2 minutes flat. Charlie Miller (famed iPhone hacker), Jake Honoroff and Mark Daniel of Independent Security Evaluators have successfully compromised the Apple MacBook Air, ...

28 March 2008
05:51 GMT

Bob Screens Apple's Air to Give TSA Workforce a Clue

Remember the story about TSA guys struggling to figure out what the thing without a hard drive was? Here's the follow-up. As it turns out, TSA can't afford anymore such mistakes, and decided to X-ray the darn thing once and for all, take photos of its inner workings and send them out to its 45,000 employees...

25 March 2008
18:31 GMT

Martha Stewart Loves the Air

What do you know, Martha Stewart is just another early MacBook Air adopter, who has also expressed thoughts on Apple's marvelous laptop on her blog recently. The American business magnate, author, editor and homemaking advocate (and ex-con) simply loves her new notebook, but still uses her older HP laptop for......

21 March 2008
10:21 GMT

Model Judge Thinks the Air Should 'Chunk up a Bit'

After all the trouble Apple has gone through to cut down the weight and size on that MacBook Air, people now think it's too thin? Nigel Barker, a judge on Tyra Banks' reality show, America's Next Top Model, expressed his thoughts on the Air in an interview with Joanna Stern of laptopmag.com. Barker say...

18 March 2008
04:13 GMT

Frontier FRNL: World's First Notebook Lighter than the MacBook Air

If your ideal of portability was Apple's MacBook Air, you're wrong, because Frontier has just unveiled yet another MacBook Air killer. The lightweight FRNL sub-notebook is not just elegant, but it's one of the die-hard notebooks that can resist to water spills and huge pressure.The FRNL weighs just 1.2...

17 March 2008
04:53 GMT

'Light' Competition for Apple's MacBook Air

Word on the street is that Apple's MacBook Air has to face yet more competition, following debates concerning which between Apple's laptop and Lenovo's ThinkPad X300 is a better computer. Frontier has adopted an aggressive attitude prepping to launch its FRLN which is both lighter and sturdier than the...

14 March 2008
11:59 GMT

Fan Update Fails to Fix Air-Freezing Issues

Not that this wasn't expected, but as it turns out, MacBook Air owners are still complaining about freezing issues. Apple has recently released an update for the Air's internal fan (SMC Update 1.0) which was supposed to cool spirits down. It didn't, as sources on the Internet inform.This PC Advisor art...

14 March 2008
11:00 GMT

MacBook Air Software Update Available (Internal Fan)

So, you're the proud owner of a MacBook Air. You must be, since you're reading this piece. Well, it's a very good thing you stopped by because we're here to inform you guys that Apple has just made another update available for you. This time it concerns the MacBook Air's internal fan. Apple&#...

11 March 2008
15:41 GMT

The MacBook Air Is so Thin That It Gets Thrown Away with the Trash

Whatever the standards are for thinness, the MacBook Air is right on the top. Everyone knows this and it seems that the thinner and lighter a device is, the better it sells. People love thin! That's a fact. But at least one person out there may very well hate the Air for being so thin. Why? 'Cause it got th...

11 March 2008
05:18 GMT

TSA Guys Couldn't Believe the Air was a Laptop

We've often heard of blokes in uniforms becoming highly suspicious when encountering new tech. It is the case of one guy who missed his flight for carrying an Apple MacBook Air. What the TSA found particularly strange when he rolled it on the conveyor belt was that the laptop featured no drive and no visible por...

10 March 2008
11:58 GMT

Crystal AND Gold Treatment for MacBook Air

This has got to be a joke! No way am I looking at both Crystal Icing's and Computer Choppers' designs in one laptop. And it's Apple's Air too. According to bornrich.org, this is the work of the guys at Bling My Thing, who've managed to get 12,000 Swarovski crystals up on that Air, complete wi...

7 March 2008
11:06 GMT

CeBIT 2008: Network Operator Uses MacBook Air for Show Off at CeBIT

Who says Apple isn't featured at CeBIT? Some of our guys, who are currently in Hanover to bring you exclusive stuff from the world's largest computer expo, have sent in these images depicting someone promoting something using Apple's elusive MacBook Air.What looks like a USB modem obstructing pretty mu...

6 March 2008
11:12 GMT

The MacBook Air Is Hard to Find

Although the Air was met with praising as well as criticism upon its arrival, forecasts of low sales have recently been proven wrong. Sources inform that demand is apparently still high for the world's thinnest notebook, with frequent sellouts at Apple stores across the globe and long wait times for shipping at ...

4 March 2008
04:16 GMT

Apple Patent Hints at Revamped Air. More Ports!

In a world where you can patent your shorts if you like, Apple has filed an application to protect its ports, or the way they're accessible on a laptop or something like that. It's aimed at the Air, that much we know. Why don't you take a look at the images and see what you can make of them.It's n...

29 February 2008
04:39 GMT

Toshiba to Boost Apple's Air and Lenovo's X300?

Working people interested in upgrading to a new top-notch laptop have two options these days, one of which sounds great, in terms of functionality, while the other boasts more style and grace than features. However, both Apple's MacBook Air and Lenovo's ThinkPad X300 might be getting a boost, making them ev...

28 February 2008
03:16 GMT

Swarovski-Crystalized MacBook Air

If there's anything worse than customizing something that looks great just the way it is, it's this: the Swarovski Crystal-styled MacBook Air. Needless to say, we're just expressing the most subjective opinion possible, which means that if you dig the Crystal Icing's design, no one says you should...

27 February 2008
09:07 GMT

Air to Descend Because of Its Own Battery

Everyone's been taking a shot at the MacBook Air (ourselves included) ever since Apple revealed its features, but more importantly, its lacking features. One of those unimpressive aspects about the Air is of course the lack of a user-replaceable battery. Analysts believe that batteries may turn out to "Apple Ach...

22 February 2008
03:47 GMT

MacBook Air Heavy Competition on the Way

Not that Apple was enjoying too much popularity with the MacBook Air launched and all, but competition is already on the way for the world's thinnest notebook. The X300 ThinkPad from Lenovo promises to be the best choice for the mobile PC user, as it sports key features that the MacBook Air lacks.Yes, you guesse...

21 February 2008
08:58 GMT

Multi-touch Trackpad Not Coming to MacBook Pros?

Remember the news saying multi-touch trackpads were heading the MacBook Pro's way? Well, forget about it. It's not going to happen, or at least Pro trackpads will not work 100% the same as the Air's. Why? Apple said so in a statement, clarifying that the new multi-touch Trackpad is 'unique' t...

19 February 2008
13:31 GMT

Pimp Out Your Air. Paint and Customize

Just finished writing about a too-good-to-be-true story and while this here image would have you thinking the same thing, I can assure you that this is not the case. You can indeed pimp out your MacBook Air to look like the one in the image to the left, or even better, but it's gonna cost you. Oh, it's gonn...

19 February 2008
07:02 GMT

There's Something in the Air: Lenovo's ThinkPad X300

Lenovo has just announced its ethereal ThinkPad X300 ultra-portable notebook. The newest addition to the ThinkPad series is as thin as Apple's MacBook Air, but at the same time, it comes with a whole new bunch of features that the Air can't even dream of. The X300 is the first competitor that attempts to ta...

15 February 2008
06:08 GMT

New Fujitsu Laptop to Kill the MacBook Air

Not long after shrinking down the Core 2 Duo especially for Apple's MacBook Air, Intel has pulled out that screw vice again and has shrunk another processor that will be incorporated into new ultrathin laptops. The announcement is likely to stir some you-know-what up for and create competition for Apple's A...

12 February 2008
05:06 GMT

Intel: MacBook Air Processor Clone Gets Detailed

Intel has managed to shrink yet another processor for the ultra-thin notebook market, just as it did with Apple's MacBook Air chip. Given the fact that Apple did not require an exclusive processor from Intel, the whole industry is dreaming about miniature, low-voltage processors to power their future ethereal no...

12 February 2008
03:02 GMT

BestBuy Reveals Pricing Details About the Lenovo X300: the MacBook Air Killer

Shielding the new technology from the prying eyes of media is a huge hassle, no matter how "educated" the own employees are. The greatest snitches continue to be the manufacturing and distributions partners, who, luckily for us, keep disclosing juicy details about the upcoming technologies.I have told you about Lenov...

11 February 2008
04:01 GMT




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