Mac & Dan blogbin » Powerbooks http://www.macndan.com/blog A blog for cool Macintosh technology and technnical digital content Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:35:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 MacBook Pro Rocks http://www.macndan.com/blog/2006/05/21/macbook-pro-rocks/ http://www.macndan.com/blog/2006/05/21/macbook-pro-rocks/#comments Sun, 21 May 2006 07:34:11 +0000 dan http://www.macndan.com/blog/?p=26 I really didn’t know what to think when Apple introduced the new line of Intel architecture Macs. I had my reservations about whether or not this would be a good move for Apple. Well, several months later my reservations are no longer being held. Apple has successfully managed to move an entire hardware platorm with little or no problems. I have since been setting up dozens of MacBook Pro laptops for my clients. Fast, sleek, beautiful and has the ability to run “GASP” Windoze… No matter how much the mac world hates anything to do with Bill & his monster of an OS, there are times when using it is a must. I do have to admit that after installing bootcamp and going through the ugly install process, having it on my laptop is not as intimidating as I thought it would be. I use it for the once in a while case that some website pukes out the ugly message that IE explorer 5 or greater must be used to access this website. It also gives me the opportunity to use software currently running under the win-xp environment.

Overall sales are expected to soar above all previous records for the new MacBook even over the iMac. I for one have added to that list as well.

]]> http://www.macndan.com/blog/2006/05/21/macbook-pro-rocks/feed/ 0 Before I forget – there is just one more thing… http://www.macndan.com/blog/2006/01/13/before-i-forgetthere-is-just-one-more-thing/ http://www.macndan.com/blog/2006/01/13/before-i-forgetthere-is-just-one-more-thing/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2006 02:35:36 +0000 dan http://www.macndan.com/blog/?p=17 Some day that phrase will be immortalized in the memory of Steve Jobs. How many Apple Keynote shows have we all watched and heard these words? No new surprises other than simultaneous hardware releases of both the MacBook Pro and the iMac Intel. Most analysts felt that Apple absolutely had to get the professional laptop product out the door to accommodate the demand or risk losing their market share. A new pro laptop, Intel iMacs, and new versions of the iLife suite. Personally the release of the new iLife suite is what excited me the most. The only thing that I was surprised by was that Apple had only provided a single 400 firewire port on the MacBook Pro. I would have rather liked to see an 800 firewire port instead. I’m concerned that once Apple kills firewire off for good how are users going to be able to boot externally? They must have something in the pipeline that will accommodate this need. It reminds me of the time between the first release of the original iMac and the third generation iMac when Apple discontinued using SCSI in favor of USB. Unfortunately the only device you could boot off besides the internal HD was the CD rom drive . I suspect that Apple had to make some concessions to Intel by dropping the Firewire preference in their product line (noted first with the USB only version iPods) in favor of Intels USB 2.0. I just hope that the new marriage with Apple and Intel will not deal death to the better product. Hint…hint.

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