Archive for the 'Macbook Air' Category
MacBook Air SSD prices drop
Filed under: Deals, MacBook AirIt looks like Apple has a nice little surprise for anybody in the market for the SSD equipped MacBook Air. The price on the Apple Store for the 64GB SSD upgrade on the 1.6GHz Air has dropped to $599 from $999. Similarly the price of the 1.8GHz Air (equipped with the SS…
Apple Notebook Shipments Skyrocket 61%
Filed under: Apple, Macbook Pro, MacBook, MacBook AirThis is a good news, poor news story. Let’s start with the good news! DisplaySearch, a market research firm, is reporting that Apple’s sales of notebook computers are up 61% from 1st Quarter, 2007 to 1st Quarter, 2008. In that fiscal quarter, Appl…
Mod: use your MacBook Air Superdrive on any machine
Filed under: Peripherals, Hacks, MacBook AirIf you’ve got a MacBook Air SuperDrive and you’ve been hankering to use it with other computers (Mac or PC), tnkgrl by at tnkgrl Mobile has a solution. With a $9 part and some intestinal fortitude, you too can invent your MBA Superdrive universally compati…
Apple Juicz solar charger for MacBook Air
Filed under: Accessories, Peripherals, Portables, MacBook AirOkay here’s one for the deep-pocketed Greens out there (or possibly somebody on assignment to the middle of nowhere). QuickTek is offering a line of solar chargers for the MacBook Air called the Apple Juicz. There are three models of incre…
MacBook Air: dangerous weapon?
Filed under: Humor, MacBook AirEngadget has a foolish, but daintily humorous post up on a German MacBook Air user who claims his elbow was sliced open by the sharp front edge of the Air. In addition to his sliced up elbow (bis aufs Fleisch!), he says that his sofa was ruined by all the blood. Just w…
256GB Samsung SSD Heading for MacBook Air?
Filed under: Hardware, One More Thing, MacBook AirYesterday was Memorial Day in the US, a Bank Holiday in the UK, and apparently big honkin’ solid-state drive (SSD) day in South Korea.Samsung, which provides the 64GB SSD drive that is available in a pricey configure-to-order version of the MacBook A…
Thinvelope for MacBook Air
Filed under: Accessories, MacBook AirSince the MacBook Air was introduced with its iconic envelope commercial there have been a variety of envelope style cases. However, the Thinvelope from BeyzaCASES is really in a class by itself, combining high quality leatherwork with what looks like an extremel…
