Posts about 'MacBook Pro'

Live From The Bleeding Edge – Snow Leopard One Week Later…

Live From The Bleeding Edge – Snow Leopard One Week Later…

So it has been just about a week since I converted all four systems over to Snow Leopard, and I’m happy to report that for the most part, the transition has been surprisingly smooth. Other than the strange crop of “Rosetta Mushrooms” that I mentioned in my first look piece, I encountered no problems with the ... read more

September 3, 2009 in News by John Omvik 0 comments

Spoiler Alert – Snow Leopard Install Report

Spoiler Alert – Snow Leopard Install Report

So I’ve just updated 4 Macs to Snow Leopard and am ready to report back on first impressions. So SPOILER ALERT if you are interested in experiencing everything yourself for the first time stop reading now….Okay if you are still reading, consider yourself forewarned… So far, it has actually gone pretty well just a couple ... read more

August 29, 2009 in News by John Omvik 0 comments

Top 3 Reasons For Photographers And Other Creative Professionals To Upgrade To Snow Leopard

Top 3 Reasons For Photographers And Other Creative Professionals To Upgrade To Snow Leopard

Anyone serious about digital photography, video or audio tends to work with large file sizes and regularly performs processor and memory intensive operations. In order to feed this habit, we tend to buy multi-core systems with fast processors and lots of memory. The only problem is that up to now, we have been filling our ... read more

August 29, 2009 in News by John Omvik 0 comments

Microsoft Empowers People With “The IT Tools They Need”… MacBook Pros

Microsoft Empowers People With “The IT Tools They Need”… MacBook Pros

…but also manages to offend people with really bad photoshop and racial insensitivity. See the English and Polish versions of the same webpage.The top photo on the English webpage looks very much like a standard corporate boardroom stock photo featuring an ideal ethnic and gender diversity. It is only fitting that it should also include computer ... read more

August 26, 2009 in News by John Omvik 0 comments

onOne D-SLR Camera Remote v1.1 For Nikon Now Available

onOne D-SLR Camera Remote v1.1 For Nikon Now Available

Apple has approved and posted onOne’s D-SLR Camera Remote software v1.1 for sale on iTunes. This application allows users to control a D-SLR connected to a Mac remotely from an iPhone.Version 1.0 announced in June 2009 initially only supported Canon EOS models, version 1.1 now provides support for Nikon models as well (see list of ... read more

August 26, 2009 in News by John Omvik 0 comments

Saying Farewell To An Old Friend

Saying Farewell To An Old Friend

Recently I had to say “good bye” to an old friend. It was time for him to retire and he had served me well for more than 6 years, an eternity in technology time. My old friend was my 2 GHz dual core G5 PowerPC Macintosh. He was replaced with a 2.93 GHz Quad-Core Intel ... read more

August 24, 2009 in News by John Omvik 0 comments

Apple Offers “Antiglare” Screen Option For 15″ MacBook Pro

Apple Offers “Antiglare” Screen Option For 15″ MacBook Pro

In the “Better Late Than Never” category, Apple recently made a significant change in the 15″ MacBook Pro configuration options. The new “Antiglare Widescreen Display” option was added to the online store with little fanfare, but should be welcome by photographers everywhere.While the standard “glossy” (or glare) display offers great eye candy in dark rooms ... read more

August 21, 2009 in News by John Omvik 0 comments

Condition Macbook and Macbook Pro Batteries

Condition Macbook and Macbook Pro Batteries

This news on MacWorldl.com about a new battery conditioning tool from NewerTech called (obviously enough) Battery Charging Station. Might be good for those MacBook Pro users who have been using the same battery forever. http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/06…oner/index.php read more

August 7, 2009 in News by David Schloss 0 comments