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MacBook Air Initial Impressions
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Apple’s MacBook Air is arguably the most elegant portable computer on the market. The device is lightweight and thin. But how does it stack up for practical use? Is the processor speed fast enough? Does the MacBook Air come with enough [...]
Which Notebook Do You Prefer?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed If you aren’t a fan of the questions being answered in these videos, you can pop into the chat room and ask something original of your own! One chatter wanted to know recently why it is I chose to go with [...]
Do You Have a New MacBook Air?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Angelo is one of our Lockergnome bloggers, writing about all things Android. He recently purchased a 13″ MacBook Air and recorded the unboxing for us. The video is short, sweet and to the point – and Angelo is as excited as [...]
Are You a Ninja?
According to research conducted at both Facebook and LinkedIn, an increasing number of people have job descriptions that include the word “ninja” in the title. Both sites have in-house researchers who look at all of the junk that is posted on their respective sites and then try to make sense of it. That is a [...]
How to Make a Glossy Screen Matte
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed When I ordered my new MacBook Pro not long ago, I decided to go with the glossy screen. I’m a matte fan, but I don’t like the way that Apple does those on their notebooks. The device isn’t all black with [...]
Best Mac for a Student
A common question, indeed: I’m Adam Griffiths – a long time YouTube subscriber. Love your videos, and I occasionally jump in the live chat. I’m in the UK and am heading to University this September to study Computer Science. I currently have a Late 2007 MacBook, 2.0Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB RAM. It [...]
MacBook Pro Unboxing
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed What’s so exciting about watching somebody unbox a new product? I’m not quite sure, but I’ll do it in front of a live virtual audience any day. Over 1,300 of you tuned in for that particular broadcast! If you think this [...]
How to Order a New MacBook Pro
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed According to Apple, the new MacBook Pro line is the fastest and most powerful ever. They now come with Intel Core i5 or i7 processors. Each one happens to contain next-gen nVidia graphics. I am about to order one of these [...]
Should I Get a Mac or PC?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I had to chuckle when this particular caller tried to start the old war… Mac vs PC! *sigh* Do you know how often I hear that? However, this guy was a bit more specific. He’s starting college, and wanted to know [...]
Which MacBook Should I Get?
Andrew Portess (also known as ‘portessa’ in the chat room, and also a member of Geeks and Lockergnome.net) asks: Since Mac OS X Leopard came out, I was sold on the idea of getting a MacBook Pro and unfortunately, I still haven’t managed to afford one yet. Considering that the MacBook Pros have just been [...]
Stop the Facebook Chain Message Madness!
If you’re on Facebook, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Recently, we’ve seen more than our fair share of chain messages making their way around, but not in our Inbox. These lovely little pieces of garbage are being sported right in the status boxes of thousands of profiles! One message claimed that if you [...]
Is a Virtual Friend a Real Friend?
Recently, I asked you whether you had met anyone in “real” life who you had become friends with online. Today, I read a heart-wrenching post on Geeks. One of our long-time community members unexpectedly lost his mom two days ago. The poster talks about how he lives several hundred miles from his family. While waiting [...]
Are You a Part of the Apple Revolution?
This is Sage Naumann’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily [...]
How can You Protect Your MacBook?
If you have a MacBook, you are likely protective of it. Notebooks are stolen every day, especially from college students. Would you like another layer of protection? TotalTechie from our live community sent in the following recommendation for all of us to try. iAlertU is the ultimate free MacBook protection system. To activate and deactivate, [...]
Laptop Fire
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed James Bayliss is an active community member of ours. He was the creator of the “bouncing Chris heads”. I got an email from him with a picture attached of a burned-up laptop! It actually happened to his Macbook Pro today. He [...]
