If you’ve been wondering why you can’t seem to find a 15-inch MacBook Pro with LED-LCD in stock, AppleInsider has the dirt. While it’s not clear whether the supply problem is the result of a simple shortage of necessary parts or a more significant problem with the LED-LCDs employed by Apple in the MacBook […]

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Deciding that enough is enough, Apple has finally decided to hold an intervention and get the size and weight of MacBook Pro’s generously-proportioned 85W AC adapter under control before it ends up on Dr. Phil asking for gastric bypass. For those of us tired of our AC adapters breaking chairs in restaurants or forcing […]

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On a day devoted to the iPhone (well, starting at 6 PM, at least), Apple has seen fit to offer up the whimsically-named MacBook Pro Software Update 1.0. No specifics on what the update actually does, aside from ‘important bug fixes,’ but that’s what we love about Apple: they leave a little something to […]

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Blog Mac Daddy World (we sympathize: there just aren’t that many Apple-related puns left unused at this point) has uncovered an interesting and heretofore unknown feature of the latest, Santa Rosa-based MacBook Pros: the built-in iSight has been updated to 1.3 megapixels.

Speculation is that this has only just been uncovered because Mac OS X 10.4.10 […]

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Our friends over at WaterField Designs sent us word of their just-refreshed Racer-X:

San Francisco, CA, June 26, 2007 – WaterField Designs, a leading maker of custom-fitted computer bags and cases for digital gear, today announced a new size and look to its Racer-X computer case line with a custom size to fit Apple’s 13″ MacBook. […]

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After several months of hearing little on the story of over-applied thermal paste in Apple portables, it looks like the problem is rearing its head again. Some owners of the new Santa Rosa-based MacBook Pros are complaining that their new machines are hotter even than earlier MacBook Pros, and some of the more intrepid […]

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Site sponsor TechRestore sent us this information on their latest upgrade for the MacBook and MacBook Pro:

Concord, CA - June, 21 2007 - TechRestore, Inc. has begun offering a new overnight hard drive replacement service featuring 200 Gigabyte and 250 Gigabyte drives for MacBook and MacBook Pro models.

The high-speed overnight service is completed within 24-hours […]

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MacFixIt has a writeup on an issue that it seems many owners of the latest 15-inch MacBook Pros–those featuring LED-backlit LCDs–are suffering from. The problem generally occurs when the MBP is running with the LCD at less-than-full brightness, leading to a flickering display.

If you have this issue, we recommend going to your local Apple […]

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We don’t link to just any reviews here on the Zone, but no site does reviews like Ars Technica, so when we saw their new look at the just-released Santa Rosa 17-inch MacBook Pros, we had to pass it along.

A few of the observations worth noting: if you can handle the higher-res screen, it’s worth […]

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Our friends at Other World Computing sent us this release on their new memory offerings for the MacBook Pro line:

June 15, 2007, Woodstock, IL — Other World Computing (OWC) http://www.macsales.com, a leading Mac and PC technology company, announced today that it is offering 4.0GB Memory Kits for Apple’s new recently announced MacBook Pro 2.2GHz and […]

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Our friends at Fastmac sent us word on their latest offering:

Fastmac today announced the availability of an Airport Extreme compatible
802.11n wireless card upgrade for Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro & Mac Pro
computers. Based on an IEEE 802.11n draft specification, the new wireless
card achieves data transfer rates that are nearly 5 times faster than
existing 802.11g cards with […]

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