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FirmTek targets MacBook Air owners with hub for FireWire, eSATAPosted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on Apr 14, 2008 7:27 PM
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Announced on Monday at the NAB expo in Las Vegas, the forthcoming SeriTek/SpyderHUB storage hub will support FireWire and eSATA drives and provide interesting capabilities including eSATA booting for Mac...[Read the rest]

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MacBook Air Diary-Day 23: Lovin' the F8 key
Apple's new, low-throw, "chiclet" style keyboard arrived to great controversy. First in the MacBook, then again when it was adopted as the defacto standard USB keyboard for all Macs, replacing... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 22, 2008 10:43 AM
MacBook Air: Motion sensor 'bizarrely' enabled with solid-state disk option
MacBook Air owners will find that Apple's motion-sensing technology — to protect hard disk drives in notebooks — is enabled even on models with the solid-state disk option. [Read the rest]
Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Feb 21, 2008 9:40 PM
Will the MacBook Air ruin the MacBook Pro?
Real-world tests of the MacBook Air sound good. But could the ultralight's success push Apple to slim-down the MacBook Pro, cutting its performance potential? [Read the rest]
Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Feb 21, 2008 6:27 PM
MacBook Air Diary-Day 22: Argh! Recessed headphone jack
It's almost as if Apple didn't learn anything from the recessed headphone jack fiasco with iPhone. The MacBook Air, my friends, also has a recessed headphone jack. While it's not... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 21, 2008 6:50 AM
MacBook Air Diary-Day 20: Cutting the cord
Yesterday, I blogged about traveling light and paring down my computer bag down to a MacBook Air in a simple sleeve. Today I want to ween myself off wired network... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 19, 2008 6:49 AM
MacBook Air Diary-Day 19: Traveling light
I finally did it. After almost 20 days of using the MacBook Air I'm now carrying just the MBA sans accessories. Like Linus with his blanket, I started by carrying... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 18, 2008 5:35 AM
MacBook Air Diary-Day 15: Temperature benchmarks
A big concern for anyone using a notebook computer for any length of time is the heat it generates. It actually came to a head a few years ago when... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 14, 2008 6:21 AM
MacBook Air Diary-Day 13: Installing 10.5.2
I generally wait at least 72 hours before installing any operating system updates from Apple but yesterday's announcement of 10.5.2 made me throw caution to the wind. I figured that... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 13, 2008 6:49 AM
MacBook Air Diary-Day 12: Tackling the storage issue
Being somewhat of a data packrat, the MacBook Air's tiny 80GB hard drive was probably its biggest problem for me. I got accustomed to having a fairly heavy Aperture (20GB)... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 11, 2008 6:02 AM
MacBook Air Diary-Day 9: Is the SSD overhyped?
Boy I am I glad I didn't pony up an extra US$1,000 for the Solid State Drive (SSD) option in my MacBook Air. While the temptation was there, sticker shock... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 8, 2008 6:38 AM
MacBook Air SSD - Is it worth the money?
Is the $1,300 solid state drive (SSD) for the MacBook Air worth the money? Doesn't seem so. Sure, there are some gains, but you have to look hard to find... [Read the rest]
Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Feb 6, 2008 1:56 PM
MacBook Air Diary-Day 7: The best sleeve case
The MacBook Air is so tiny that you'll be tempted to just toss it into a portfolio, briefcase, backpack or whatever you happen to be carrying at the time–but I... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 6, 2008 12:18 PM
Putting your HDD on an 80GB diet (Redux)
(This is a follow-up to my original piece from 16 January 2008–Putting your HDD on an 80GB diet). As I pointed out last month: 80GB is not 80GB. It actually... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 6, 2008 5:36 AM
MacBook Air Diary-Day 6: Size comparisons
After you get over the size of the packaging you can't help but to notice the size of the MacBook Air itself (it is, after all, the thinnest notebook computer... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 5, 2008 6:07 AM
MacBook Air Diary-Day 5: Battery observations
Apple quotes the MacBook Air as having a 5 hour battery, but as with most OEM statements about battery life, it should be taken with a grain of salt. The... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 4, 2008 7:44 AM
MacBook Air Diary-Day 4: The packaging
After (finally) getting my data migrated over to the MacBook Air (hint: use Ethernet) I took yesterday off to watch the SuperBowl. The MacBook Air was the life of the... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 4, 2008 6:52 AM
MacBook Air Diary-Day 3: Migration assistance
I received my MacBook Air on Thursday (unboxing photos here) and have spent the last few days learning a thing or two about Apple's Migration Assistant software. It's that handy... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 2, 2008 7:08 PM
MacBook Air tear-down: Look inside but don't touch?
The Mac parts and servicing site iFixit late Thursday posted its teardown of the MacBook Air. The look inside Apple's super thin notebook is revealing but shows that only upgrade... [Read the rest]
Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Feb 1, 2008 10:38 AM
Gallery: MacBook Air Unboxing
Yesterday was a very happy day for me. I ordered a MacBook Air (stock 1.6GHz configuration) about 30 minutes after the Macworld Expo keynote address wrapped up. I received... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 1, 2008 4:34 AM
Could the MacBook Air's trackpad support pen input?
Apple's new MacBook Air sports a larger, smarter trackpad and Mac OS X's built-in Ink text recognition engine. What would it take to make a pen digitizer out of the... [Read the rest]
Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Jan 31, 2008 4:34 PM
Is Apple under attack from a whisper campaign?
With the political super-season gearing up, come accusations of "whisper campaigns," or the spreading of false, damaging rumors from unknown sources. Based on a casual comment from an acquaintance, Apple... [Read the rest]
Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Jan 30, 2008 6:00 PM
Details surface on the MacBook Air
Some lucky stiffs have already received the MacBook Air and details are starting to emerge.Take for example Walt Mossberg's revelation that "it's beautiful and thin, but omits features." Mossberg... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Jan 25, 2008 5:15 AM
MacBook Air: Observations on its technical note
Apple recently posted the MacBook Air's technical notes on its Developer Connection site. While comparing and contrasting the new ultralight notebook with the MacBook Pro isn't fair, the differences between... [Read the rest]
Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Jan 24, 2008 7:09 PM
Death to the glossy display!
(If you're a big fan of glossy displays, you can probably skip this post) I've been gushing about the MacBook Air to anyone that will listen for the past week,... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Jan 21, 2008 10:12 PM
MacBook Air: thinnest but not lightest (Updated 2x)
When Steve Jobs introduced the world to the new MacBook Air here on Tuesday he accurately referred to it as "the world's thinnest notebook." While that statement is true, it... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Jan 18, 2008 12:16 PM
Why does the MacBook Air make so many so dumb?
Believe it, Apple's new ultralight notebook is perfect technology. It's an elite product, something that seems appears to drive populist Mac fans crazy. But this notebook will be Apple's next... [Read the rest]
Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Jan 16, 2008 11:40 PM
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