MacBook Pro

Apple Hong Kong’s Chinese New Year ’11 One Day Deal

January 11, 2011 Apple Inc.

In the past Apple online store had held one day sales event for “Black Friday” (aka “Boxing Day”, the day after Christmas). Usually any other times Apple products are rarely discounted; unless it is through the Corporate or Education sites or refurbished items. So it is a bit surprising to receive a Sale event announcement [...]

Purchasing Apple Products from Overseas?

July 27, 2010 Apple Inc.

Many people are tempted by the low cost of Apple products in Hong Kong compared to all other countries around the world, including USA. They are most attracted to the factory SIM-unlocked iPhones sold through official Apple resellers and Apple HK store online. So they are tempted to purchase one or more of these products [...]

New MacBook Pro Speed Bump from Apple

April 13, 2010 Apple Inc.

Apple finally have time to release the new “speed bumped” lines of MacBook Pro (MBP). They gave the media and the public a week to get over the iPad hyped, then tonight (HK time) made available the new long awaited Intel Core i5 and i7 MacBook Pros for the 15″ and 17″ models respectively.

How I Became a SSD User

January 16, 2010 Apple Inc.

I like to share with my readers the process in which I became a SSD (“Sold State Drive”) user. The price of SSD drive is still way more expensive than a regular HDD, especially when you compared the cost per GB (Gigabyte). In Hong Kong on average one can find a reasonably fast 7200rpm 1TB [...]

Apple’s New iMac Hidden Feature Plus More!

October 21, 2009 Apple Inc.

Both of the new iMac models announced today capable of attaching an external display up to a 30 inch at a resolution of 2560 by 1600 pixels, but most interestingly is that the 27-inch model’s Mini DisplayPort also supports video inputs from DisplayPort equipped devices like the MacBook and MacBook Pro.

Quick Summary of Macworld 2009 Keynote

January 7, 2009 Apple Inc.

Before heading to bed, I thought I give everyone a quick summary of the keynote at Macworld 2009. Apple announced three new things: iLife ’09, iWork ’09 and a new MacBook Pro 17″ plus two iTunes Store updates. The latter being the immediate availability of 8 million DRM-free tracks on iTunes Store worldwide and OTA [...]

My Views on the New Late 2008 MacBooks

October 15, 2008 Apple Inc.

MacBook MacBook Air MacBook Pro 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB DDR3 Memory 160GB 5400rpm Hard Drive Super Drive NVIDIA GeForce 9400M video card 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB DDR3 Memory 250GB 5400rpm Hard Drive Super Drive NVIDIA GeForce 9400M video 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB DDR3 Memory 120GB 4200rpm Hard Drive NVIDIA [...]

Apple’s 2008.10.14 Event

October 15, 2008 Apple Inc.

This morning at 10:00 (PDT) in Cupertino, CA, USA, Apple held an event to announce the new MacBook Pro, MacBook and speed bumped the MacBook Air. The entire line of MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air are now using the same construction method, where the case is created from a single block of Aluminum. Making the [...]

Apple Event on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 10:00 PDT

October 10, 2008 Apple Inc.

It is confirmed that there will indeed be an Apple event at Apple’s Cupertino HQ, 1 Infinite Loop, titled “The Spotlight Turns to Notebooks“. I hope they will announce and make available a new MacBook that meets my needs. Most of all will be available this year. I love to buy a MacBook that is: [...]

Not Necessary Believable News

October 10, 2008 Opinion

As the saying goes, “bad news sells newspapers”. Being true to this saying the traditional media (CNN, New York Times, etc.) are again reporting the Mac rumors as fact. Even with a recent example of how irresponsible these traditional media were; CNN iReport incident. You can see from Dow Jones Newswires article Apple Sets Oct 14 [...]

Brand New Apple MacBook Pro 17"

April 24, 2006 Apple Inc.

Apple today released the brand new MacBook Pro 17″. This new version of the Intel® based Macintosh notebook has again surprised the analysts who did not think Apple would be able to release a new MacBook Pro that is the same thickness as the current MacBook Pro 15″, while bringing back the old 8x SuperDrive [...]