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Tired of that glowing Apple logo on your notebook (iBooks, PowerBooks, Mac Book/Pro). iColours it up with a custom touch-up. These ‘high quality’ filters come in a wide range of colors, designs, and they’re customizable. Best of all installation is a breeze.

Base price for a solid color is $3.99 CAD, including worldwide shipping. Custom designs may take a while and they ask that you contact them before ordering.

Just a Warning installing iColour will most likely void your warranty with Apple.

“The fastest, most configurable Mac ever” indeed. Apple has just introduced the all-new Mac Pro. It Sports a quad Xeon, 64-bit desktop workstation featuring two new Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors running up to 3.0 GHz and a new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of the Power Mac G5 Quad. With advanced performance, greater expansion, higher performance graphics options and unprecedented customization, the newly designed Mac Pro is the ideal system for the most demanding user. The introduction of the Mac Pro marks the completion of a rapid and seamless transition for Apple, with the entire Mac family now using Intel’s latest processors.

Note: Apple is only offering the base configuration, which now starts at $2499, and hopping you click ‘configure’.

Apple introduces a new powerful toy: Xserves. Scheduled to be available in October, the Xserves will sport 2 Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 processors (up to 3 Ghz), up to 32 Gigs of ECC FB-DIMM memory, 1.33GHz frontside bus per processor, 4MB shared L2 cache per processor, and two eight-lane PCI Express expansion slots. It will house up to 2.25 TB of on board storage as well a redundant power supplies, as well as an included unlimited client version of Tiger Server.

Starting price for the Xserves are stated to be $2,999.

Introducing the all new iMac for Education! Teachers and students will love this iMac created just for them. Experience digital life in the fast lane with the iMac for Education, featuring:

The new $899 17-inch iMac for education replaces the eMac, Apple’s last CRT based computer, providing students and teachers everything they need to learn and create in today’s digital classroom, all in the ultra-efficient iMac design.

I was sitting in front of my MacBook today and realized that I never posted any of the pics I’ve taken of my MacBook. So for your enjoyment here’s my MacBook out of the box and in action. I’m not going to give a review since there are so many available already but, I will say that the performance surely exceeds the prices. Best value for a portable notebook on the market, hands down.

Tags: MacBook, Apple MacBook, Apple

Early this morning Apple Sneaked the MacBooks in to its Store and it’s official the new addition to the Apple Family is here. The MacBook replaces the iBook line with a one screen configuration (13″), three processor configurations, and 2 color options.

I love the screen size; it’s not too small so you can actually do real working, yet portable enough to carry around when traveling. The Processor speeds are just what I had imaged it to be, enough for me to run the power apps without over-clocking. Built in iSight will make it more convenient to do internet conferences, while Front Row with the Apple Remote will provide entertainment away from home. Not to mention the addition of the magsafe power adapter and it’s out of box application bundle.

The only compliant I have is the glossy screen that Apple issues with the MacBooks and is an option on the Pro Model. It may cause a mirror effect with the addition of light, which may make it hard to watch videos or edit media.

On another note, why does Apple have to charge more for the Black option? That really sucks. Not that it affects me because I’m a classic guy so I’ll be purchasing the white one but, for all my friends that are black color junkies. Never the less, Apple hit it on point with the MacBook. The feature set is amazing and so is the price. I can’t wait to pick one of these up at the end of the week.

See Detailed Configurations and Prices of the Three Apple Mac Book Models

For All you Students looking to catch a break!
Click below for a student discount on Apple Goods

Tags: Apple, MacBook, Apple MacBook

The one thing I’m really missing from my camera is a fast an easy way to upload my photos without the hassle of having to deal with wires. WiFi is the solution and although many of the new digital cameras come with this built-in feature, millions of digital cameras already out there don’t have this capability.

Eye-Fi is the quick solution to that problem. they are working on a technology that incorporates WiFi functions into the flash storage. There first product to be released will be a 1GB flash SD card with built-in WiFi. The cost will be very much comparable to the 1Gb flash cards without WiFi on the market today.

With this technology it will bring ease of use to the individual consumer as well as boost the opportunity to produce many new business ventures (wireless photo printing hubs, etc.).

Eye-Wifi is currently the owner of the intellectual property rights behind this technology, so look for them to license it out to flash memory producers in the coming months.

Tags: WiFi Cameras, Eye-Fi, Wifi SD

Apple has just released the 17-inch MAC Book Pro. This think is amazing!!!
It’s powered by a dual-core Intel engine and has three USB 2.0 ports.

Other features in the new 17-inch MacBook Pro include:

• 17-inch widescreen display -1680 x 1050 resolution
• 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo
• 1GB (single SODIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
• 120GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• 8x double-layer SuperDrive
• ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory
• One FireWire 400, one FireWire 800, and three USB 2.0 ports

Macs also do Windows with the new Boot Camp download. The new MacBook Pro - faster performance with Windows compatibility and Intel dual-core processors. iLife in the Fast Lane.

Im going to be getting one of these soon so I’ll try to get a review for it up as soon as possible. Anybody want to buy my 15.4-inch MAC Book Pro? It’s less then 2 months old and comes with everything in its original box. It’s a 2GHz Intel Core Duo with 1GB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 100GB 5400-rpm hard drive, 4x SuperDrive, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory, OSX 10.4 Tiger, iLife 06 and Boot Camp installed with a licensed copy of MS Windows XP. Asking for $2,100 OBO. New york City Locals can pick it up, otherwise I can ship it for a small fee.

Tags: Apple, 17-inch Mac Book Pro

It seems a company called ExperCom is selling standard-speced MacBook Pros pre-loaded with Windows XP. This gives users that want Apple hardware to work with windows without having to deal boot camp themselves.

The funny thing about this is if you read there product description you will notice this Statement:

“We don’t support Windows XP - and neither does Apple. We’ll install it for you, but, hey, we’re Mac people, so we can’t help answer Windows questions! Give us a call at 888-563-6112″

Tags: Apple, Mac Book Pro Windows

Notice anything different about this USB Key?

Well the price tag for it retails at $5,000USD

“BUSLink was first to introduce the 8GB and 16GB flash drive to the world, now were proud to introduce the first 32GB and 64GB flash drive ever. Buslink USB 2.0 Flash Drive PRO 2 Series - Up to 4x faster than the original USB 2.0 Flash Drive.

Weight and Dimension Detail:
Product weight - 0.05 lbs
Product dimension - 3.875″x1″x .625″

Description Other Model Numbers and Prices:
1GB USB 2.0 Bus Drive Pro 2 Series 4 Times Faster BDP2-1G-U2 $79.99
2GB USB 2.0 Bus Drive Pro 2 Series 4 Times Faster BDP2-2G-U2 $149.99
4GB USB 2.0 Bus Drive Pro 2 Series 4 Times Faster BDP2-4G-U2 $249.9
8GB USB 2.0 Bus Drive Pro 2 Series 4 Times Faster BDP2-8G-U2 $799.99
16GB USB 2.0 Bus Drive Pro II Series 4 Times Faster BDP2-16G-U2 $1,499.99
32GB USB 2.0 Bus Drive Pro II Series 4 Times Faster BDP2-32G-U2 $2,499.99

Tags: BUSLink, flash drives