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I’ve had my 2010 13″ MacBook Pro for 2 and have written one review. Now I think it’s time for the second review, this time with a bit more info on how it holds up to everyday life, and it’s future as a viable workhorse notebook. Display Even after 2 years of it’s release, the […]
January 2, 2012
It wasn’t long ago when 500GB 2.5″ hard drives were finally available in the more palatable 9.5mm height. Fast forward 2 years and the first 1TB drives of 9.5mm height are available to the consumer. In just 2 years, the maximum available capacity has increased two fold, and price/weight and size have stayed the same. […]
December 19, 2011
Looking at the MBP 13, you can see that a lot of careful thought has gone into designing the chassis, and it has been so successful that the main unibody design hasn’t changed since 2008 when it was first released. Cooling is possibly the most important factor in x86 mobile devices. Cramming ~35 watt components […]
February 25, 2011
There definitely seems to be a whiff of disappointment in the air. Apple have refreshed their MacBook Pro line and while the 15 and 17 inch models sport Sandy Bridge and discrete graphics cards, the 13 inch MacBook Pro still relies entirely on integrated graphics. Size, weight and battery life may have been the constraints […]
February 24, 2011
Apple have just released their next generation MacBook Pro’s. Here are the main feature changes; 13 inch MacBook Pro 2.3 or 2.7GHz Core i5 or i7 Sandy Bridge Processor On-die Intel Sandy Bridge Integrated Graphics 3000 with 384MB shared memory 320GB Standard Hard Drive “Thunderbolt” Port Facetime HD camera SDXC Support 63.5Whr Battery with “7 […]
August 27, 2010
Apple updated their entire MacBook Pro line this year, and have upgraded the 15 and 17 inch models to Intel’s latest Core i series processors which support “Hyper Threading”, Core Gating and on-package graphics all manufactured to a minuscule 32nm process. So why hasn’t the 13 inch MacBook Pro received such upgrade? Read on to […]
August 13, 2010
Higher clock speed + Faster processor = lower battery life, or does it? It seems that the reverse is true for MacBooks and in real world testing, the MacBook Pro 2.66GHz model lasts around 32 minutes longer on a charge than the 2.4GHz model* Here’s an explanation for why this may be; A faster processor […]
July 17, 2010
Go to a TV store now and you are guaranteed to Contrast Ratio on the specification labels of almost every new TV, but what does this mean, and is this truly representative of the TV’s picture quality? Read on to find out. Put simply, the Contrast Ratio of a display is the difference between the […]
June 23, 2010
“You can say what you like about the iPad, iPhone or even the iPod, but when it comes to desktops and notebooks, Apple certainly knows what they’re doing” Go to the 2 Year Retrospect Review Here to see how the MacBook Pro holds up to everyday use! This review will cover the 13 inch MacBook […]
July 11, 2012
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