I pulled my laptop out of my case tonight and fired it up. I was immediately greeted with this:
Fuck, photo by Duane StoreyAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License
$1000 worth of fail
As you can see, my LCD has a wicked crack in it. I did a quick scan in the forums, and replacing an LCD via the Apple [...]
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New iPhone Case On The Way
The first order of business with my new iPhone is picking up a decent case to keep it from being scratched. I called around town, but unfortunately nobody has any stock for the 3G iPhone cases yet. So basically the only place left to buy one from was on Apple’s store.
I originally went [...]

The Apple MacPro
This morning I had the pleasure of swinging by MacStation in Yaletown on my way to work and picking up a brand new MacPro computer for work. I could sit here and quote technical specs until the cows came home, but I’ll just say that this sucker completely rocks. It basically [...]

Mac Update 10.5.2 for OS X
For all of you who have been waiting patiently for the new 10.5.2 update, the wait is over. 10.5.2 is now available on software update. I’m installing all 350 MB of it right now.
For all of you about to update, I salute you.
Oh, and for all you people on shitty broadband, you should [...]

New Mac Desktop
Tomorrow I should be getting a brand new 8-core MacPro for my desk at work. In honor of that, I did up a little Mac desktop last night for anyone who likes to laugh from time to time.
Enjoy.

Apple’s Expensive Solid State Add-On Drive A Bust
This guy just did a huge Apple comparison with the new Air notebook computer, both with and without the solid state add-on drive. The verdict? The Air in general is slower than both the Macbook Pro and the Macbook, and the battery life is only average.
Photo by John Biehler
The [...]

What’s Up With iChat, Leopard?
I’ve been using Leopard now for around 3 months, and to be honest, I’m really not impressed at all. It’s an extremely buggy OS with a bunch of mediocre improvements, many of which I haven’t really found a use for.
Spaces? I actually thought these would be cool, but I [...]

Apple Macbook Air Notebook Announced
Apple just announced an ultra-think notebook computer called the Air.
something in the air?, photo by Patrick BrossetAttribution-NonCommercial License
Photo by Gnackgnackgranck on Flickr
Looks pretty cool, but it doesn’t have a DVD drive, and is sealed shut like a big iPod. Based on my experiences with my Macbook Pro and Leopard, I think I’m definitely [...]