While one could spend a month investigating all the great booths in the South Hall, it’s time to move on. The North Hall has
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Author: David Weeks
FastMac 15″ MacBook Pro Extended Life Battery
Review
The most obvious appeal of a MacBook/MacBook Pro (aside from warming one’s lap in cold weather) is the ability to run from a battery, untethered from AC power sockets. Compared to PC laptops, Apple laptops have long suffered from relatively short battery life.
Read MoreMagStay Pro
Review
The MagStay Pro is tiny plastic fitting plug that increases the force required to unplug the MagSafe plug. Is it worth it, or should you avoid it?
Read MoreFound Behind the Bookshelf
Book Review
We get books. Lots of books. Some aren’t worth reviewing. The list of books to review seems to get ever-longer. Unfortunately, some titles, well, are just forgotten. Here’s a quick snapshot of two worthwhile books that got lost behind the bookshelf.
Read MoreICY DOCK
MyMac.com Labs tested the ICY DOCK portable FireWire enclosure on a 4 day road trip, and here’s what we found
Read MoreiClock 3.05
Review
Universal binary application iClock has turned out to be a splendid replacement, not only for ASM and Prefling, but it also because includes many other great features. Some of these are more important to me than the menu bar clock feature.
Read MoreThe Macintosh iLife ’06
Book Review
Each previous review has been a rave. How does The Macintosh iLife ’06 compare with its predecessors?
Read MoreMacAlly IP-A411 iPod charger –
Review
When you buy an iPod, you get a wall charger, so you can charge ye olde iPod without hooking up to a computer. Do you want another wall charger, so you can keep one in two locations?
Read MoreMacAlly iLaser Mouse
Review
Laser mice are all the rage nowadays. How does the latest from MacAlly fare? Check out David Week’s review
Read MoreSafari Books Online
Review
Books are great. You can curl up with one by the fire, or drop it in your briefcase to read on the morning commute. Books don’t need electricity. David looks at the new Safari Books Online, the digital library.
Firelight Xpress SmartDisk
Review
SmartDisk’s new Firelight Xpress has new new feature that no other hard drive yet has. An LCD on the drive’s front panel allows you to see the most recent date information was saved to the drive, and the amount of free space remaining. Worth an extra $50? Read David Weeks review to find out.
Read Morehandle-it
Review
handle-it is a convenient carrying handle that attaches to the hinge end of your MacBook Pro or PowerBook with four screws.
Maxtor Shared Storage Plus
Review
How good is a network backup solution if it does not copy all the files? Not very. David Weeks takes a look at the latest from Maxtor.
Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac
Book Review
Joe Kissell’s new ebook, Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac is the best book so far for the average Mac user who wants to jump into the world of running PC applications. He covers the pros and cons of Apple’s Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop, and the Q emulator.
Power saving tips for Macintosh laptops
David gives seven power-saving tips to PowerBook, iBook, and MacBook Pro users. If you travel, these tips will help you get the longest battery life from your Mac.
Mac OS X Help Line Tiger Edition
Book Review
Expo Walk, Day 2, part 1
As is his habit, David Weeks gets his best kicks at the Expo just rambling around the show floor, watching and listening. Here are some of his 2006 MacWorld Expo observations.
Read MoreTake Control of Switching to the Mac
eBook Review
When a PC user is thinking about switching to the Mac and asks David Weeks advise, he makes sure he has a copy of this ebook with him. Read the review.
Read MoreNewer Technology Battery Charger / Conditioner
Review
Consider using Newer Technology’s external charger/conditioner. It can recharge two batteries at once, and recondition them as needed.
Read MoreTake Control of Your Wi-Fi Security
ebook Review
Do you need to read Take Control of Your Wi-Fi Security? If you never read the papers, or browse web sites, you may be one of the few computer owners who don’t know about identity theft, or stolen credit card numbers. While online shopping has burgeoned in the past few years (do the names Amazon.com or eBay ring a bell?), so have problems with computer security. Read David Weeks review if this is the book you should get on this subject.