Battery calibration recommended by Apple, why no utility?

Like virtually all mobile computer manufacturers, Apple recommends that users calibrate their laptop batteries every few months, as Scott pointed out a couple of years ago. Unlike many manufacturers, however, Apple does not include a utility to automatically perform a calibration. Given Apple’s …

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Apple Notebook Shipments Skyrocket 61%

This is a good news, poor news story. Let’s start with the good news!

DisplaySearch, a market research firm, is reporting that Apple’s sales of notebook computers are up 61% from 1st Quarter, 2007 to 1st Quarter, 2008. In that fiscal quarter, Apple shipped by 1.4 million notebooks, compared t…

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Mod: use your MacBook Air Superdrive on any machine

If you’ve got a MacBook Air SuperDrive and you’ve been hankering to use it with other computers (Mac or PC), tnkgrl by at tnkgrl Mobile has a solution. With a $9 part and some intestinal fortitude, you too can prepare your MBA Superdrive universally compatible.

Using the drive with other comp…

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Apple Juicz solar charger for MacBook Air

Okay here’s one for the deep-pocketed Greens out there (or perhaps somebody on assignment to the middle of nowhere). QuickTek is offering a line of solar chargers for the MacBook Air called the Apple Juicz. There are three models of increasing size: 18 watt, 27 watt, and 55 watt. They recharge a…

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