Battery calibration recommended by Apple, why no utility?

July 30, 2008

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 …

Apple Notebook Shipments Skyrocket 61%

June 29, 2008

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…

Mod: use your MacBook Air Superdrive on any machine

June 24, 2008

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…

Apple Juicz solar charger for MacBook Air

June 17, 2008

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…