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The reason I will never buy a Mac desktop

Published on Apr 17th, 2008 in blog, interesting links, hardware, apple, thumbs down | 2 Comments »

While browsing around this morning I stumbled upon this bit of news: “Apple released a new graphics upgrade kit today.” For those Mac Pro users out there (that is, the tower desktop system, not the laptop) can now upgrade to a GeForce 8800GT for about x1.5 the actual price of the card, ain’t those wonderful […]

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Speed up Vista using Firefox 3 Beta

Published on Mar 31st, 2008 in blog, windows, the web, microsoft, software, tips & tricks, apple, thumbs up | No Comments »

If like me, you spend a sizable amount of your computer time on a web browser, you can forget about RAM or processor upgrades, it’s software where the hole was all this time.
First let me tell you that I’m an avid fan of trying new web browsers, or at least new versions of today’s traditional […]

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TechSpot at the Apple Store in NYC’s Fifth Ave.

Published on Mar 30th, 2008 in blog, techspot, apple, thumbs up | No Comments »

Earlier this month I visited New York City and my hotel happened to be a mere block away from the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue. Despite of my love-hate relationship with the brand (I own a Mac Mini, iPod, iPhone and MacBook Pro, but I can’t say I love them all), I had to pay […]

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Apple prepares new MacBooks, release set for tomorrow

Published on Feb 25th, 2008 in blog, the web, apple, rumor mill | No Comments »

Edit #2: Announcement made, full story here.
Edit: Forgot to mention this story from the Financial Week on how Apple is currently sitting on a pile of cash estimated at $18.4 billion.
There is an inexplicable enthusiasm for whatever Apple has to announce next, and while the hype behind products like the iPhone is more than justified, […]

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I’m a Windows power user

Published on Feb 18th, 2008 in blog, windows, apple | No Comments »

For all the criticism Vista gets, I happen to be one happy Vista user. Sure, I do have complaints about it, and even with all the patching and SP1 fixes, I still believe the OS has to improve considerably in areas like power consumption, waking up from sleep as quickly as OS X (two critical […]

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New MacBook Pro owner, joining the dark side?

Published on Dec 14th, 2007 in blog, techspot, windows, the web, software, hardware, apple | 3 Comments »

Depending for how long you’ve been reading TechSpot you may have read a variety of comments about Apple products, from hate to well, less hate :). No, but seriously, despite of being mainly a Windows site we have tried to remain balanced and objective when time has come to report on any product, no matter […]

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New MacBook update on its way

Published on Oct 30th, 2007 in blog, hardware, apple, rumor mill | No Comments »

Update: This didn’t take too long, the minor MacBook update has been confirmed. No word on LED backlighting unfortunately.
Whether you are a Mac user already or are planning to give one a try, it’s only obvious that any plans for upgrading or getting a new machine revolved around the release of OS X Leopard. We […]

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So, what is Exposé?

Published on Oct 12th, 2007 in software, apple, video | 4 Comments »

Missing from my Switcher 2.0 post yesterday was an explanation of what Exposé is. I guess some people are just too lazy to follow some links, but then again that’s not uncommon, after all why should you care?
In the particular case of Exposé I believe some movies are worth more than a thousand words…
Here’s an […]

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