Forget the usual laptop bags, encase and protect your MacBook in style. Great as a unique gift for the coming Holidays as well, the ColcaSac MacBook Sleeves are not only stylish but eco-friendly as well. They are made from all-natural environmentally friendly fabrics and provide that natural earth feel for comfortable storage for your mobile computing device. They come in a range of designs and colors (red, black, Sherpa, brown, etc.) and come with a vertical loading feature that should make it easier to store and get when you need to use your MacBook. The ColcaSac MacBook sleeves retails for $33.00.

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Yes, Apple has put out a slew of new products with the new MacBook, iMac, Mac Mini, and Magic Mouse, but lets not forget an update to the Mac Remote. It is reported that this remote will have the same all-aluminum coat that is on the newest Mac products, and it is designed to control the iPod, iPhone, or Mac with play/Pause, menu, volume and track skip buttons.

It is compatible with any Mac introduced 2005 or later with integrated IR receiver, but you will probably need a $49 iPod Universal dock for the iPod or iPhone.

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Earlier today we told you that Apple has a brand new white plastic MacBook ready for the market with a removable battery similar to its uni body MacBook Pro brethrens.

Already, iFixit has gotten their hands on the device to give it the tear down treatment to find the nonremovable battery and hard drive aren’t so nonremovable.

Head here to see all of the pics.

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Apple has today come forth to announce a whole slew of updates to their various product lines. First up is the plastic MacBook that is getting an almost full redesign with a uni body enclosure, non removable 7-hour battery and large multitouch track pad as found on the MacBook Pros.

The iMac will feature generally the same design as the last generation, a 21.5-inch LED display with various Core 2 Duo offerings. Alternatively, there is a 27-inch model that features an Intel i5 or i7 with both models support up to 16GB of RAM.

The Mac Mini keeps the same design but gets a processor upgrade, more RAM and a NVIDIA 9400M 256MB graphics card.

And last but not least, the Magic Mouse — As you could probably already tell this is the successor to the Mighty Mouse and features probably the biggest redesign of all the updated product lines. This new mouse features no buttons whatsoever but instead a touch sensitive face for, you guessed it, gesture based controls.

Head over to Apple’s website to check all of these updates out.

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We’re already used to see Apple set trends in various areas so we’re not exactly surprised to see this MacBook-like laptop in the picture here. The iiView A2 is naturally not a machine invented by Cupertino minds but it’s still an interesting PC. This Windows 7 monster will come with an Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, 320GB hard drive, a 12.1-inch display, 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi and HDMI connectivity. The netbook will be available on October 22, as soon as Windows 7 gets released and it will cost you just $399. What do you think? Are you ready for a MacBook-like iiView A2?

via ChipChick

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Dell’s slimmest laptop so far, the Adamo XPS, has posed again for the camera. We still don’t know if Dell is ever going to launch the laptop officially but it would be pretty interesting to see it in action. We’re still curious to see what kind of battery Dell would fit into a case that’s just 9.99mm thick. Who would want a laptop with a poor battery just because it’s the slimmest in the world? Would you buy a Dell Adamo XPS if you had the chance? Or would you go for the MacBook Air instead?

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You can always call it an innocent mistake, or if you like conspiracy theories, you can assume that Google has leaked Apple’s new Apple iMac, Mac mini and MacBook intentionally. What happened you ask? It looks like Google served some new AdSense ads in the Netherlands mentioning all these new gadgets.

Google’s AdSense has been delivering the following ads:

• “Apple’s Newest MacBook. Thinner, lighter and faster! Free delivery. Order today”
• “Apple’s New Mac mini. Faster and more affordable than ever. From only $723. Order immediately.”
• “The Brane new iMac. Ultra Thin 20 & 24 inch models. From $1.063. Apple Store”

The links are pointing to a dead page of the local Apple Store which means this all looks pretty genuine. Let’s see how and if Apple will respond to this! What do you think?

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Tags: Apple, Desktop PCs, imac, Laptops, Mac Mini, MacBook, Mobile News, store

The plastic MacBooks have long sat idle while the unibody MacBooks have gotten a refresh so it would only make sense that Apple is gearing up to launch fresh hardware.

Recent reports coming out of AppleInsider suggest that a plastic MacBook with a thinner design is currently being manufactured and could possibly hit store shelves within the next couple of weeks. Furthermore, they say they will also feature a built-in battery much like the ones found in their unibody brethren.

Tags: Apple, battery, Laptops, MacBook, Mobile News, plastic, refresh, unibody

In case you though yesterday’s picture was the Apple tablet than we have to correct your thoughts. The tablet in the picture is in fact the real thing. That’s right, this is the Apple tablet at least until tomorrow when we’re going to see another leaked shot of it which will probably look very different from this one.

Either way Apple, we don’t really want to know more about your denied but soon-to-come tablet. We already know how a tablet looks like and we’ve already seen it in miniature. People call it the iPhone 3GS nowadays. And we already know it will sport some sort of tweaked, pimped out iPhone OS. That’s why we promise to act really surprised when Steve Jobs will unveil it later this fall.

Now let’s focus on this photoshopped image right here. The tablet seems to run Mac OS X in the background. So what happened to that iPhone OS tablet version? What do you think folks? Do we smell a rat?

Wonder what the tablet will look like early tomorrow morning…

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Yep, more Apple Tablet rumors, but these ones seem pretty sure of their credibility. The recent slew of rumors has both a release window and price point for us to ponder.

According to Apple Insider, the Apple Tablet will definitly be shipping sometime in 2010 and will be priced somewhere between the iPhone and Macbook. If we’re talking about the highest capacity iPhone 3GS and the plastic Macbook, we’re looking a range of $299 to $999 which is somewhat surprsing considering it is Apple.

Anyways, take this how you will but with all the rumors circulating there has to be some touchscreen toutin’ device that the guys over at Apple have been working on.

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Before I even start this one out I have to tell you folks that the video above was created for a product management class. Unfortunately this is not the MacBook Touch just yet but it might very well be in a little time. It’s a remarkable concept which people would probably love having around. We have just heard today a rumor saying that Apple and Verizon will launch the first MacBook tablet so this video fits perfectly with it. It’s what some customers want and we’re probably going to see Apple deliver.

What do you want out of a MacBook Touch (or whatever name it will be given)?

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Don’t get too excited folks since the Adamo is still an expensive laptop. But Dell decided to reduce its price. That’s a little late considering that Apple has announced cheaper prices for its MacBook, including the direct competitor of the Adamo, the MacBook Air.

Dell is offering you an impressive $500 off the original prices. The cheapest Adamo is now available for just $1,499 while the most expensive is going for $2,299 after the price cut. Still expensive? I told you so!

via Engadget

Tags: Adamo, air, Apple, Dell, Laptops, Laptops, MacBook, Portable Devices, price cut

I don’t know if it’s the economy or the fact that Apple has some really cool products available but it looks like people are even considering robbing Apple Stores. The Apple Store Clarendon in Arlington, Virginia, was robbed and the perpetrator shot and wounded one of the employees. Nobody died but I am sure some people got scared. The victim was shot in the shoulder and it will survive as the injuries occurred are not life-threatening. The robber hasn’t been caught yet and we can only assume he will try to rob various establishments in the future. Especially since we don’t have any idea of what was stolen. Did he get the money he was looking for? Was he looking for iPhones or Macs?

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Viliv has a new MID for us, the X70 and this time is a 7-inch model. It has the same size of those first Eee PC netbooks but the only difference is that it doesn’t come with a keyboard. The X70 is the follower of the S5 and it will offer you a WSVGA screen, an 1.2/1.3GHz Atom processor, 16 or 32GB of SSD storage space, HSPA, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, GPS and XP. The device is ready to boot Windows XP in less than 5 seconds and it has an impressive battery ready to offer you about 5.5 hours of video playback. All that will be available for just $599, which is the same price its predecessor, the S5 carried. Now imagine if Apple had launched an iPhone-like MacBook tablet/netbook. Would it look anything like this?

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Tags: iPhone, Laptops, MacBook, MID, Mobile News, Portable Devices, s5, tablet, Ultra Mobile PCs, Viliv, X70

Sure you could always choose one of its direct competitors, the Adamo from Dell or one of the X-Slim laptops from MSI, but for those of you with a bigger wallet, the Air is probably the best way to go.

Apple decided to offer everyone a $300/$700 price drop depending on what model you choose but the MacBook Air it’s still expensive with prices starting at $1,499. The cheapest version will offer you a 1.86GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM, a 9400M graphics card and a 120GB HDD. For $1,799 you get a 2.13GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM, a 9400M graphics card and a 128GB SSD.

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Apple announced at the WWDC 2009 an absolutely amazing new 13-inch MacBook update. And I think it’s safe to call it the 13-inch MacBook Pro since Apple is already doing it. The unibody 13-inch MacBook Pro is going to offer quite some features while the 13-inch MacBook white will be known as the 13-inch MacBook. So here are the new features of the shiny, aluminum MacBook Pro:

• similar 7-hour, non-removable battery
• SD slot
• a new display
• up to 8GB of memory
• a 500GB HDD or 256GB SSD
• a backlit keyboard
• Firewire 800 (guess who’s back)

Impressed yet? Well what if I told you that the new 13-inch is available starting today with prices starting at $1,199.

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We’ve done the virtual live coverage of this year’s WWDC keynote and now we’re going to break it down for you. First up it’s the 15-inch MacBook Pro.

And here’s what Apple added to that unibody 15-inch laptop:

• 7 hours of power out of a non-replaceable battery similar to the one in the 17-inch version; lasts for about 1,000 charges or 5 years
• a new display capable of getting 60% more color gamut
• an SD Card slot instead of the Express Card slot
• up to a 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo CPU
• up to 8 GB of RAM
• up to 500GB HDD or 256GB SSD

The 15-inch is even cheaper now! The $1,699 version will get you a 2.53GHz processor and 4GB of RAM, the $1,999 version will get you a 2.66GHz processor and 4GB of RAM and a 320GB HDD while the $2,299 version will deliver a 2.8GHz processor, 4GB RAM and a 500GB HDD.

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It’s only May but Apple is already getting ready to roll its back to school promotion. In preparation of those offers Apple has upgraded its white Macbook. Starting today, those purchasing a white 13-inch notebook from Apple will get a 2.13GHz processor instead of the regular 2.0GHz, a 160GB HDD instead of 120GB and 2GB of 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM instead of the 667MHz RAM.

As for the back to school promotion, you know how the drill works! College students and faculty that get a new Mac will get a free iPod as follows:

• $229 rebate on an iPod touch
• $229 rebate on an iPod classic
• $199 rebate on an iPod nano 16GB
• $149 rebate on an iPod nano 8GB
• $79 rebate on an iPod shuffle

What will you college guys choose?

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The Apple netbook in the picture here is not real and it’s not even coming from the Cupertino-based company. This concept netbook doesn’t even really work as it’s made completely out of wood. The netbook comes with real working hinges and everything is hand-drawn on it. You’ll see the Dock and the icons, the keyboard and the trackpad nicely drawn and even a nice film strip depicting what MacBooks are all about. The netbook was design by a student, Kyle Buckner, and maybe Apple should pay attention to some his drawings!

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That’s right folks you heard me right! That external battery pack will do the job for you. If you’re traveling for up to 32 hours and there’s no electricity around, this baby will keep you MacBook running. Although I can hardly imagine such harsh conditions, I would still appreciate such a power solution for any other laptop. Sanho’s Hypermac will provide all that power for the right price. The 222Wh unit will cost you $500 which isn’t that cheap. There’s also a 60Wh model which goes for $200 or you could consider the $150 car charger. Whatever you choose, it will be shipping later this month, so start making plans for that 32-hour journey!

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Tags: battery, Hypermac, MacBook, Mobile News, Portable Devices, Sanho