MacBook

By Charlie Sorrel So Pedro, this one is for you. These hard cases from Idox fit the iPhone, iPod Touch and the latest Nano, and turn them into something resembling a tiny netbook, one of those that has the huge (and cool) oversized hinges. When closed, the hard shell keeps the iPod as safe as Han Solo encased in ca...

By Steven Sande In a move sure to rile up the crowds of people (including our very own Erica Sadun) who have converted cheap Intel Atom-powered netbooks into tiny MacBook-like hackintoshes, several sites are reporting that Apple will kill support for the battery-sipping CPU in the next release of Snow...

By John Herrman You've got yourself a fully-functioning, beautifully small Snow Leopard netbook, which'll do 90% of what a 13-inch MacBook can, at 70% the size and about 25% of the cost. Mine's close to perfect: With an extended battery, I'm pushing 7 hours of battery life with Wi-Fi, which makes my MacBo...

By Joanna Stern Meanwhile, your average Atom netbook can't play a 1080p clip without stuttering, not can it multitask as smoothly. However, no UL system can reach the performance of a Core 2 Duo with discrete graphics. By way of comparison a 15.4 inch Acer Aspire with a 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and dis...

By John Gruber 18 March 2009, Shane O’Neill at PC World: “Recession Breathes Life Into Windows PCs as Apple Gasps for Air”: Nonetheless, design hubris and slumping sales will cause Apple to tap a hot segment of computer market. So Apple will be forced to enter the “netbook” market due to slumping MacBook...

By Doug Aamoth The A2 from ii-View is a 12-inch Windows 7 netbook with a 1280×800 resolution screen, 2GB of RAM, a travel weight of 3 pounds, and an MSRP of $399. Other features include an Intel Atom N270 CPU, 320GB hard drive, a/b/g/n wireless, HDMI output, webcam, and “full-size” keyboard. At its thickes...

By Joanna Stern Considering that it's cheaper than the MacBook Air or Dell Adamo, and that Sony's netbook was $500, that's pretty skimpy pricing. On the outside, the X is made of some beautiful metal. On the insides we now know it has a 2GHz Intel Atom Z550 processor, a solid state drive and standard Intel gra...

By Doug Aamoth Underneath it all, though, is your basic netbook: Atom N270 CPU, Intel GMA950 graphics, 1GB of RAM, 120GB hard drive, Wi-Fi, and Windows. And let’s just assume that the materials used with this netbook might not be as well-crafted as Apple’s magic aluminum enclosure within which the MacB...

By Brian X. Chen See Also: If looks were all that mattered, HP’s Mini 5101 would’ve been a 10. But alas, bumpy QuickTime video playback and a just-OK battery life knocked the Mini 5101 to a 6 in our ratings. Here’s a snippet from our review: We love the matte, full-sized keyboard — soft on the fingertips, but ju...

By Doug Aamoth CNET Asia via Wired] Take the MacBook Air, shrink the screen down an inch, slap in some netbook components, and load it up with Windows 7 Release Candidate and -- drumroll, please -- you've got the iiView A2 out of Singapore. Oh, and lower the price to $468. That's kind of important there.

By Matt Burns Just like Doug said, the Timeline is more than a netbook, but more portable than your average notebook. The six cell battery should power this slim notebook for more than eight hours thanks to the Intel ULV SU2700 CPU and LED back-lit screen. Expect to see reviews dropping shortly compari...

By Mark Wilson The keyboard is extremely satisfying to use. It's satisfyingly clicky and each key is easy to find with your fingers. A convenient button controls Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combinations to reserve power, while another button turns off the trackpad when not in use.

Both also use Intel's Consumer Ultra Low Voltage (CULV) processors to provide better performance than a netbook but with less cost and battery use (as well as less performance) than the Core 2 Duo S used in Apple's system. Few hard specifications have ...

By Jennifer Bergen A MacBook Air, Asus Eee PC Netbook, and a Canon MP480 All-in-One Photo Printer. Here are your daily deals for Thursday, March 26, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. If you're thinking of a new laptop, but don't want to lug around a heavy computer, then check out the MacBook Air. Normally $1,599, y...

By Charles Moore 13″ Unibody MacBook Height: 0.95 inch (2.41 cm) 12″ PowerBook How about you? Better to sacrifice power for a smaller footprint (old 12″ PowerBook/PC netbook), or prefer a larger display and Core 2 Duo/Nvidia 9400M performance (unibody MacBook)?

In terms of display, at least. Sounds surprising? We admit, it doesn't quite stack up - one is a $300 netbook while the other costs a handsome amount that could get you at least a couple of old jalopies in a used car dealership. Bear in mind this "conclusion" is not based on any scientific study o...

By Charlie Sorrel The shocker is that the Dell Mini 9 beats the unibody 15" MacBook Pro on color accuracy, although on viewing angle it slips back down the league table. It turns out that Galbraith doesn't like the new glossy glass screens Apple has forced upon its two smaller notebooks:

By Charlie Sorrel The shocker is that the Dell Mini 9 beats the unibody 15" MacBook Pro on color accuracy, although on viewing angle it slips back down the league table. It turns out that Galbraith doesn't like the new glossy glass screens Apple has forced upon its two smaller notebooks:

By Trent Wolbe 01:22 - Apple announces final MacWorld, Steve Jobs won't deliver keynote 13:15 - Thank you NYC! 20:26 - Dell confirms shocking truth: Adamo to rival MacBook Air 27:34 - Sony P-series "netbook" unveiled, underwhelming 37:51 - HP Firebird 803 tower with VoodooDNA leaked!

By David Rothman On the Mac Netbook rumor: “One day, I’m sure, we’ll see a tiny MacBook with a proper keyboard and a trackpad you can actually use. But it will be awhile, and it will probably cost more than the competition. In the meantime, you can hack your own Mac netbook using an MSI Wind and a copy of OS X.”

Update: I just watched the video brochure for Apple's new MacBook. It's amazing how they get people to care about the manufacturing process -- even though the product is missing the excitement in today's laptop market. Imagine if Apple had decided to make a MacBook that was priced like an iP...