macrumors.com - 11/15/2008
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Hardmac points back to a post made in our own forums which details the experience of one user enabling four finger gestures on his 1st generation MacBook Air. I can confirm the four finger gesture is possible on pre-October 2008 lapto...
arstechnica.com - 11/18/2008
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arstechnica.com —
High Definition Content Protection (HDCP) you can't live
with it, but you practically can't buy an HD-capable
device anymore without it. While HDCP is typically used in devices like Blu-ray players, HDTVs, HDMI-enabled notebooks, and even the Apple ...
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Apple brings HDCP to a new aluminum MacBook near you
wolphbite.com - 11/15/2008
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wolphbite.com —
How I converted a “dead” Apple MacBook to
a Mac Pro Ultra Mini. Digg it here A
Little Background: I was given a “dead” 13″ MacBook that had water poured on it. After taking it apart and testing I found that the ...
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My New Mac Pro Ultra Mini
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Four-finger gestures hacked into older MacBooks
Engadget —
... 2008 Apple laptops can get the four-finger Exposé and Application Switching working -- all's that required is the install disc from a unibody MacBook, a little tweak of the registry and a pinch of patience. We can't say for sure how far back this hack will go (we're guessing your PowerBook G3 is out of luck), but we do know that it works just fine with a January '08 MacBook Air. Give it a go if you're a risk taker, but don't blame us if your atoms start to melt. [Via MacRumors] Four-finger gestures hacked into older MacBooks originally appeared on ...
Enable Four-Finger Gestures on Original MacBook Air with Dangerous Scary Hack [Apple]
Gizmodo —
... He can use Exposé and Application Switcher just like the newer models, and suspects all later-model MacBooks could also work. Macrumors warns that this is absolutely not recommended for the casual user, and could have awful results you and I can't even guess at, but it's definitely an impressive trick. Makes you wonder why Apple couldn't have just updated all of the older machines via a firmware upgrade, doesn't it? [Macrumors] ...
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phonenews.com 8/14/2008 — PhoneNews.com can confirm that Apple is preparing to release an new revision of the MacBook Air. While that in and of itself is not a surprise to many, we can confirm some of the specifications of the unit. Much of the MacBook Air’s external design ...
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Deal: $1000 MacBook Air !
gizmosforgeeks.com 5/2/2009 — You may have been lusting after a MacBook Air for some time now, but have been deterred by their steep price tags. Well, think again. Not sure how or why, but MacMall is offering a $1000 MacBook Air - 13.3″ screen, 1.6GHz CPU, 2GB RAM, and an ...
Apple Notebook Updates on October 14th? 120GB MacBook Air HDD?
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More 'Brick' MacBook Case Images?
macrumors.com 10/9/2008 —
An Apple.Pro blog has posted three small images of what appear to be a new MacBook case. The casing resembles the MacBook Pro case image leaked earlier today, but clearly represents a smaller screened laptop. Absent are the speake...
New MacBooks cool but pricey —
Personal Technology 11/16/2008
Unfortunately, with the latest laptops, Apple chose to make the hardware slicker and more stylish, rather than push the price down. It brought some of the features of its even more expensive MacBook Pro line to the consumer line, rather than bringing ...
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