The Never-ending Dilemma: Upgrade Your Old Mac or Get a New System?
MacNewsWorld’s Chris Maxcer addresses the abiding conundrum of whether to upgrade one’s existing system or buy a new Mac, noting that when you’ve had your Mac long enough, it’s only natural to start thinking about more speed and more memory.
So the operative question is whether to dig deep and go with a full hardware upgrade,...
It’s a bird! No, it’s an app! No, it’s Tweetie 2 for iPhone!
Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone, App Store
Discharging Static Electricity for Safe Computer Upgrading
So often we are asked in reference to our OWC Instructional Series of Videos, “How exactly am I supposed to ‘Use proper anti-static precautions when performing this upgrade’?”...
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We've seen the benchmarks. We've heard from the techno-geeks. According to Apple, Snow Leopard should result in some impressive speed gains, and hefty hard drive space recapture. But does this speed...
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Windows 7 Takes Pricing Cue From Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard is selling like hotcakes. It’s selling much better than Tiger, and a lot better than Leopard, too. If I had to hazard a guess, I’d say those strong sales numbers had something to do with price. Microsoft appears to think so, too.
For a limited time, Microsoft is offering students the opportunity to grab one...
Add More RAM to your iMac, MacBook, Mac mini or MacBook Pro for less!
There are few constants in life. Death and taxes are the cliché ones. I’ll also add to the list the Chicago Cubs not making it to the World Series, movies based off of video games being terrible, and...
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Will Snow Leopard really make my computer any faster?
Filed under: Macbook Pro, MacBook, Leopard, Snow Leopard
We've seen the benchmarks. We've heard from the techno-geeks. According to Apple, Snow Leopard should result in some impressive speed gains, and hefty hard drive space recapture. But does this speed...Does Mom Need Snow Leopard?
Naturally, as a contributor to this blog, I purchased a Snow Leopard family pack the first possible day. Some people may have pre-ordered on Amazon, but they missed out on the in-store experience. My mother lives close to an Apple store, so I decided to stop by and upgrade my Macbook Pro while catching up...
My Snow Leopard casualties: what’s not working in 10.6
Filed under: Software, Snow Leopard
Overall, I'm very happy with Snow Leopard, and loving all of the little refinements I keep stumbling upon. However, I want to mention a few pitfalls I ran into with my upgrade, on the off chance that anyone...
Tip From Mossberg: Snow Leopard Upgrade Good for All
While many of us had suspected it to be the case, Walt Mossberg of All Things Digital in his review of Snow Leopard has confirmed it: The 10.6 upgrade will work with 10.4 Tiger. Which means that if you’re not keen on iLife or iWork ‘09, you can skip the full version included in the...


Debunking the “Snow Leopard is a Service Pack” Myth