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Tag: MacBook

  • Ditching The Laptop

    Ditching The Laptop

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    Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of good stories of various users ditching their laptops for most of their day-to-day task and simply taking their iPads everywhere they go. Two of the biggest names in the Technorati to do it are Andy Ihnatko of the Chicago SunTimes and Shawn Blanc. I will even admit to…

  • Top 10 From The Last 500 Fat Ones

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    Last Week, Steph published the 500th post from on our 2FatDads site, a site he and I created far too long ago. Over the years we invited Ben, Eric and Steve to join us; not only writing some pretty awesome tech reviews and rants but also in creating the DadCast which will be resuming it’s…

  • On Hackintoshing For Dollars in General

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    Hackintoshing used to be a complicated process, but since Hackintosh expert tonymacx86 came around it’s gotten a lot easier. [..] While I had Whitson around to help me out, if you have some knowledge of how to build a computer this is likely something you can do. I am still surprised that the process was…

  • Apple To Stop Including Adobe Flash In All MacBooks

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    Apple responds on missing Flash in new MacBook Airs, says get used to it — Engadget: “We’re happy to continue to support Flash on the Mac, and the best way for users to always have the most up to date and secure version is to download it directly from Adobe.” We mentioned this in Episode…

  • So What’s Your GeekBench Score?

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    Primate Labs Geekbench: “Geekbench provides a comprehensive set of benchmarks engineered to quickly and accurately measure processor and memory performance. Designed to make benchmarks easy to run and easy to understand, Geekbench takes the guesswork out of producing robust and reliable benchmark results.” So we had a little fun in the office benchmarking Adi’s new…

  • How Form Actually Affects Function

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    I have been using the MacBook Pro and only the MacBook Pro for all of my work and personal stuff for about 3 weeks now. Sure I’ve had my fair share of annoyances in adjusting my workflows and my bad habits like hitting end and expecting it go to the end of the line instead…

  • Using A MacBook Pro As Your Full-Time Work Computer

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    About four years ago, I decided I had enough of being the family tech support guy and through in my Windows towel for good. I checked out https://mytechnolojoy.com which is a great resource for PC help, but the Warning Signs Of Computer Problems are too many and is better to hire a professional to fix…

  • Apple MacBook Pro i5 Unboxing

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    This is my new 15 inch MacBook Pro with an i5 chipset, 256Mb NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M discreet graphics chip, 1/2Tb 7200RPM drive, 4Gb of Ram and the new high resolution (1680×1050) anti-glare led back lit display model number: MacBookPro6,2. For the record I’m upgrading from this:

  • DadCast Episode 14 – The Big Ranting Canuck

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    The Big Ranting Canuck, Nearly Live from the Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… This week we announce our new sponsors: Audible and we talk about some great customer service from Pentax, some pretty appalling follow tactics by Tweetphoto, the eminent I5 chipped MacBooks Pros and the Steve Jobs recent flurry of emails. Hopefully we’ll see…

  • Pentax Imaging Canada, You ROCK!

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    One of the collective peeves from all the Fat Dads on this site is awful customer service. And it’s been pretty much no holds barred for outing and shaming companies that hold the customer in contempt and provide nothing but appalling customer service. On a few very rare occasions, we get to recommend companies that…