Category: 662: Mac Box Set Sale, Half-Wired on Vacation, How To Lift Your MacBook, 17″ MacBook Pro Praise

This week we’re offering a special low price on the Mac Box Set. The Mac Box set makes it easy to upgrade to OS 10.5 Leopard, which is the latest Apple Operating System, along with the newest versions of iWork ’09 and iLife ’09. Separately, these programs cost $290. The Mac Box Set is normally…

For many years, I thought the 17-inch MacBook Pro was not really portable and pushed the limits of what a laptop should be. When I was a full-time technician, I would often look at them on my bench and shake my head. Why would anyone want such a heavy laptop that won’t open while seated…

The vast majority of insert/eject problems on Apple laptops are related to how users pick up their machines. It sounds ridiculous, and some people even take offense when I offer a tutorial on how to handle their machines, but if you squash the optical drive opening, that is considered damage and is not covered by…

Hello again, Tech Tails! I just recently returned from an incredibly relaxing trip to Aruba filled with sun, calm surf and jeep-bound adventures through the wild desert landscape. When preparing for vacation, I always find myself in a conundrum of what technology to bring and what to leave behind. Since my career is in technology,…

Happy Tuesday, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is right around the corner, and I’m headed out to San Francisco and Cupertino in a few weeks with Don for the always productive and inspiring meetings with Apple executives, other Apple Specialists, and the developer community. There’s always a ton of buzz before the Apple keynotes given…