iPad makes Nexus One look Lexus expensive

Apple® today introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for  web, email, photos, videos, music, games, e-books


iPad’s responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch™ display.
iPad is just 0.5 inches thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds— thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook. 

 iPad will be available in late March starting at just $499.

iPad features 12 next-generation Multi-Touch applications. Every app works in both portrait and landscape, automatically animating between views as the user rotates iPad in any direction. Watch movies, TV shows and YouTube, all in HD or flip through pages of an e-book you downloaded from Apple’s new iBookstore while listening to your music collection.

iPad runs almost all of the over 140,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone® or iPod touch®. The iTunes® Store gives you access to the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store with a catalog of over 11 million songs, over 50,000 TV episodes and over 8,000 films including over 2,000 in stunning high definition video. Apple also announced the new iBooks app for iPad, which includes Apple’s new iBookstore, the best way to browse, buy and read books on a mobile device. The iBookstore will feature books from major and independent publishers.

iPad’s brilliant 9.7-inch, LED-backlit display features IPS technology to deliver crisp, clear images and consistent color with an ultra-wide 178 degree viewing angle. The highly precise, capacitive Multi-Touch display is amazingly accurate and responsive whether scrolling web pages or playing games. The intelligent soft keyboard pioneered on iPhone takes advantage of iPad’s larger display to offer an almost full-size soft keyboard. iPad also connects to the new iPad Keyboard Dock with a full-size traditional keyboard.

iPad is powered by A4, Apple’s next-generation system-on-a-chip.  Long battery life of up to 10 hours.*

iPad comes in two versions—one with Wi-Fi and the other with both Wi-Fi and 3G.

Environmentally responsible products, made of highly recyclable aluminum and comes standard with energy-efficient LED-backlit displays that are mercury-free and made with arsenic-free glass. iPad contains no brominated flame retardants and is completely PVC-free.

Apple released a Software Development Kit (SDK) for iPad. The SDK includes a simulator that lets developers test and debug their iPad apps on a Mac, and also lets developers create Universal Applications that run on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

Pricing & Availability 
iPad will be available in late March for $499(16GB), $599(32GB), $699(64GB).

Wi-Fi + 3G models of iPad will be available in April for $629(16GB), $729(32GB) and $829(64GB).

More info on

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/01/27ipad.html

13 inch Macbook pro at 1099

http://www.abt.com/product/37871/Apple-MB466LLA.html?utm_source=scfroogle&utm_medium=sc&utm_campaign=froogle

For those of you in the market for a new Macbook Pro, that seems to be a good deal. As always we recommend you do your own due diligence after you decide which Macbook your buying.

Steve Jobs Macbook Pro introduction part 2

Steve Jobs Macbook Air introduction: Classic 2008

The world's thinest notebook... Highlights how much better it is than the Sony laptop that was the top of the line at that time

13 inch vs 15 inch MacBook Pro

I guess 13 may turn out to be the unlucky number when picking between the 13 or 15 in Macbook Pro... though the author adds 13 is fine as is because the cost in getting a fully vamped 15" may not be worth it.

The option of faster graphics circuitry The 15 inch can be ordered with a combo of the embedded NVIDIA GeForce 9400M and the discrete NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, whereas the 13 inch is available with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M only. Apple Aperture becomes more sprightly with a faster graphics card, and when comparing how responsive the program is when layering RAW adjustments such as Highlights & Shadows on a Nikon D3 photo that has also been corrected to straighten a horizon, the GeForce 9600M GT definitely makes Aperture feel snappy and responsive. But, the GeForce 9400M is no slouch in this department; Aperture's interface does drag slightly by comparison, but the difference is less pronounced than we were expecting.

In addition, the GeForce 9400M can play Canon EOS 5D Mark II 1080p video full screen on an external 1920 x 1200 pixel monitor, without stuttering or hesitation. This camera's unedited video tends to cause lesser video cards to collapse during playback, but is no problem for the MacBook Pro 13 inch.

Without question, the GeForce 9600M GT is the more powerful graphics option, but the GeForce 9400M is none to shabby and seems more than adequate for various photo and video tasks.



The option of a faster processor The 15 inch can be ordered with up to a 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, whereas the 13 inch tops out at 2.53GHz.



The option of a faster hard drive Only the 15 inch can be ordered from Apple with a 7200rpm drive, the 13 inch is restricted to 5400rpm ones (plus SSDs).

Click here to see the indepth look at the Macbook Pro and it's Screen Quality by by Rob Galbraith

link

more info on macs:
www.apple.com/macbookpro/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro
www.engadget.com/
www.bizrate.com/laptop-computers/macbook-pro/

13-inch Macbook Pro get's more praise

Computer World's Ken Mingis praises the new MacBook Pro... if your in the market for purchasing a new laptop it's worth the read. Definitely a buyers market now, especially with Google entering the Netbook Market...

• "Wider gamut" means more life-like colors and deeper color saturation. As an example, I took a picture this spring of a purplish-blue iris that, on the just-discontinued MacBook, looked very good. But on the new MacBook Pro, the same picture is stunning. - Mingis

• "the smaller Pro models not only get processor speed bumps, they also get a major improvement in battery life, an SD card slot, a FireWire 800 port, a better LED screen and, debuting in the entry-level version, Apple's highly regarded backlit keyboard. (As someone who used the 2.0GHz MacBook -- the one without the lighted keyboard -- for a couple of months, I can attest to the usefulness of the backlighting, especially with the black keys.)" Mingis

also see Macbook White vs Macbook Pro

more info on macs:
www.apple.com/macbookpro/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro
www.engadget.com/
www.bizrate.com/laptop-computers/macbook-pro/

Do not Try this at home Macbook Pro Unibody Tear down

Have you ever wondered what was inside that UniBody? Every had the guts or dared to ripped it open? Fortunately you don't have to.

The good folks at http://www.ifixit.com/ have torn down the Macbook Pro 15'. See this link... http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Unibody/590/1

more on Macbook's:
www.apple.com/macbookpro/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro
www.engadget.com/
www.bizrate.com/laptop-computers/macbook-pro/

White Macbook vs Macbook Pro(Aluminum unibody)

A grade faster processor, a slice thinner, a hair split .5 pounds lighter, by far stronger aluminum vs polycarbonate the 13" Macbook Pro looks to be a clear winner and big step from the 13" Macbook White.

Previously a review between the Macbook White vs Macbook Pro/Aluminum(all pro's r now aluminum) choosing the best of was a very close call. And the difference was at least $300 that was hard to justify the upgrade.

Now the 13" Macbook Pro has all of the following below that the Macbook white doesn't. And only a $200 difference that's seems to be well worth the upgrade.

• Multi-Touch Track Pad
• Illuminated Keyboard
• Firewire 800 vs Mac White firewire 400
• SD Card Slot
• Longer Battery life by 2 hours
• DDR3 SDRAM
• LED Backlit Screen
• and of course the aluminum unibody

If your in the market for a new Macbook, the 13" Macbook Pro seems like a obvious choice. If you already have a Intel Core 2 duo above 2GHz and a NVIDIA GeForce 9400M Macbook, its better to wait til prices fall. Probably around fourth quarter next year or when they drop Snow Leopard. Your missing but not missing that much.

I bolding predict that they'll remove Macbook White or over haul it and drop the 13" Macbook Pro to $999.

more info on macs:
www.apple.com/macbookpro/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro
www.engadget.com/
www.bizrate.com/laptop-computers/macbook-pro/

One Stop Macbook Pro reviews/Guide

To make it easier for all of you thinking of buying a new Macbook Pro, I've put all the main key points followed by links to highly regarded reviews in one place below so that you can make the best decision.

Before getting reading the reviews the best way to know what your getting into if your new to the Macbooks is the common, major fixes accross the all Pro models

• Battery Life(impressive 7 Hours) Built-in 73-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery
• illuminated keyboard w/ ambient light sensor
• Multi-Touch trackpad two-finger scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, three-finger swipe, four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities
• NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
• LED- backlight glossy widescreen
• Precision aluminum unibody
• SD Card Slot

17-inch MacBook Pro

Reviewed by: Jonathan Rougeot
Review Date: June 2009

http://computershopper.com/laptops/reviews/apple-macbook-pro-17-inch

15-inch Macbook Pro

by Jeffrey L. Wilson

on June 12, 2009

http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/apple-macbook-pro-15-inch-2009.aspx

13-inch Macbook Pro

by James Galbraith

http://www.macworld.com/article/141213/2009/06/13inch_macbookpro.html?

13-inch MacBook Pro

Cisco Cheng

06.10.09

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2348489,00.asp

Bottom line:

Bringing in an SD slot and bringing back the FireWire port—while also lowering prices—eliminated Apple's weakest links in the 13-inch MacBook Pro. Add bigger, better battery life

Unparalleled multi-touch gestures. Best-looking chassis in its class. Sturdy. Return of the FireWire port. Bigger, better battery life than its predecessor's. Lower prices. Backlit keyboard. Loaded with green cred. Now with an SD slot.

What are your thoughts? What would you end up buying?

to purchase visit http://store.apple.com

more on Macbook Pro:
www.apple.com/macbookpro/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro
www.engadget.com/
www.bizrate.com/laptop-computers/macbook-pro/