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Aug 17 2010

MacBook Air transplanted into Mac Keyboard/Magic Trackpad combo

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What you see above is a 1.6Ghz Core 2 Duo Mac with 2GB of RAM and 80GB hard drive. Don’t believe me? I’m not so sure I believe it either but here’s a look at the innards.1

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As the story goes, Bart Reardon ( @bartreardon ) was given a broken MacBook Air.

Bart had seen the motherboard for the MacBook Air way back when Steve Jobs first held it up at the announcement keynote and thought it should fit in one of those old white plastic Apple keyboards. Now he had his chance to find out!

You can follow Bart’s progress on his blog.

Tell me; is this Mac awesomeness? Would you dig a Mac/Keyboard combo? Leave a comment and we’ll chat.

  1. yes, that’s black duct tape …aka gaffer’s tape [↩]

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Apr 27 2009

Where are they now?

I’ve featured some great software here on Freeloader, and since then some of it has gotten better.

This week we’ll take a look at some of the freeware updated since it was featured here.

WeatherPop

This menu extra has actually been updated twice since its feature. WeatherPop has grown up into WeatherPop Advance, a shareware app displaying a
5-day forecast among other enhancements. Don’t worry the original is still free and sports new icons.

Queue Sync

Microsoft had its chance at Palm sync and Entourage. Much to the disappointment of Entourage users, the Microsoft Palm sync excluded email sync. Now that Microsoft has recalled it’s half-hearted effort, it’s time to turn back to Queue Sync. Beta when it was featured here, it has become
shareware, and it does support email syncing.

Also worth mentioning, Queuesoft, the makers of Queue Sync, also have a bucketful of Palm conduits for older versions of Entourage as well as Outlook Express. So now, reguardless of your OS version or Palm Desktop
version you can sync your email to your palm. And the Outlook Express conduits are free.

Proteus and Fire

Since my feature on universal chat clients, Proteus has also left the realm of freeware with its newest version. Fire, also updated, is still free.

Chimera

Now at version 0.40 (whatever that means) Chimera, the promising
up-and-coming browser has attained preferences. While not quite “there” yet,
this alternative browser is getting better by the day. And with support for
tabbed browsing (the coolest thing since embedded images), it’s looking more
appealing every day.

Not to take too long to dwell on the past, I hope our little look back has
prompted a few downloads. Join me next time for another nostalgic episode as
we take a look back at some of the best freeware for old classic OS 9.

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Apr 27 2009

Your New Yearís iCal

Pump up your iCal for the coming year with great freeware.

iCal World

Okay, the first step youíll want to take in bulking up your iCal is to visit the (fairly) new website iCal World to find and download your iCals of choice. Submit one of you own and have a chance at winning an iPod!

icalshare.com Sherlock Plugin

Didnít find what you were looking for at iCal World? Download the icalshare.com Sherlock plugin and search their archive of iCals with Sherlock!

iCal Sidekick

Every good iCal needs a sidekick, whether it be an iPod or a Palm. If your iCalís sidekick happens to be a Sidekick (from T-Mobile) then this app will help keep them in sync.

NOTE: At press time the download link was acting a bit shifty. You may have to try back for this one.

MiCal

What better way to ready to your iCal for the new year than to make it more accessible. MiCal gives you a fabulous menu bar item that lest you check your upcoming schedule without opening iCal. Still in its 0.9 beta form, this app has plenty of promise in the coming year.

Donít let your iCal hit 2003 without the coolest in free enhancements.

Brian

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