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October 14th, Apple turns the spotlight on notebooks

top 20081009 225544 October 14th, Apple turns the spotlight on notebooksThose lucky enough to have received an invitation will be filing into Town Hall at 1 Infinite Loop on Tuesday, October 14 for a 10am presentation where Apple will be showing off its new line of notebook computers.

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Reviewed– WaterField Designs Sleevecase and BookEndz Docking Station

bookendzxz4 20080513 194016 Reviewed   WaterField Designs Sleevecase and BookEndz Docking StationWe’ve got a few new reviews posted that should be of special interest to Mac notebook users. Jordan Satok has put both the WaterField Designs Sleevecase and BookEndz Docking Station through their paces and returned with his verdicts. Are they worth the money? Check out his review!

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Sonnet offers Combo FireWire/USB ExpressCard/34 but you’ll have to wait for 10.5

SonnetFireWireUSB 20070822 203447 Sonnet offers Combo FireWire/USB ExpressCard/34 but youll have to wait for 10.5Sonnet Technologies announces the immediate availability of the FireWire/USB ExpressCard/34 card for notebook computers with ExpressCard slots. While the card is compatible with Windows-based notebooks today, compatiblity with MacBook Pro computers will have to wait until the release of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

Sonnet’s FireWire/USB ExpressCard/34 features one USB 2.0 and two FireWire 400 (1394a) ports and provides users the ability to hook up multiple peripherals at the same time, including printers, external drives, digital cameras, DV camcorders, scanners, iPods, and more. Each port offers full-bandwidth data throughput. This card works in ExpressCard/34 and ExpressCard/54 slots, and features hot-pluggable and hot-swappable device connection with automatic device configuration.

The FireWire/USB ExpressCard/34 card is available now for USD$69.95

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