Hardware

David Alison picked up a Logitech VX Nano wireless mouse for his wife's new MacBook and covered it in today's blog post.

David Alison put together a quick iMovie video to show how to upgrade the memory in a MacBook in about 3 minutes. Ironically the video is about 3 minutes long.

What does it take to set up a Time Capsule? David Alison walks through buying a refurbished Time Capsule from Apple (which saved $50) and setting it up in today's blog post.

Now that David Alison has made the switch from Windows to Mac he's about to embark on getting his wife, a high school teacher, switched over as well. The first step is getting her a refurbished MacBook, which he details in today's blog post.

David Alison has finally convinced his wife that she should get a Mac. Given the strong rumors that a new line of MacBooks is close to being released, what's the best plan? Buy now or wait it out?

The MacBook & MacBook Pro are long overdue for an update, so rumors have been flying about updated models. Several images have surfaced, most of them showing a slim, more rounded design with a dark keyboard that looks a lot like the MacBook Air. Apple has scheduled a media event next month, where they're expected to introduce new iPods and iTunes 8, but it's possible they may also introduce the new MacBook Pro.

UniKey STD is the standard version of UniKey Dongle. It provide full set of functions, and enable a strong software protection for software developers.

Electronista reports that all of NVIDIA's G84 and G86 chipsets used in GeForce 8400M and 8600M graphics cards, not just a select batch, are suffering from heat-related failures due to an unidentified substrate or bumping material used to help make the video hardware. They all share the same application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which is the source of the problems, in both notebook and desktop PCs. The chips have been failing since last year, and earlier this month, NVIDIA said the problems will drop the value of its shares to the tune of 25 percent, and is budgeting $200 million for repairs.

Decocases introduce Alu-Magnesium metal case which features strong protection for MacBook and MacBook Pro and avoid the device from overheating.

Decocases Alu-Magnesium case is exceptional form fitting design which allows the user to use the MacBook without removing it from the case while having full access to all of the MacBook's functions. Original low profile base with integrated heat conduction plate helps to cool the MacBook when in use. Other plastic or leather case may trap the heat released by MacBook and make the device from overheating. Metal cases got advantage in heat release. Besides, injection molded magnesium closures and strap connectors increase strength and decrease weight.

The dead display problem I had with my MacBook Pro last month seems to be widespread. However it looks like it isn't limited to Macs. According to Engadget, "significant quantities" of NVIDIA's laptop GPUs have been failing at "higher than normal rates". Laptop makers have apparently already been given an updated GPU driver which kicks in fans sooner to reduce "thermal stress" on the GPU (I notice that the fan on my MBP seems to run more often since the motherboard was replaced).