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Tag Archives: MacBook
Our 9 Favorite 15-Inch Laptops
How small is too small for a laptop computer? How big is too big? A laptop with a 15- to 16-inch display, measured diagonally, is the just-right size for many—the most convenient convergence of productivity versus portability. Read the rest of this … Continue reading
SmartTechCheck Podcast: Apple WWDC 23 Recap
A “feisty” SmartTechCheck podcast hosted by Mark Vena with myself and fellow tech journalists Rob Pegoraro, John Quain, and AppleDsgn’s Niels Van Straaten on the major themes coming out of Apple WWDC 23. Watch this podcast here on YouTube.
Posted in Apple, cell/smartphones, ear/headphones, SmartTechCheck Podcast, VR/AR
Tagged Apple, Apple Watch, iOS, iPadOS, iPhone, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, MacOS, Name Drop, Sonoma, spatial computing, Vision Pro, watchOS, WWDC
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Top 10 Back-to-School Gear
If our national health luck holds up, a host of young scholars will physically return to the classroom in a month or so. Even if young scholars continue their education virtually, they’ll need the right gear to smooth their studying. … Continue reading
Posted in home office, TWICE
Tagged Acer, air conditioner, Android, back-to-school, Benjilock, e-ink, external drive, Honeywell, HP, Lenovo, Lexar, MacBook, Mophie, portable battery, power strip, Powerstation, printer, Samsung, SSD, tablet, USB-C adapter
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SmartTechCheck Podcast (6-23-20)
My June 23, 2020 appearance on the SmartTechCheck podcast with host Mark Vena and fellow tech reporter John Quain. This week we recapped the recently concluded Apple WWDC. Watch the video of the podcast on YouTube here or listen to … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, cell/smartphones, SmartTechCheck Podcast
Tagged Apple, Apple Watch, iOS, iPad, iPadOS, iPhone, Mac, MacBook, MacOS, WWDC
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Apple Unveils the Long-Awaited Redesign of the MacBook Air
After an unusually lengthy lag between upgrades, Apple has finally unveiled an all-new redesigned Apple MacBook Air, with a sharper, higher resolution 13.3-inch Retina Display offering four times the resolution as the screen on its last Air edition, packed in an … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, home office, Techlicious
Tagged Apple, computer, FaceTime, Group Facetime, Intel, laptop, Mac OS X, MacBook, MacBook Air, Mojave, Retina
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