Apple Products in Baguio City Philippines

I wanted to share with you some photos of Apple Products in Baguio City Philippines. It was amazing to see a new shop (open since December 2009) in such a remote place. The only thing that was missing from display were the iPad and the iPhone. The iPad was coming soon and the iPhone 3GS was available to order.


Manufacturer website: http://www.apple.com/
Visit: http://www.baguio.gov.ph/

Apple iMac 21.5-inch Core i5 Mid 2010 - Crucial Memory Upgrade

In this video I upgrade the Apple iMac 21.5-inch Core i5 Mid 2010 from 4GB to 8GB of RAM. This is performed using a Crucial Technology Memory Upgrade Kit.


Crucial Technology also gave some insight into how memory upgrades can effect Mac performance...
While synthetic benchmarks are a great way to measure certain aspects, they don't always capture what the desired outcome of a memory upgrade is, being increased system performance and a better user experience. In actual use, 8GB of RAM with 64-bit operating systems allows more, and larger, applications to be run entirely from RAM at an access latency of under 20ns, whereas accessing data on the hard drive can have access latencies in excess of 4 million nano-seconds. The result being a much better user experience, snappier UI and overall increased productivity.

Supplied by: Crucial Technology

Apple MacBook 2.4GHz White Unibody Mid 2010 - Crucial Memory Upgrade

In this video I perform a Crucial Technology Memory Upgrade on the Apple MacBook 2.4GHz White Unibody Mid 2010 model. A close-up look at how to perform the upgrade, with before and after Geekbench scores.


Crucial Technology also gave some insight into how memory upgrades can effect Mac performance... While synthetic benchmarks are a great way to measure certain aspects, they don't always capture what the desired outcome of a memory upgrade is, being increased system performance and a better user experience. In actual use, 8GB of RAM with 64-bit operating systems allows more, and larger, applications to be run entirely from RAM at an access latency of under 20ns, whereas accessing data on the hard drive can have access latencies in excess of 4 million nano-seconds. The result being a much better user experience, snappier UI and overall increased productivity.

When looking at performance results it is important to check if you are mixing new memory with previously used or installed modules. This can have an effect of performance gains. Even the slot order used can alter the results.

Another technician at Crucial Technology also shared the following… I believe that processor speed will be the determining factor on how quickly the test would complete. The processor governs the overall speed of the system, but the memory provides it with a workspace to store information it is using. There are several articles out there showing that some of these bench marks do not use real world applications.
Also with these benchmarks you are just constantly accessing the memory in a single tasking operation in a
way that it does slow the overall performance down in these benchmarks. 4 GB of RAM is minimum and optimum for single tasking operation (benchmarks), for multitasking more memory and a 64-bit Operating System.


Supplied by: Crucial Technology

Apple MacBook 2.4GHz White Unibody Mid 2010 Review

The Apple MacBook 2.4GHz White Unibody is the only white plastic laptop left in Apple's line-up. This is a review of the mid 2010 version.


Please check back on the channel in a week for a Crucial 8GB memory upgrade, plus upgrading the internal hard drive to a Solid State Drive.

Supplied by: Apple UK

New 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro Review

The new 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro landed on my desk yesterday morning. I wanted to bring you this video review as soon as possible, well at least after I had completely used a fully charged battery... this was important as I needed to let you know about battery life. Well, sit back and enjoy the review.

 

Apple MacBook (unibody 2008) Mini Review

I had the pleasure, or should I say experience, of using a new MacBook 2.4GHz for a couple of days. This was the new late-2008 version with the unibody, one piece aluminium chassis. With it's sleek new lines, it certainly felt like a grown up MacBook Pro, but in a slightly smaller form with dressed-down graphics performance and screen resolution.

The first thing of note is just how tight and solidly made this new version feels. All of the top seams have gone, with the casing made from one piece of metal. This has the effect of making the MacBook feel really rigid. There are no case-fit problems to deal with. What you must take into account though, is that there has to be some openings and seams somewhere, so that Apple can get all the technological wonders into the case. So, the bottom is where you will find the joins. Just over half the bottom casing is held on with screws, under which you gain access to the main computer gubbins and the memory. The other part of the bottom is held on with a clever catch mechanism, under which you find the battery and hard drive. This makes for easy upgrading and servicing. Don't be fooled though, all the hype about this 'unibody' construction, just means Apple have turned things upside down, so all the seams (or joins) are underneath. What this does acheive though, is the most solid and pro-feeling MacBook to date.

The top section houses a lovely black keyboard and on this particular model it is backlit. The key travel and spacing is superb and it is lovely to type on. The trackpad is very big, with no physical button this time. Instead, the whole trackpad is hinged and clicks from about half way down the device. You can assign the bottom right hand corner of it to a right click (in system preferences) if you wish. It also support multi-touch gestures, for using two, three of four fings in different ways. In my opinion, this was a nice idea, but over-engineered. It would have been nicer to keep things simple, at least they work properly. This trackpad does work, but I found that I was getting the wrong clicks a lot of the time.

The screen is nice and bright. LED backlit with a 1280 x 800 resolution. Yes, it is glossy and you do get reflections. Angling the laptop gets around most of these problems and/or adjusting the brightness... so it ends up to be a little annoying, but easy to rectify. The built-in iSight camera (as on previous models) is superb and adds to the usefulness of this wonderful machine.

In use the 2.4GHz model really flies. It feels a lot snappier than my similarly specced MacBook Pro. The NVidia 9400M graphics certainly make it very useful for all the applications I tested. These included iMove, Final Cut Express, PhotoShop and Quark Xpress, all of which showed no real struggle. The most lasting impression that I was left with, was a cool a lap. Yes, this MacBook ran for two or three hours and was only just very very slightly warm on the underside. The top area around the keyboard was still cool. This is a great acheivement and finally these little babies can be called 'laptops' again.

Product: Apple MacBook (late 2008) 2.4GHz
Price: £1,149.00
Supplied by: Apple Inc.
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