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MacBook Neo Deep Dive: Benchmarks, Wafer Economics, and the 8GB Gamble

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Preface: I’m not really a Mac guy. But I have deep respect for what Apple has done with their silicon, and I’ve been following their CPU journey since the Motorola 68k days through PowerPC, the Intel transition, and now their in-house Apple Silicon. What they’ve accomplished in the last five years is genuinely remarkable. Apple is one of the few original tech companies that has survived and thrived over the decades while still staying in the consumer tech space. As

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Better two-finger scrolling for Windows! (like 2011 MacBooks and MacBook Air)

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On Windows, missing the MacBook’s nice two finger scrolling… After returning a MacBook Air 11.6″ to Apple, I was surprised that I only really missed the very nice two finger scrolling. Some of the other Apple multitouch gestures were nice, but it was the really the smooth two finger scrolling on that nice trackpad that was so VERY handy and I missed the convenience! My Dell laptops have multitouch capable touchpads that support two finger scrolling. Unfortunately by default they

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Tips from MacBook Air

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[these are some random notes from when I was using a MacBook Air… if I ever use a Mac again I will try to clean up this page!] How to make a window FULLSCREEN? How to prevent a MacBook (Air or Pro or whatever) from sleeping when you close the lid How to take a screenshot (print screen) http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/13/print-screen-mac/ Command+Shift+4 Command+Up (or Left) Arrow Key = Home Command+Down (or Right) Arrow Key = End http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=415600 Switch between Chrome windows http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=496e18cf3b786729&hl=en

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