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All lines of MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro portable computers.
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Will the MacBook Air (2011) perform as well as my MacBook Pro (2008)?
I've got a 13" 2009 MBP (8GB, 2.53Ghz). A lot of the time it runs a Win 7 web dev environment (Visual Studio, SQL Server databases, various editors, Photoshop etc.) under Parallels Desktop. It perform …
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Is it possible to make Modbook-style tablets from MacBook Pros ...?
I ask this question because the Axiotron website and their Facebook presence seems to suggest stasis and/or the end of the company. Hence the DIY approach.
A few years back I lusted after a Modbook f …
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Can a 2009 MacBook Pro use more memory than Apple's 'maximum RAM' figure of 8 GB?
Thanks to everyone for your responses. I'm going to answer this one myself as I've just found an article at OWC which seems definitive. For anyone wanting to do this, it seems the conditions your mach …
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Trackpad not working on Macbook pro 2009 running Windows 8
I think your MBP will handle Bootcamp v4 - you could try installing it from Windows, it runs as Bootcamp Services, and may alleviate some of your problems. I have done a similar thing on my 2009 13" M …
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Can a 2009 MacBook Pro use more memory than Apple's 'maximum RAM' figure of 8 GB?
I have a 2009 MBP with 8GB of RAM. I run Windows under Parallels pretty much all the time (I use Visual Studio for work). I recently installed an SSD to speed it up a bit and its running beautifully. …
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Playing CoD: Modern Warfare on a Macbook Pro 13" (Mid-2009)
I have a mid-2009 MBP (13"/ 2.53Gzh/ 8GB). I installed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on it at the weekend only to find the on-board GPU can't cope with it.
I'd like to do a bit of gaming on it, but am …
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What's the best way to control two Macs from one laptop?
I have an MBP and a MacPro. I tend to use the laptop a lot of the time but have need to control the workstation (e.g. for iTunes, DVD Player, TV tuning etc.) from another room or when I'm working at t …
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Can hard drives have their own sleep settings?
Is there a tool that will allow me to set the sleep settings on a per-drive basis? I've recently done the optibay mod on my MBP so I have an HD+SSD setup and I'd like to be able to make the magnetic d …
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I can't boot into Windows 7 on Boot Camp
I have a mid-2009 MBP. A couple of years ago I swapped out the optical drive for an SSD, made the original hard drive a Boot Camp partition and installed Windows 7 on it. It has been a brilliant "best …