Batteries are an important part of having a portable. Being mobile is one of the reasons you got a portable and it can’t be portable if it can’t run on batteries right? So having a good set of batteries is important.
Calibrating your batteries is important to making sure you get a good amount of time running with it.
The Apple support site has a good article on how to calibrate your MacBook/MacBook Pro’s batteries.
From the Apple support site.

PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD), MacBook (all models), MacBook Pro (all models), MacBook Pro (17-inch) (all models) and MacBook Air
The battery calibration …read more

I’ve been thinking about getting a new MacBook Pro. Two things stopped me, I don’t have enough money yet and I was debating whether or not it was a good time to buy. I know it’s time for the MBP to get a speed or spec bump but I’ve been wanting to upgrade. Thank God I don’t have enough money now. Otherwise my impulse would have gotten the better of me.
For those who don’t watch Apple everyday like me or for those who don’t really keep track of the release dates, news and rumors, MacRumors has graciously put together a …read more

Yes, we’ve all heard how the new Intel Macs are screamers. But most of us are still in the PowerPC age. While our Macs still run decently, you can never have too much speed and performance. If you feel that your Mac is slow the best would be to upgrade. If you can’t afford a new computer, upgrade some of its components such as RAM and the Hard drive. However for us who don’t have the money for upgrades or don’t want to spend any more money on a computer that they’ll probably be upgrading in 6 months or so, …read more

Yesterday I sent off my iBook’s battery to be replaced courtesy of the Great Battery Recall. In the Philippines, a battery replacement can take one week to get this, 24 weeks. The tech guy said that the latter doesn’t happen though. It’s just a precaution.
In any case, my iBook G4 (three years together and still going strong) is wrapped in bond paper and electric tape to protect the unwanted stuff coming into my battery connector pins.

I just saw Failure to Launch starring Matthew McConaghuey and Sarah jessica Parker. There were at least two Mac sightings throughout the movie where Zooey Deschanel’s character had an iBook on the table and Ace had a Powerbook which was set up to his room’s 21 multi-angle cameras.
Funny too, because Terry Bradshaw and Kathy Bates (I loved her from Misery) were the “oldies” using a Dell laptop from their kitchen.
So what’s this? Young kids use Macs and old (yet cool) folks use Windows?

I was at a presscon last week, purpose of which was to demo the new iLife and iWork ‘06 to the public. But deeper than that was the demo of the software on the new Intel-based Macs.
I’ll give it to Apple – they made the migration from PowerPC to Intel almost seamless. But.
Before the presscon I was having a conversation with Junior Tan, the guy from Apple Singapore in charge of the education apps. We were talking about the new Macs, specifically the MacBook Pro which was the next big thing in mobile computing. Dual core, built-in iSight, 4x …read more

I don’t know about you, but for the better part of my wireless life I’ve always enjoyed the benefits of a wireless connection coupled with friends to share it with. Nope, I don’t mean an open WiFi network. I’m talking about social WiFi.
WiFi as a social concept, at least here where I’m from, is null and void. On many occasions where my friends bring portables to a coffee shop, the buzz of conversation dies down being replaced by the muffled clicking of their trackpads.
I guess the best place to start is going wireless in a pizza joint. Social food is …read more

Having really not much to do stuck in morning rush hour traffic, I recently had a vigorous discussion with my brother, a Windows user (but the distinction is irrelevant for the subject we were discussing in this case, so I don’t know why I’m even mentioning it at all) and mobile warrior like me, about the concept of power.
Specifically, we were discussing the age-old question of plugging in, and when and when not to. My brother believes that one should charge the laptop, and once it’s topped up, unplug and use at will until such time charging is once …read more