Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Alienware Business Laptop? MacBook Pro Flawed??


Most people who have heard of Alienware know it as a "pro-gamer" company that specialises in custom machines in both desktop and laptop form factors catering to the gaming community. ie people who have much $$$ to spare but can't be bothered with building their own gaming behemoth.

Well the suits can now partake of Alienware's excellent wares with the introduction of the Sentia M3200 12" goodness with the alien head and all! The kind folks at Arstechnica have a review for your reading pleasure.

In the world of Steve Jobs, Apple recently celebrated it's 30th Birthday on the 1st of April (no April Fools Joke here!). However, the much anticipated refresh on the iBook line has not happened. I'm personally holding out for the new iBook. The wait continues.
Apple's first Intel Based notebook/laptop, the MacBook Pro is grabbing headlines on the Net this week as Apple seeks to resolve the issues that have plagued the MacBook Pro. Basically, if you're looking to get one of these sleek sexy machines, look out for the following:

# Serial numbers starting with W8611: revision D
# Serial numbers starting with W8610: revision C

Revision D Macbook pros are the updated ones.