Ken Mingis

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Updated MacPros

Updated MacPros

It took Apple Inc. all of 10 days to remind the tech world -- still in the thrall of the iPad launch on April 3 -- that it hasn't taken its eye off

Published on: May 2nd, 2010 Ken Mingis
Apple’s 27-inch iMac – big, beautiful and great bang for your buck

Apple’s 27-inch iMac – big, beautiful and great bang for your buck

Apple's new 27-in. iMac can be described in one word: stunning. Don't take my word for it. That's based on the cluster of techie-types and graphic designers who popped into my office last

Published on: October 30th, 2009 Ken Mingis
MacBook Pro 17

MacBook Pro 17

It took Apple Inc. a while to finally get around to updating the 17-in. MacBook Pro, but the wait was more than worth it. Apple started rolling out its carved-from-solid-aluminum laptops a year

Published on: March 10th, 2009 Ken Mingis
Apple’s new MacBook Air – greater speed and storage at a lower price

Apple’s new MacBook Air – greater speed and storage at a lower price

I really like Apple Inc.'s newly revamped MacBook Air, which got extensive under-the-hood updates last month. And I really, really like the apparent speed boost offered by the larger solid-state drive (SSD) in the Air I've been

Published on: December 1st, 2008 Ken Mingis
Beauty, brains and brawn – the “unibody” MacBook Pro has them all

Beauty, brains and brawn – the “unibody” MacBook Pro has them all

The 15-inch MacBook Pro sitting in front of me is largely devoid of the seams common to earlier aluminum MacBook Pros. In fact, the main chassis around which this newest of Apple's laptops

Published on: October 22nd, 2008 Ken Mingis
Product review MacBook Pro

Product review MacBook Pro

What a difference 540,000 pixels make.I'm talking in this case about the latest MacBook Pro to grace my desk, the top-of-the-line 17-in. model with a glossy 1,920-by-1,200-pixel high-resolution screen tricked out with a

Published on: June 27th, 2007 Ken Mingis