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...thief allegedly broke into Quincy House and stole a white Apple MacBook laptop computer valued at $1,500, according to the HUPD police...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Quincy Burglary Suspect Arrested | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...recent Cabot House burglary, residents reported to HUPD officers that an individual had stolen three laptop computers, a key to a motor vehicle and some money sometime during the night. The motor vehicle had been parked on Shepard St. and was recovered elsewhere in Cambridge...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Quincy Burglary Suspect Arrested | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...This laptop, which has been out on the streets for a few weeks, is specifically designed for the road warrior who needs a rough-and-tumble machine. The brushed-aluminum skin is scratch-proof, and this semiruggedized model meets the military's standards for durability, having been drop tested from 30 in. off the ground at every conceivable angle. That means if you fumble the 2530p and drop it at airport security (as I've done before, dimpling the corners of two MacBooks), an accelerometer senses the plunge and locks the hard drive into place, protecting your data...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Klutz's Companion | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...that costs $650 more than the old-fashioned spinning hard drives used by our forefathers (making this model likely to cost about $2,500). With no moving parts, SSDs boot up and respond quicker, run quieter and give off less heat, all of which improves battery power. Indeed, this laptop gets up to eight hours on a standard six-cell battery. My MacBook gets less than half that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Klutz's Companion | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...wait to use that battery power to watch DVDs on planes. But when I loaded a movie, I got an error message. Turns out the version of Microsoft Vista I have requires a $25 upgrade to watch DVDs! Later I found out that HP includes a patch for the laptop, but that made me think of all the things I disliked about Windows. Guess I'm probably still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Klutz's Companion | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

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