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The new 13” MacBook Pro is a really great computer for all your computing needs. It has enough power to do most of the things you will need, including editing your videos, customizing your music, editing photos and much more.

The 13” MacBook Pro comes in 2 flavors, one goes for $1,199 and has an Intel core 2 duo 2.26 and the other has a 2.53 which will cost you $1,499. In the video below I will show you the features of the macbook pro and how to upgrade the hard drive and memory on the unit.

TECHNICAL SPECS BELOW

LINK TO BUY: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro?mco=MTM3NjU3MDM

SMALLER PACKAGE: $1,199.00

13-inch: 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

2GB Memory

160GB hard drive¹

SD card slot

Built-in 7-hour battery²

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics

2 USB 2.0 Ports

1 Firewire Port

1 8X Superdrive

1 built in Camera

Backlight Keyboard

LARGER PACKAGE: $1,499.00

13-inch: 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

4GB Memory

250GB hard drive¹

SD card slot

Built-in 7-hour battery²

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics

2 USB 2.0 Ports

1 Firewire Port

1 8X Superdrive

1 built in Camera

Backlight Keyboard

UPGRADES:

Hard drive 500GB: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5509442&CatId=1277

Hard drive 640GB: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5307741&CatId=1277

Memory: http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=MacBook%20Pro%202.26GHz%20Intel%20Core%202%20Duo%20%2813-inch%20DDR3%29%20MB990LL/A%20Mid-2009

I don’t know about you, but once I checked out the mac mini I loved it. Small and pretty powerful to run my everyday apps like photoshop, office, and some older games like halo.

The best part of the mac mini is that now I can run windows and the mac os, natively using bootcamp.

My only problem now is the size of the hard drive. In the video below I will show you how to supersize your mac mini with a 1 Terabyte drive or larger.

Below are also the links to the components you will need to get this done. Remember to also get some glue to hold the cable in place.

One last thing I want to mention is to watch my video on how to open the mac mini to upgrade the drive which will show you step by step how to take it apart. Here are the links:  PART1  PART2

Components you will need:

  NEXSTAR ENCLOSURE

Amazon.com $44.99: http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-Nst-370Gx-Nexstar-External-Enclosure/dp/B000CDR8PU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1249501448&sr=8-1

NewEgg.com $38.99: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145138

   FEMALE TO MALE SATA CABLE

Amazon.com $5.99: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0022WRMIC/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1249501635&sr=8-1&condition=new

Satagear.com $9.99: http://www.satagear.com/221003A_SATA_Cable.html

SATA POWER ADAPTER

Amazon.com $3.95: http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-P944-06I-Serial-Power/dp/B000083JZG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1249502988&sr=8-1

Cablemax.com $1.48: http://www.cablemax.com/detail/index.cfm?nPID=595

1 TB 7200 RPM INTERNAL HARD DRIVE

Amazon.com $110.79: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-ST310005N1A1AS-RK-Internal-3-5-Inch-Cache/dp/B0012YXWWQ/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1249503506&sr=8-7

NewEgg.com $94.99: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

Compusa.com $79.99: http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4853015&CatId=139

Have you ever needed to Right Click on an icon in Windows or on your Mac but your mouse stopped responding, or you are using the mighty mouse in the mac without a right click?.

The following quick tip will show you how to right click in Windows or the Mac using the keyboard.

Windows Right Click using keyboard (No Mouse)

In Windows using your keyboard use the TAB and arrow keys to highlight the icon or file you want to right click on. Once you have the file or icon highlighted press and hold down the SHIFT key and while you press the SHIFT key, press the F10 key and it will bring up the right click menu.

If you are new to Windows here are more keyboard combination shortcuts for your Windows Machine: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449

Mac Right Click using keyboard (You need a mouse)

On your Mac to bring up the right click menu simply press and hold down the CTRL key and click the mouse button and it will bring up the menu. On the Mac you have to use the mouse button in conjunction with the keyboard to get the right click since there is no way to do it just with the keyboard.

If you are new to the Mac here are more keyboard combination shortcuts for your Mac: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343

In the video below I will share with you a quick tip that will let you bypass the iphone’s resizing of your pictures when you e-mail them. This will allow you to quickly and easily send full resolutions photos without using any special software, all you need is version 3.0 and it will work with your 3G or 3GS iphone.

If you are running out of room on your macbook than the video below will take you step by step on the process of upgrading your hard drive. In the video I use a 500GB hard drive for the upgrade. Below are also links where you can get this drive.

WHERE TO BUY:  2.5 SATA 500GB 7200RPM Drive

CompUSA.com $129.99: http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4434267&CatId=2682

Other World Computing $149.99: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Seagate/ST9500420AS/