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    Saddleback Leather Briefcase Review

    Posted 12/14/2010 at 1:40pm | by Ray Aguilera
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    Do you remember that person you dated in high school--the one your mom hated because she knew they were no good for you? They were a bit too much for you to handle, they didn’t treat you so great…and you couldn’t care less because they were just that hot? This bag is like that.

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    Q&A: My Month with the MacBook Air

    Posted 11/30/2010 at 11:56am | by Susie Ochs
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    It's been a month and change since Apple released its new MacBook Air line, and since they were nice enough to hand me a review unit on my way out of the October 20 event, I've been using it every day.

    I wouldn't say it's changed my concept of what a computer is, or revolutionized my life, or anything as lofty as that. It's a great little machine, though. And even with the reviews written and verdicts given and the television commercial running near-endlessly, people still have questions. I asked our 20,000 Twitter followers what they wanted to know, for example, and found plenty of things you're still curious about...

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    Review: Crumpler Moderate Embarrassment Messenger Bag

    Posted 10/28/2010 at 5:13pm | by Nic Vargus
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    A perfect laptop messenger only needs a few features. It needs to fit your laptop and accessories, it needs to be comfortable, and it needs to not be so brain-numbingly ugly that you don’t want to wear it for fear of humiliation. So it’s with great delight, and a small dose of irony, that we present to you the “Moderate Embarrassment” messenger, a bag that fills all three criterions.

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    First Look: 11.6-inch, 1.4GHz MacBook Air

    Posted 10/20/2010 at 7:33pm | by Susie Ochs
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    We walked out of Apple's "Back to the Mac" event today with a shiny new MacBook Air on loan from the mad scientists at Cupertino. In fact, I'm writing this on the new 11.6-inch, 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Air right now. And it's rad.

    Follow the jump to learn more about the new Air, and watch a video comparing its super-speedy application launching against a brand-new 15-inch Core i7 MacBook Pro with 4GB of RAM. You'll be pleasantly surprised...

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    Cocoon Gramercy Messenger Sling Review

    Posted 08/09/2010 at 3:29pm | by Nic Vargus
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    Cocoon’s Gramercy bag tries to make carrying your iPad into a fashion statement of its own. And hey, why not? The iPad is sleek, sexy, and undeniably cool--shouldn’t it have a case to match? As if in answer to that question, this bag nicks its name from the crazy-fashionable Gramercy neighborhood of Manhattan, but its overall stylishness is more plain and pedestrian. It’s available in black, grey, or red, and provides just enough space to schlep an iPad and the included Grid-It accessory organizer.

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    Incase 15-inch Evan Hecox Sleeve

    Posted 06/08/2010 at 2:35pm | by Leslie Ayers
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    When it comes to things like MacBook sleeves and iPhone cases, we don’t often go for flash. Basic black works just fine. It coordinates with everything, doesn’t show dirt, and works for business or casual settings.

    But black gets a bit dull. Sometimes you need a splash of color or the visual variety of a pattern. Especially for guys (who don’t have as much opportunity as ladies to add unique accents in their wardrobes), it’s refreshing to be able to outfit your tech gear with a bit more panache. Enter Incase and L.A. art collective Arkitip (arkitip.com), who have teamed up to offer a series of MacBook Pro sleeves and iPhone cases printed with original art by Evan Hecox, whose gorgeous work focuses on “average people as they traverse the modern metropolis.”

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    2.4GHz Core i5 MacBook Pro

    Posted 05/14/2010 at 7:48am | by Susie Ochs
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    Arriving just in time for Steam’s debut on the Mac, the Core i5 MacBook Pro is the best gaming laptop Apple’s ever built. And thanks to the new processor’s Hyper-Threading technology and Turbo Boost speeds, this MacBook Pro is also a workhorse that delivers both impressive speeds in all the most processor-intensive applications and a built-in battery that lasts an entire day.

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    Quirky PowerCurl

    Posted 04/27/2010 at 10:21am | by Roberto Baldwin
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    Cable management is an ongoing battle for many road warriors. Some of us just stuff our cables into various pockets in our bags. Others actually have small, individually labeled bags to keep their piles of cables separated and ready to unleash at a moments notice. Meanwhile, accessory companies continue to release more and more cable-management systems. They’re usually just a piece of plastic that you wrap the cable around once, then realize you’ve wasted your money and toss it aside. But the Quirky PowerCurl manages to actually be useful, and it strikes a good balance between easy and OCD. And wow… it’s orange!

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    Speck CorePack Fly Messenger Bag

    Posted 04/22/2010 at 9:54am | by Florence Ion
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    Finding a laptop bag that does it all is not a simple task, and we often have to make compromises between style, utility, and comfort. Speck’s CorePack Fly nails two out of those three, faltering a bit in the comfort department. The CorePack’s black-and-white pinstripe design (also available in a blue-gray check pattern) makes it a fashionable laptop bag that pairs well with our favorite--and only--pair of designer shoes. This lightweight bag also offers good protection and storage for our stuff without adding much extra heft when we’re hauling around our MacBook.
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    Tom Bihn Synapse

    Posted 03/24/2010 at 9:33am | by Ray Aguilera
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    The first time I put on the Synapse (which Tom Bihn sent to us in an electric purple called “Plum”), Robbie called from across the office, “So you finally joined Prince’s New Power Generation?” Sigh. All kidding aside, finding a great bag for your MacBook is challenging. Messenger bags are stylish, but lugging a full one around all day can get tiring. Tom Bihn’s Synapse is a compact backpack that’s easy to carry, fits a MacBook, and offers a well-thought-out design that’s a step above your average backpack. And it’s available in many other shades--assuming that you don’t actually want to be mistaken for The Purple One, that is.

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