Lots of GeekGals rock their Macbook as their only computer. The portable panache is great, but what happens when you go home? A laptop is not ergonomically awesome for sitting at a desk and working. Not to mention, between the monitor, charger, mouse, printer, speakers and external drive - you have an ugly mess of wires.

Apple has the solution, and tragically - it’s almost $900, almost as much as a new Macbook. What’s the story, Apple? Is this another in your long line of overpriced monitors, or do you have the goods this time? Read More...

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Apple might have a reputation for making the best computers in the world, but their mice have been a Britney Spears disaster. Who can forget the infamous “hockey puck” mouse that shipped with the G3? The Pro Mouse that limited users to a single button? With the sting of the constantly-cloggable Mighty Mouse scrollball still fresh in many Mac users minds, Apple has some convincing to do. Read More...

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The Macbook. A decade ago laptops were something you associated with the lovable, pimple-faced Dungeons and Dragons players that nervously asked you out. Now, they are as essential to a modern gal’s life as oxygen. A modern Carrie Bradshaw relies on her Macbook as the nexus of her life - her music, her Facebook, her photos. The right Macbook is not an optional accessory - and finding the right one is highly personal.

This is the second generation in the Macbook Pro unibody line, a critically praised evolution to the Macbook. The laptop is milled from a single piece of aluminum, resulting in a machine with a rocksteady feel. The design is stunning Apple minimalism. Whereas many Windows machines have buttons and ports jammed into every possible corner, the MBP has just a keyboard, a trackpad, and a few inconspicuous ports on one side. It is a truly beautiful machine, one as stylish as it is functional.
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Gather around the campfire for a super geeky story. This summer, talk of the new iPhone was quite the topic with the GeekGal and her coterie of nerdy Mac dudes. There’s always buzz about future Apple products, but this time it was just insanity. The Internets were ablaze with supposedly leaked pictures of an all-aluminum iPhone with video chat capabilities, multiple cameras, a display with organic diodes and in one particularly hopeful case, transwarp drive. Each rumor promised more orgasmic wonder than the next.

The night before the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, the GeekGal read a story by Daring Fireball’s John Grueber - a super reliable source. He said that the new iPhone would look exactly like the old 3G iPhone. It would have the ingenious new name of the iPhone 3GS, and would have increased speed, a compass, and the ability to shoot video. The next day, this was exactly the phone that was released. The reaction was bittersweet to say the least.

The iPhone 3GS is an evolution to the iPhone 3G, rather than a revolution. The S in the name stands for snappy, Apple’s buzzword about the phone’s increased speed. Apple also increased the much-maligned quality of the camera from 2.1 to 3.2 megapixels, and gave it the ability to use voice commands. Read More...

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Another year, another batch of iPod upgrades. This year, the Nano is the star of the show - featuring a heavily-hyped video recording feature. But, many people are getting bored of the onslaught of marginally improved iPods. Does Apple break the color cycle with the 5G and deliver something truly improved?

This is undoubtedly the best iteration of the iPod Nano to date. It’s not as strong a step forward as the Nano 3G “Fatty,” but everything different here is quite welcome. Apple chose to not increase the memory this year, so 16 gigs is still the largest size available. The GeekGal recommends splurging on the larger model, since it’s $30 more, and 8 gigs fills up quite quickly. Read More...

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