[Updated 12/19/09  17:39 GMT At End of Article] – Until recently, mac users have been forced to wait, when it comes to accessing mobile broadband through a cell phone carrier like Sprint or Verizon. It had nothing to do with rules or regulations, only that most of the devices required to access this service were incompatible with Macs. This past summer both companies released a cool gadget called the Mi-Fi, which would convert this cell phone data signal into a wi-fi signal that up to 5 devices could share. That was cool, but there were still no traditional devices that worked with mac… Until today.

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Yesterday we brought you the breaking story of the MacBook that was shot 3 times in Israel, and the sad owner’s story. For those of you that missed it, be sure to read it quick here, those of you that did read it, remember where you heard it first: The Mac Coach. Anyway, after receiving a lot of press about this event, The Daily News in Egypt has covered her story with an exclusive interview. The story is good, she explains what really happened and shows tons of angles of the damage done.

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No, in fact it was far from bullet proof. But this is the interesting story of a female attorney who, while leaving her laptop with airport security, returned to find it shot to pieces. You will be glad to hear that it wasn’t an American airport.

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Good Question… there is a whole lot of great new stuff going on for the new MacBook.

Of course first glance shows the new body shape. The MacBook has been redesigned from the ground up as far as body and structure is concerned. The body is a bit more trim and light than the previous models. It is also a unibody like the macbook pro, which increases strength and durability. It also allows Apple to design it thinner. The screen also received the LED backlit technology which is not only a nicer screen, but on a laptop it also equals better battery life. In conjunction with its’ new battery… we are talking some serious battery life, up to 7Hrs! The new battery in the MacBook is similar to the Pro 13″. It is embedded in the casing which means no more hot-swapping batteries (downside) but also means that you can trim weight and increase battery size. This means that now we are holding the equivalent of about 2 (previous version) batteries with us at all times.

Then there is the nice new Glass Trackpad. This makes the MacBook the first laptop from Apple to receive the glass trackpad. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, we don’t want to say, “I told you so”…… But we kinda did. Anyway, we were just as excited as you to hear that new macs were released and what it meant. So… let’s take a good look at the lineup.

We will be talking about each of these individually in upcoming posts. But let’s take an overview.  First of all, as seen above is the Magic Mighty Mouse. Something that we will see shipping with new iMacs and also available individually. Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, now The Mac Coach enjoys reading about rumors of upcoming Apple products as much as the rest of you. We get a kick out of what the creative minds have come up with using photoshop and wordpress, which is why The Mac Coach normally steers clear of becoming another Mac Rumor site unless of course the rumor is so outlandish and hysterical that we know that no one wouldn’t want to hear about it, or if the rumor is fairly certain and upcoming. Well in this case, we have found one that falls into the latter category.

Some advertisements have been unintentionally prematurely released by the apple.nl store (That is the Apple Online store in the Netherlands), which verify the rumor that a new mac lineup is on its way any tuesday now for the holiday season. Read the rest of this entry »