I’ve had the 13″ MacBook Pro at the top of my shortlist of potential replacements for my Macbook, which is getting a bit long in the tooth, but the hot-running could be a deal-breaker for me. That issue definitely has the potential to tilt me toward a MacBook Air, which has a happy reputation for running relatively cooler.

While we all wait for Apple to refresh the online Apple Store (down at press time), the new MacBook Pros are already showing up at the MacBook page on Apple.com. As expected, Apple is offering new models of the 13-, 15-, and 17-inch MacBook Pros. There are five new MacBook Pro models in all, and their prices ranges from $1,199 to $2,499. Here’s a quick look at the specs of the new MacBook Pros.

We all know Apple (or should I say, Steve Jobs) doesn’t like Blu-ray, as shown in the most recent refresh of their MacBook and MacBook Pro line, but that doesn’t mean their clone, Psystar, can’t like the hi-def goodness. And they are doing a fine job of showing that fact. On Tuesday, October 28th, Psystar, who is still in on ongoing lawsuit with Apple, announced that their Mac OS X PCs will now ship with a Blu-ray drive as well as NVIDIA 9800GT graphics cards. Does this mean anything to Apple, who has yet to include (or not include) Blu-ray drives into their machines? Probably not.

The question now remains; who is making the smarter choice here?

Waiting for a MacBook line update from Apple before you go out and purchase yours? Well, your wait will (most likely) end in September, according to a recent rumor. A post over at ComputerWorld has some juicy details on these updates. According to them, the new MacBooks will be thinner and more round compared to more »

Although the image that originated on this Chinese website that reveals the new MacBook design has been floating around for a while, AppleInsider now says they can confirm that it is real. They have been told by “people familiar with the ongoing development of the new 15- and 17-inch professional notebooks” that this case was more »

Although finding an overclocking application for Windows is as easy as finding a car in a parking lot, the same thing couldn’t be said for Mac OS X… until now. ZDNet has solved this problem by creating the cleverly named ZDNet Clock that will overclock your processor and memory. For the current version, 1.0, all more »

Maximum PC, a leading computer magazine, has announced Apple’s MacBook Pro as “Best in Class.” The writers over at Maximum PC say they are “taken aback” by how often they see leading PC developers on MacBook Pros at various conferences, and believe that ever since “…Apple swallowed its pride and embraced the x86 instruction set more »