Stories by: Ken Mingis

I really like Apple's newly revamped MacBook Air, which got extensive under-the-hood updates last month. And I really, really like the apparent speed boost offered by the larger solid-state drive (SSD) in the Air I've been testing for the past week.

Steve Jobs doesn't like seams.

Axiotron's Modbook is a really cool portable computer that I would likely never buy.

One of the biggest selling points in last year's release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard was the inclusion of Time Machine, a nifty new app aimed at making that most onerous of tasks -- backing up data -- not only easy to do, but fun.

You're going to want to swipe this MacBook Pro. And pinch it. And twirl it, too.

By now, you've read all about the wildly hyped MacBook Air, the slenderized version of Apple's MacBook line that looks like it's been run over by a steamroller.

Put down the credit card. Turn away from the Apple Store. Of course you want to jump on the latest Apple bandwagon and upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5, better known as Leopard. It has been almost two and a half years since its predecessor, Version 10.4 Tiger arrived, and the new operating system offers a slew of changes, including a revamped user interface, new apps, tweaks to older programs and numerous under-the-hood changes.

What a difference a letter makes.

Apple Computer Wednesday announced upgraded MacBooks featuring a new generation of Intel processors that promise faster performance in the company's popular line of consumer-oriented laptops.

Apple Computer onTuesday unveiled upgraded MacBook Pro laptops that now feature Intel's new Core 2 Duo processors and hard drives offering up to 200GB of space. Apple officials said the new MacBook Pros are up to 39 percent faster than the models they replace, largely because of underlying changes to the architecture of the new processor.

Apple Computer Wednesday unveiled a revamped line-up of its all-in-one iMac desktop computers, including a new US$1,999 top-end version that sports a 24-inch LCD screen. All of the new iMacs now use Intel's recently-released Core 2 Duo dual-core processors, code-named Merom -- with two build-to-order models available at chip speeds of 2.33GHz.