MacBook Pro hard disk storage really seem to be down on its luck this generation. Read the whole story on Engadget Related posts:MacBook Pros with 7200RPM HDDs getting a touch Read More Related posts: MacBook Pros with 7200RPM HDDs getting a touch too noisy? MacBook Pro hard disk storage really seem to be… New MacBook Pros shipped with HDDs only have 1.5Gbps SATA enabled Apple might have bumped the 13-inch unibody MacBook to…

While Chrome OS is still a pretty rough sketch in our mind’s eye, the Google boys have hosted a press conference to answer a few burning questions. Among the myriad revelations, it turns out Eric Schmidt wasn’t stoked on building a browser when Sergey Brin and Larry Page brought it up about six years ago, given the fact that Google was still relatively small, and the browser wars were still fresh in everyone’s minds. After he saw an early build of Chrome, however, he changed his tune.

It doesn’t have any special powers, but this baby goose has become the first to receive a bionic leg — “currently learning to walk again at nearby Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital at Buckinghamshire.”Not wanting to let Betty the gosling goose meet an untimely fate, a UK vet outfitted the anatidae with a bionic leg, allegedly the first operation of its kind in the world.[via Engadget]

It doesn’t have any special powers, but this baby goose has become the first to receive a bionic leg — “currently learning to walk again at nearby Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital at Buckinghamshire.” Not wanting to let Betty the gosling goose meet an untimely fate, a UK vet outfitted the anatidae with a bionic leg, allegedly the first operation of its kind in the world. [via Engadget ]

LG X13 netbook passes through FCC – soon to be launched in USThe LG X13 netbook is very soon going to make its debut in US as it has been recently spotted on FCC’s website. Compared to LG X120, it appears to have wider body, but there is no 3G in this netbook. This means that you have to buy yourself an external USB dongle to get yourself on 3G network.The LG X13 comes with the usual specs: Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard disk etc.Oh, did we tell you that we love that texture![FCC link]

Engadget is reporting that quite a few MacBook Pro users are starting to have problems with noisy HDD, espescially 7200RPM. This isn’t the first time that there are issues. Not much luck for this generation MacBook Pro’s. Remember the 3Gbps SATA transfers ? But luckily that is fixed now and after all it didn’t affected but a marginal percentage of users upgrading to SSD themselves.

MacBook Pro hard disk storage really seem to be down on its luck this generation. First was the 3Gbps SATA transfers (now fixed), which honestly didn’t affected but a marginal percentage of users upgrading to SSD themselves. Now comes word from a number of irate users on the Apple support forums that claim their HDDs, specifically those spec’d at 7200RPM, are suffering from performance issues and some audible clicking / beeping sounds.

Sunday, July 12th, 2009 by Steven 0 Add a CommentMacBook Pro hard disk storage really seem to be down on its luck this generation. First was the 3Gbps SATA transfers (now fixed), which honestly didn’t affected but a marginal percentage of users upgrading to SSD themselves. Now comes word from a number of irate users on the Apple support forums that claim their HDDs, specifically those spec’d at 7200RPM, are suffering from performance issues and some audible clicking / beeping sounds.

MacBook Pro hard disk storage really seem to be down on its luck this generation. First was the 3Gbps SATA transfers ( now fixed ), which honestly didn’t affected but a marginal percentage of users upgrading to SSD themselves. Now comes word from a number of irate users on the Apple support forums that claim their HDDs, specifically those spec’d at 7200RPM, are suffering from performance issues and some audible clicking / beeping sounds.