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Forget how to spell a word, but you only know how to spell the first couple of letters? This secret OS X feature lets you easily see all possible spellings in one keystroke–And it works in every Cocoa app. This is a really good foundation Apple has laid, I wish someone would take it one step further and make a full fledged OS X predictive text input system, it would probably help us compensate for the inefficiency that is QWERTY.

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Kasper, an Editor from Appleinsider seems to think so. Should spark a bunch of debate. Not just on the Apple lose, but back to the whole false rumor and stock pricing bit. Personally I think that the mac mini is too valuable as an easy switcher machine, that Apple can point to and say “Look we have cheap computers too!” Although with it’s dismal sales record I could see the product line expanded to accommodate a “Mac Mini Plus” That included some expandability options, and perhaps an option to escape the craptacular integrated video card. Time will tell!

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Refurbished MacBook(White)

Well it has begun, the older generation MacBooks are on the cheap! Anyone looking to pick up a MacBook and doesn’t mind refurbed condition (who would? It has the same warranty, and sometimes they come with extra ram!)

Specs:
13.3-inch glossy widescreen display
1280 x 800 resolution
512MB memory (2×256MB SODIMMs)
60GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Built-in iSight camera

Refurbished MacBook(White)

Got an Apple TV yet? Yah, me neither, although its getting hard and hard to resist with those refurbished deals popping up in the Online Apple Store ($249 & Free Shipping). So if you aren’t fortunate enough to own an Apple TV this link may not be of interest to you, but one day it might - read on. You may have been aware of all the hacking and modifications that took place when the Apple TV was first released, but the true we now see the Apple TV modding community take shape in the form of a website called AkwardTV Plugin Directory. This plugin directory offers plugins that can be added to your Apple TV to add various functionality!

alanquatermain presents a video featuring “A Series of Tubes”, a plug-in by Xdog that brings YouTube to the Apple TV. Watch the AwkwardTV plug-in directory for its appearance, which can be expected to be soon.


Awkward TV PLugin Directory

The popular MacBook line received a speed boost this morning from Apple Computers. The notebooks are now available with Intel Core 2 Duo processors at 2.0 to 2.16GHz.

In addition to the speed boost, hard drives are now available starting at 80GB (previously 60GB), a default of 1GB of RAM, and the SuperDrive has been upgraded to 4x DVD-RW DL write speeds.

Just as before, models are offered in black and white, with a 13.3″ widescreen display and an Airport card support 802.11a/b/g/draft-n.

Should the iPhone be opened to third-party software? Apple wants to guarantee a universally excellent iPhone user experience, and protect its partners’ data networks. Since it can’t fully control how third-party applications will look and perform on iPhone, the company has suggested that the right strategy is to lock them out - as with the iPod…

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