WD's Refreshed My Passport Portable Drive Series Get A Unibody Treatment

Western Digital, also known as WD, has revamped its My Passport and My Passport Studio external portable hard drives for Mac users to boast an ever sleeker, new sturdy all-metal slim enclosures. It's obvious WD is trying to target tech savvy students who are in love with Apple's aluminum fantasy world of quality products with its raw silver on black aluminum designed My Passport drive. The My Passport for Mac is available in 500GB, 750GB and 1TB storage capacities starting at $99, and is compatible with Apple Time Machine and includes WD Security for password protecting and hardware encryption. 

The My Passport Studio on the other hand is targeted towards professionals needing faster transfer speeds, and for that the My Passport Studio has dual FireWire 800 ports which are the only thing setting the two drives apart, and of course the price. The My Passport Studio starts its price at $129. Both drives sport a USB port and are also USB powered. Sorry, no Thunderbolt capabilities quite yet. You may want to hold out for a bit longer for thunder speeds.

Ten One Design's Pogo Sketch Pro Stylus, A Piece Of Art

After the success of Ten One Design's Pogo Stylus, the company has recently launched a new stylus designed to work with the iPad and iPad 2 with an aluminum unibody design for a solid and balanced build. The Pogo Sketch Pro is most likely the longest stylus ever made that looks like an artist's paint brush. The Pogo Sketch Pro stylus features an ergonomic rubber grip and a patent pending, pattern structures in the Pogo Sketch Pro's rubber tip that is said to be sensitive enough to be effective in virtually any angle while being able to smoothly glide across a touch screen. It also comes with replaceable tips and is available now for $24.95.

Could This Be The Redesigned 2011 MacBook Air?

What looks like a totally new redesigned MacBook Air graphic has been recentely leaked in between the cracks of all the rumors that have been circling around in these recent weeks. M.I.C Gadget reports that it got a tip from a source at Foxconn, the manufacturing plant in China that produces Apple's desired gadgets, and they believe that it is the real deal. From the pic, it looks like Apple has redesigned the hinge and the external enclosure quite a bit from the current 2010 unibody MacBook Air. Further more, who ever leaked the image has also said the new 2011 MacBook Air is thinner and much lighter. It would be typical of Apple making the MacBook Air even thinner. The pic only reveals one side which shows an SD card slot and nothing else. Apple is expected to release an updated MacBook Air very soon, but a total redesign wasn't really anticipated. 

NuShelf Cradles Your 2010 Mac mini & Time Capsule

NewerTech has released a clear dual mount shelf for the 2010 Mac mini called the NuShelf. The NuShelf allows you to easily cradle your 2010 Mac mini under your desk, shelf or cabinet in order to save desk space. Rear cutouts allow easy access to your Mac mini's ports and power button while the large front opening allows full access to your Mac mini's optical drive and Apple Remote IR sensor. The NuShelf is able to accommodate up to 2 Mac minis or one Apple Time Capsule and one Mac mini, which ever combination you choose. The NuShelf for the 2010 Mac mini and Time Capsule is available now for $44.95.

Mac Mini Update

On the same day as the iPhone 4 Pre-Order, Apple announced a refresh to the Mac Mini. The new features of the Mac Mini are a HDMI port, Built-in power pack, more energy efficient and has a whole new unibody design. The new specs of the Mac Mini are: 

• 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 2GB memory
• 320GB hard drive
• 8x double-layer SuperDrive
• NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics card
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Also, like the previous generation Mac Mini, there is a dedicated Snow Leopard Server version and the features of this Mac Mini are:

• 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 4GB memory
• Dual 500GB 7200-rpm hard drives¹
• NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics card
• Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard

However, there is only one model available without snow leopard server, unlike the older version where there was 2 different models at different pricing points. As the Mac Mini starts at $699.

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