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Are you someone who likes to take your MacBook between work or school and home on a regular basis? Most people that have a laptop do. It’s not always fun to carry around a large and heavy laptop bag! Why not just take your MacBook on its own? Of course you can’t just take it bear, it must have some form of protection. If you’re someone who has thought about this, don’t go without checking out The Overlap MacBook Sleeve. The very professional looking black sleeve features neoprene fabric much like a wet suit for the beach. This makes it extra strong while also providing shock absorbent much like silicone. Probably the most ingenious part of the sleeve is the lip underneath the zipper. Unlike most sleeves where the laptop simply slides in and zips up, the sleeve actually has a lip which tucks over and secures the laptop inside. This is so that the MacBook doesn’t shake around and possibly get damaged while inside the sleeve. It also features a pocket on the top where you can keep other small accessories like a screen cloth. Speaking of screen cloths it comes with one of those as well which doubles and a keyboard protector while the laptop is not in use! To find out more about the sleeve visit the Logiix website and don’t forget to check out our video review of this great sleeve where you can see it in action for yourself!

Ever wonder how your computer is doing? Computers have feelings you know! Just imagine being able to read your computers mind. With the new iStat Menus 3 you can come pretty close to doing that. Whether you’re looking to monitor your Mac’s battery level, CPU, memory, hard drive, network, computer temperature or just about anything iStat Menus 3 has it all! You can go into extreme detail and even see things like how fast your fan is spinning. You’re probably starting to wonder where all this goes on. iStat Menus 3 sits right in the status bar at the top of your computer screen. It’s fully customizable including 7 color designs and various graph and pie chart animations to choose from to match any wallpaper or theme as well as the ability to turn different monitoring tools on and off. At just $16 and a free trial available we can’t go without recommending this product to you! The free trial is available on our free downloads page. If you’d like to check out iStat Menus 3 visit their website and don’t forget to watch our video demo and review of this great Mac tool!

It’s hard to find a geek these days with only one monitor. Most geeks like myself can’t live or work without at least two. And you have to give them credit that they also look pretty cool! The real question is, which monitors should you have? The Samsung Wide LCD ACL large 21.5″ monitor is definitely one you shouldn’t go without taking a look at! Without even turning on the display you can see just how stunning it is. Its got a unique glossy shape and decorative blue light under the logo where the virtual buttons are. There aren’t any buttons on the monitor just labels and when your finger comes into contact with one of the labels whatever you tapped is performed. Kind of like using an iPhone! I know you’re probably already sold but I shouldn’t go without mentioning that it also displays full 1080p high definition quality. Overall this monitor is a great add on to any Mac or PC. If you’d like more specs on the monitor visit their website for full details. Don’t forget to check out our unboxing and demo video as well. Mac users, don’t forget the mini display port adapter! Which monitor do you use?

At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference this year they gave developers a sneak peak preview of their new Xcode. One thing that Apple needs to stay on top of is their resources for developers. After all, without developers there would be no AppStore, Macs would have less tools and it just goes on. Apple claims to have created a much nicer development experience for programmers and developers using Xcode to create software for Apple devices. When you think about it they’re partly competing with other companies like Microsoft. Developers would prefer developing for a platform with a more comfortable and fun experience. Which ever platform has more people developing software for it will have more software and will attract more users to it because of that! That’s one area where Macs are behind as PCs currently have a lot more 3rd party software. With Xcode 4 Apple is hoping to bring some of the PC 3rd party software to their platform by encouraging developers to jump into Xcode. The biggest change that Apple has made is having Interface Builder built into Xcode so that developers can see everything at once while being organized at the same time. Anyone could see how writing code all day could get boring and Xcode 4 is trying to make it fun again!

Thinking about upgrading your Mac to the new Snow Leopard? Honestly, for just $30 it’s worth it. The reason I upgraded was because I decided to go for a magic mouse and I didn’t realize the multitouch functionality of them required Snow Leopard. Obviously it can work with Leopard, Apple just does that to make more money! Other than the magic mouse, there are quite a few things new that without knowing about them, you probably wouldn’t even notice! I’m not saying they aren’t good, all of the new features are very nice! Everything from quick preview of files without opening them, the new Quicktime X, enhanced iChat for connecting with friends and much more! The quick preview of files makes finding things much faster and efficient. The new Quicktime X is probably the most noticeable upgrade. Viewing videos is now in a much slimmer and sleeker window, you can now record video, audio, and your screen right within Quicktime X, no need to spend more money on screen recording software! iChat has been enhanced so that you can transfer files easier and connections are more reliable, I switched over to Skype a while ago due to this and have returned to iChat with Snow Leopard. This article would be a mile long if I talked about all of the new features so to sum it up, yes you should upgrade to Snow Leopard. Watch our unboxing and preview video of Snow Leopard!