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Everyone who said the new iPad would be called the iPad HD or the iPad 3 was wrong. Here's one guess as to why.

It took real perseverance to order a new iPad after the tablet was unveiled Wednesday. In fact, the ordering process was downright Kafka-esque at times.

So the iPad arrived (finally) on Saturday afternoon. After setting it up with my apps and data, I promptly handed it over to friends at a party Saturday night to get their reaction.

With the iPad's arrival on Saturday, I'm beginning to think that even the most stylish and up-to-date Apple hardware -- including my own MacBook Pro -- will suddenly feel ancient. Has 21st century technology finally arrived?

Apparently, if I want to buy a new iPhone 3G S to replace my '08 iPhone 3G, I have to wait until October to do so -- unless I want to pay $499.

A couple of weeks back I put an SSD drive in a base model MacBook in an effort to tart up my new laptop. Everything was fine until, suddenly, it wasn't.

I recently inherited a base model $1,299 MacBook and wanted to make it a little snappier for day-to-day operations. So I snagged an OCZ SSD and swapped it in for the stock drive. Color me happy.

Microsoft's Live.com featured a background picture of a snow leopard Thursday night, which had the Twittering classes, well, twittering. Snow Leopard is the code-name for rival Apple's next OS.

Even though the first Mac I owned is widely panned now as one of the worst ever, I was hooked.

Water and computers do not mix. But when, on occasion they do, you'd better hope the computer in question -- in this case a 2006 Mac Book Pro -- has Time Machine installed.

MacBook Air owners who complained about getting through security at U.S. airports prompted the TSA to dig further. Yep, says the security agency, it looks different than the laptops TSA workers usually see.

Why I should not go into an Apple store while out of town -- or any other time when I have my wallet with me.

Why take apart your shiny, new MacBook Air when the folks at iFixit have already done so -- and they have the pictures to prove it.

Having finally gotten my hands on a MacBook Air I can vouch for one thing: Thin is in.

Apple's big announcements are usually saved for Macworld San Francisco. So what does it mean that the fastest Macs ever were unveiled the week before the Expo begins?