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Lapin Lincoln Park has moved to a new location effective December 28, 2020

Lapin Systems Lincoln Park has upgraded to a new, larger office & workspace effective Dec 28, 2020. Our services, policies, authorizations, product offerings, and repair operations will remain unaffected by the physical location change. Our new location is located nearby at 2034 N Halsted, Chicago, IL 60614. Please contact us with any questions and thanks [...]

December 26th, 2020|chicago, Lapin, sales, service, tips|

macOS 10.15 Catalina – Read this before you upgrade!

The newest version of Apple's operating system was released this week - macOS 10.15 "Catalina" - and there are some things you should know before hitting that "Install" button. Every year or so, Apple releases OS updates bringing new features, support for new hardware, updated applications, performance improvements, and other incremental changes to your Mac. [...]

October 9th, 2019|Apple, Lapin, New Products, service, software, tips, upgrades|

Mojave Upgrade Promo!

Mojave (macOS 10.14) is here, and as with all operating system upgrades wed like the transition to be as smooth and painless as possible for all of our customers. From now until December 31, 2018, Lapin is pleased to offer our Mojave upgrade bundle for all supported units as we have with previous releases in [...]

October 4th, 2018|Apple, Lapin, New Products, service, software, upgrades|

Upgrading to Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)? Here are some things to think about first.

No company gets people excited for a new product like Apple. Whether it's a new iPhone, iPad, an entirely new product line like the Apple Watch, or something as routine as the next upgrade the Mac OS X, Apple's hype machine goes into high gear and has people chomping at the bit to jump in [...]

November 6th, 2015|Apple, Lapin, New Products, service, software, tips, Uncategorized, upgrades|

Upgrade to an SSD to increase speed and reliability

Traditional platter-based hard drives have been around since the dawn of the modern computer. The technology has been made smaller, but the concept is the same: a read/write head floats mere microns above a fragile ceramic platter, reading and writing data magnetically from microscopic hills and valleys on the surface. All the while, the platters [...]

February 13th, 2013|Apple, service|

Third-party upgrades for Retina MBP are a no-go, for now at least.

Looks like third-party upgrades for the #Retina-equipped MacBook Pro are a no-go… for now at least. As far as repairing, we will be able to get factory replacement parts directly from Apple starting now!   photo credit: ifixit http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/06/retina-macbook-pro-full-of-air-style-proprietary-parts/          

June 13th, 2012|Apple, New Products, service|