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- Apple updates MacBook with faster processors (updated)
- It wasnt the MacBook Pro update we were hoping for but Apple today announced new MacBooks that feature faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory, 802.11n wireless networking and larger hard drives in every model.The new configurations are now available from the Apple store:- 2.00GHz, 1GB RAM,...
- Tags: Apple, Announcement, MacBook
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- Stealthy Battery Update addresses swelling
- Whenever Apple releases a software update you sometimes have read between the lines to get the whole story. Late Friday Apple quietly released the mysterious Battery Update 1.2 with the the brief explanation that it "updates battery firmware and improves battery functionality." Um, sure. According to the BBC there is...
- Tags: Software Update, Software, MacBook Pro, MacBook, Battery
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- Apple TV on MacBook
- Semthex from the hackint0sh.org forums has provided a detailed tutorial on how it's done. AppleTVHacks.net was able to patch to the Apple TV Finder.app, and now has an operating Apple TV, but notes:We are evaluating the legalities of releasing a patch file for the Finder, but currently we are too...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Apple MacBook, Apple TV, Apple Computer Inc., TV
- Blog posts 2007-03-27
- Apple may expand MacBooks to 15-inch displays
- Taiwans DigiTimes is reporting that Apple is planning to expand their non-pro MacBook line to include a large screen 15.4-inch model in the second quarter of 2007:Apple is planning to introduce 15.4-inch MacBooks in the second quarter of 2007, according to industry sources in Taiwan. The new model will fill...
- Tags: MacBook, Rumor
- Blog posts 2007-02-15
- Crystal ball: Macworld Expo 2007
- Another January means another round of fortune telling. The week leading up to Macworld Expo are when pundits predict what Apple has in store for us in the new year. With that lets dive into what Steve Jobs could announce at the Moscone Center in San Francisco one week from...
- Tags: iTunes, Macworld Expo, iPod, Apple Computer Inc., iTV, iPhone, MacPro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, iWork, Mac mini, iLife
- Blog posts 2007-01-02
- Top 10 Apple Core Stories of 2006
- Its almost the end of the year so I thought that it would be a good time to recap your favorite stories from The Apple Core in 2006.10. Apple partners with Nike on iPod for runnersThe Nike+ iPod kit is a boon for runners and one of the tightest and...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Computer Inc., General
- Blog posts 2006-12-22
- Apple announces Core 2 Duo MacBooks
- Apple today announced new MacBooks that have been speed-bumped to include the same Core 2 Duo processor that began shipping in the companys MacBook Pros on 24 October 2006. The MacBook chasm shrank a little today. The 1.83 GHz, 13-inch white MacBook, for a suggested retail price of $1,099...
- Tags: Announcement, MacBook
- Blog posts 2006-11-08
- Apple store closed; MacBooks coming?
- The Apple online store is down as of this morning and speculation is beginning to swirl. The Interweb is all cranked up about an apparent "slip up" at Web site Play.com and the leak of details of a Core 2 Duo-powered MacBook. SpyMac orginally broke the story that UK...
- Tags: Apple, Retail
- Blog posts 2006-11-08
- Inside Apple's new 200GB notebook drive
- Apple slipped another nice upgrade out with the announcement of the new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro's yesterday: a 200GB hard drive option. When configuring a new MacBook Pro at Apple's online store you'll notice the new option.For US$200 you can upgrade from the standard 120GB to Apple's new 200GB...
- Tags: Notebooks, notebook, Apple Computer Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook, hard drive
- Blog posts 2006-10-25
- Inside Apple's new Core 2 Duo chip
- Apple released a significant update to the MacBook Pro yesterday adding a new Core 2 Duo T-series processor to the mix. Let's take a look at what's changed.Core 2 Duo MicroprocessorApple has upgraded the MacBook Pro to the latest Intel silicon and the Core 2 Duo chip features a 64-bit...
- Tags: Intel Core 2 Duo
- Blog posts 2006-10-25
- Apple announces Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro
- Apple today announced Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros. All MacBook Pro models now offer double the memory and greater storage capacity than the previous generation, as well as a FireWire 800 port. Every MacBook Pro features the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB of shared L2 cache, which is...
- Tags: FireWire
- Blog posts 2006-10-24
- DIY Mac paint
- Many people responded positively to Apples latest PRODUCT RED iPod nano and further rumors that Apple may release other products in RED to support the cause. Customers are becoming optimistic that the return of multi-colored nanos on 12 October could signal that Apple is again going to release more colored...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple MacBook
- Blog posts 2006-10-23
- Make your own (RED) MacBook Pro
- After Fridays launch of the PRODUCT RED iPod nano to benefit The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, there are some rumblings that Apple may extend the program to include other products as well. Think Secret reports that Apple may be considering creating a red MacBook and iMac...
- Tags: Apple MacBook
- Blog posts 2006-10-17
- Apple's flash-based MacBook
- AppleInsider is reporting that Intel plans to incorporate NAND flash memory into its next-generation notebook platform. This would enable Intels clients like Apple "to develop systems that are twice as fast in some operations yet sustain longer battery life." At the Intel Developer Forum IDF in March Intel mentioned that...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple MacBook, notebook, NAND
- Blog posts 2006-09-29
- Sony rips off MacBook design
- Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Sony may have taken this one a little too far. The consumer electronic giant's latest notebook looks like a blatant ripoff of Apple's wildly popular MacBook. The VAIO N10-Series is for everyone who wants a practical,...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Sony Corp., Apple MacBook
- Blog posts 2006-09-21
- MacBook Pro arriving fashionably late to the Merom party
- Almost every PC notebook vendor and their brother is hawking Core 2 Duo powered notebooks these days and Mac-heads are starting to get a little miffed. Understandably so. Didn't Apple jumped into bed with Intel because they had a great chip pipeline and they could deliver the silicon -...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple MacBook, Intel Core 2 Duo
- Blog posts 2006-09-20
- Apple's un-keynote at Apple-Expo Paris
- Although I previously reported that Apple is not giving a keynote address at Apple-Expo in Paris in two weeks, Mac4Ever and HardMac are reporting that Apple is holding a press event on 12 September in San Francisco, the same date as the kickoff of Apple-Expo. The sites also indicate that...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple-Expo Paris
- Blog posts 2006-09-01
- Federal government clears MacBook Pro batteries
- According to the Feds MacBook Pro owners concerned about the safety of their Lithium Ion battery packs can breathe a sigh of relief, but only if the battery serial number has been checked against Apple's list of recalled cells noted in their voluntary exchange program. Recalled MacBook Pro batteries are...
- Tags: battery
- Blog posts 2006-08-24
- Dell, Apple notebook batteries linked
- The world's largest personal computer maker, Dell Inc., announced yesterday that it would recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries with cells made by Sony Corp. The recall is the largest in Dell's consumer electronics history. Dell has identified a...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., battery
- Blog posts 2006-08-15
- Apple Updates Express Card software for MacBooks
- Apple yesterday released Express Card Update 1.0 for MacBook Pros. According to Apple's explanation on their Web site, the 492KB update "resolves an issue that prevented the system from sleeping when some cards are inserted in the ExpressCard/34 slot."In other software update news Apple also issued a version of Security...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Security Update
- Blog posts 2006-08-11
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