Think Secret is reporting that a 17-inch version of the MacBook Pro will be announced around the time of the National Association of Broadcasters show (NAB) which opens on Saturday in Las Vegas. The article also mentions that the MacBook is not coming out at the same time. Apple is expected to roll-out the 17-inch […]
In less than a week, Apple has posted their second raft of firmware updates for Intel Macs. Version 1.0.1 is available for the Mac mini, the iMac and the MacBook Pro but based on my previous experience with the 1.0.0 update on my MacBook Pro I’d HIGHLY recommend waiting at least on week before installing […]
Apple yesterday Webcasted their Q2 2006 financial results conference call. Second-quarter profit rose 41 percent even after iPod and Mac shipments fell from a record holiday season. Net income rose to US$410 million, or 47 cents a share, from US$290 million, or 34 cents, a year earlier. Sales increased 34 percent to US$4.36 billion, compared […]
Hardmac is reporting that the Radeon X1600 video card that comes in the MacBook Pro is "massively underclocked." Beware that overclocking it will lead to more fan noise and faster battery drain though… In our forums (in French), SpacetitoX has reported that while playing with his MBPro and its GPU while running WinXP, he has […]
I have setup Windows XP with HalfLife2 to benchmark the MacBook Pro – and the results are great!