According to sources close to the company, Apple may begin manufacturing its long-awaited Apple TV device as early as Monday. A report on AppleInsider cites that the company, which faced setbacks that shifted an anticipated January launch to mid-March, may be ready to begin manufacturing the units. The setbacks appear to have been software-related, albeit […]
Day: March 13, 2007
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Octo-Core Mac Pro Image Leaked
A leaked image on the UK Apple Store suggests that Apple may be releasing an 8-core Mac Pro according to MacRumors. Rumors of an 8-core Mac Pro system have been floating around since last October, the systems using dual Intel quad-core Xeon processors. For full details and feedback, check out Jason O’Grady’s Apple Core blog.
Intel has announced that they will officially begin selling more energy-efficient quad-core Xeon processors as of Monday, according to representatives. The new processors, dubbed the Xeon L5320 and L5310, will consume 12.5 watts of electricity, about a 60% reduction over the company’s current 80-watt and 120-watt quad-core products. Both chips will feature eight megabytes of […]
Everyone is working themselves into a lather over the rash of new and fast notebook hard drives recently announced. Personally, I’ll stick with the more spacious (200GB), albeit slower (4200RPM) Toshiba MK2035GSS in my MacBook Pro. While we were all prepared to wait for Fujitsu’s May release of its MHW2 BJ series, Seagate decided to […]