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Apple releases updated MacBook Air featuring faster CPU and GPU, Magic Keyboard, and lower starting price

Apple on Wednesday released its updated MacBook Air, complete with faster processors, a boosted graphics system, scissor switch Magic Keyboard, and other new bells and whistles. The update notebook features a 10-gen Intel Core processor, which includes a 1.2GHz quad-core Core i7 with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.8GHz. The updated Intel Iris Plus Graphics […]

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Apple releases 2020 model Mac mini, complete with faster processors and increased storage capacities

Apple on Wednesday released a decently bumped Mac mini model. The 2020 Mac mini features increased PCIe-based SSDs, complete with increased capacities. The $799 model now includes 256GB (up from 128GB), and the $1,099 model has 512GB (up from 256GB). The updated Mac mini is available in the following configurations: $799: 3.6GHz quad-core Core i3 CPU, […]

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Version 1.2 firmware update offers better compatibility between Blackmagic eGPU and Apple Pro Display XDR units

If you’re a Blackmagic user, you’ll like this. Blackmagic Design has released a firmware update that now offers full compatibility between the Blackmagic eGPU and Apple’s Pro Display XDR monitor. While the setup had previously been working, it’s been noted that the update makes interoperability that much smoother. The 1.2 version release works with both […]

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Pro Display XDR only support 5K resolutions on some Mac models

There might be a small issue here. In spite of the excitement surrounding Apple’s new Pro Display XDR for the 2019 Mac Pro, a new report from AppleInsider states that the display only supports a 5K resolution, as opposed to the 6K it’s been marketed as supporting on certain machines: According to Thomas Grove Carter, […]

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Intel announces 9th-gen processors, 10-nanometer “Ice Lake”, “Lakefield” processors

Over at CES 2019, Intel teased its upcoming “Lakefield” processors. A total of six processors were introduced as part of Intel’s keynote address, all as part of the company’s ninth-generation of Core chips for desktop use. While six are incoming, details relating to only one, the Core i5-9400, was detailed by the chip producer. The […]