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iFixit posts teardown of Smart Keyboard, finds interesting switches, conductive fabric among components

The extremely cool cats at iFixit tore into Apple’s new Smart Keyboard recently and found some interesting stuff inside. The teardown, which was published today, reports that Apple used a conductive fabric as well as a key design borrowed from the 12-inch Retina MacBook. The device uses multiple layers of fabric and plastic to keep […]

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New details revealed as to Skylake processors that may be geared towards Retina MacBooks

New information for the Intel Skylake processors that are most likely to wind up in a MacBook Air has been released. The Skylake processors, which may be branded the “Core m3”, “Core m5” and “Core m7” offer the following specs: The low-end Core m3 6Y30 has a 900 MHz dual-core processor with Turbo Boost up […]

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12-inch MacBook inventory numbers rise, device now available for Apple Store Personal Pickup

You can now snag the 12-inch MacBook via the Apple Store Personal Pickup plan. Nearly four months after its release, the 12-inch MacBook notebook now has a strong enough inventory presence to qualify for Apple’s Personal Pickup plan. The personal pickup option isn’t universal yet however, with only select configurations at select stores being available. […]

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12-inch MacBook notebooks essentially chained to Apple Store tables, may make browsing difficult

You know how people sometimes go to outlandish (and destructive) lengths to steal things from Apple Store locations? This, combined with the new 12-inch MacBook’s light weight, may be why they’re literally chaining the new notebook to the display tables. Apparently the new MacBook, which weighs all of 2.0 pounds, is essentially chained/cabled to the […]

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Apple support article offers workaround for recent issues with Setup Assistant on 12-inch MacBook

As nifty as the new 12-inch MacBook is, a number of users have encountered an issue using the Setup Assistant during the initial setup of the notebook. The bug apparently has the spinning beach ball appear during setup, putting the user in an endless cycle. Apple recently shared a support article that offers users of […]