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First 15-inch 2018 MacBook Pro with Pro Vega 16, 20 graphic card benchmarks released, results look impressive

Following up on last week’s story about Apple releasing 2018 model 15-inch MacBook Pro notebooks with the Radeon Pro Vega 16 and 20 graphics cards, the first bookmarks for these notebooks appear to have been leaked. In short, they’re pretty impressive and help show what to expect in terms of performance improvements over 15-inch MacBook […]

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Apple releases updated Mac mini desktops, complete with quad and six-core processor options

It’s been four years since the last Mac mini update, but today that changed. Apple, during its Brooklyn media event, announced a new Mac mini with modern processors and specifications The upgrades are spotlighted by quad- and six-core 8th-generation Intel processors, which go by the code name Coffee Lake. According to Apple, the new Mac […]

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Apple announces iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max handsets

Apple has officially unveiled its two new flagship handsets, the iPhone Xs and the iPhone Xs Max, during the “Gather Round” media event on Wednesday. The new handsets arrive with 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch OLED displays, improved water resistance, stronger glass displays, and a new gold color option. The iPhone Xs sports the same size 5.8-inch […]

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Apple releases macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update, seeks to address thermal issue in 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro notebooks

Apple has released a patch that it hopes will address a heat-related issue in the 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro notebooks. The now-somewhat-infamous heat issue on the Core i9-powered 15-inch 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro has been identified as a software flaw in the system’s thermal management software, and Apple is rolling out a macOS […]

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Apple’s 2018 i9-power Touch Bar MacBook Pro may include thermal issues that can throttle performance

Apple could have a bit of a thermal issue to contend with when it comes to its top of the line 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro. The notebook, which features an i9 processor, may look amazingly fast on paper, but could throttle and slow down dramatically under a heavy workload. Per YouTube reviewer David Lee, […]