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iFixit completes 21.5-inch iMac teardown, discovers new hardware, lower repairability factor

The new Apple hardware is out, and as is custom, the cool cats at iFixit have dissected it. In its latest teardown report, repair firm iFixit gave the 21.5-inch iMac a “repairability score” of three out of a possible ten, citing a hard to replace display and lack of easily-upgradable RAM, while the Online Apple […]

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Samsung reportedly ends flow of MacBook, iPad battery supplies

The feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys continues. Per the cool cats at The Mac Observer and China Business News, Apple has apparently turned to Amperex Technology Limited and Tianjin Lishen Battery for its laptop and iPad battery needs after Samsung reportedly stopped supplying the components. If true, it underscores the ongoing tension between […]

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Apple announces updated, slimmer, Ivy Bridge iMac

It may not have been the absolute centerpiece of the show, but it still looks nifty. Per Macworld, Apple on Tuesday released a new, thinner iMac. The company reengineered the iMac’s internals and display, and Apple says the display system is 45 percent thinner and 8 pounds lighter. The new iMacs are available in 21.5- […]

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Hardware News Patents

Apple receives patent for “always-on” low power geared towards mobile devices

This could lead to some interesting stuff. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent for a system in which the status of a portable device can be persistently displayed on-screen without having to turn on the display or primary backlight. Apple notes that it may be necessary […]

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Samsung may end LCD display contract with Apple in 2013

Maybe it’s time to see other people. An article in the Korea Times suggests Samsung will sever its contract with Apple and will no longer supply LCD panels to the Cupertino company, starting in 2013. An unnamed senior source within Samsung told the newspaper that the company is not making enough money off the panels […]