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Rumor: Apple to release smaller, Apple Silicon-based Mac Pro this year,

An Apple Silicon version of its Mac Pro desktop is en route, with the company also being rumored to have an updated Mac mini in the works for this year. Apple is pushing to release Apple Silicon hardware to replace Intel-based Macs as part of an aggressive two-year transition schedule. It seems that 2022 will […]

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Rumor: Apple developing two new Mac Pro models alongside cheaper external display

Following up on the rumor that Apple is working on an iMac redesign for 2021, the company is also rumored to be planning two new versions of the Mac Pro desktop. The first version will offer the same design as the current Mac Pro and one version that is “less than half the size” of […]

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Apple patent hints at carbon fiber inserts to help create thinner, stronger displays for next-gen MacBook Pro

Apple could one day use carbon fiber technology to strengthen its MacBook Pro displays, using the inserts to minimize damage to the screen from flexing the notebook’s top section, without adding any significant weight to the portable device, while also making it extremely thin.  Given its nature of being designed for portability, notebooks like the […]

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Just the thing if you’re feeling nostalgic about the PowerBook

This website was pretty much founded on writing about Apple’s PowerBook line, so I thought this would be a nifty tidbit to pass along. For those of you whose history with the Mac only dates back to around five years, the PowerBook line was the first series of Mac laptops. When Apple made the jump […]

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Australian iPhone 4 glowing/fire incident found to be caused by failed screen replacement, not battery

Ok, remember the Australian glowing/fire/iPhone 4 plane thing from this past November? It wasn’t the battery. Per AppleInsider, an investigation into the cause of an iPhone 4 that began glowing and emitting “dense smoke” on a flight landing in Sydney, Australia last fall has traced the problem to a battery punctured by a screw misplaced […]