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DisplayPort 2.1a protocol change to allow for use of longer cables

Because longer cables definitely don’t hurt. The Video Electronics Standards Association announced at CES 2024 that its DisplayPort 2.1a protocol will allow the use of longer passive cables to connect to monitors, although Mac users won’t benefit from the change just yet. The change to the specification specification, once complete, will allow users to potentially […]

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iFixit posts teardown of M3-based iMac, highlights internal hardware changes in the new desktop

Once again, the super cool cats at iFixit have come through with another teardown, this time focusing on the recently released M3-based iMac, which debuted in late October. Similar to the M1 model, the M3 iMac is quite empty inside. Everything is so compact that most of the computer is concentrated in the iMac’s chin. […]

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Nostalgic CD/DVD burning thread posted, brings about horror stories of early media authoring

Ok, this is just kind of retro, fun, and geeky. Threads user Drew Thaler has offered several continuous posts as to the trials and travails of burning CD-ROMS and DVD-ROMS in the late 90s and early 2000s when the authoring and editing software was in its earliest stages. Thaler makes an excellent point as to […]

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Rumor: Apple to release M3-based MacBook Air notebooks around March 2024

It never hurts to update a good thing. Per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple plans to refresh its MacBook Air notebook around March 2024. The notebook is rumored to feature an M3 processor and be available for the 13-inch and 15-inch versions of the notebook. As Apple overhauled the ‌MacBook Air‌’s design in 2022 and then […]

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Apple confirms that the company has no plans to create a 27-inch Apple Silicon iMac

If you were holding your breath for a 27-inch Apple Silicon iMac, you might want to exhale. Apple has confirmed to The Verge and other publications that the company has no plans for a 27-inch unit. Apple discontinued both the Intel-based 27-inch iMac and iMac Pro over the past two years, and it has yet […]