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 […]
Despite the excitement of the debut of the new M3 MacBook Pro notebooks at its Monday “Scary Fast” media event, a bandwidth limitation on the base model M3 processor could be a dealbreaker for some power units. While the first M1-powered MacBooks received high praise overall, a frequent piece of criticism was their ability to […]
The 6GHz band is en route for Apple, Meta, and Google devices. The FCC has given the companies approval to tap into the 6GHz band for wireless devices. The move comes four years after the companies combined forces to petition the FCC for access to the spectrum, with one of the biggest use cases being […]
In something of a surprise announcement on Tuesday, Apple unveiled its rumored next-gen 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models. The updated notebooks feature the new M2 Pro and M2 Max systems-on-a-chip (SoC), although they retain the design of the previous models. The new notebooks feature improved battery life, Wi-Fi 6E, and support for an 8K […]
Although Wi-Fi 6 has begun to make some headway, the currently evolving Wi-Fi 6E standard seems likely to offer even faster speeds down the road. The differences between the Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E protocols are as follows: Wi-Fi 6e is a revolution for wireless networking. The best way I know how to explain it is to […]