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Rumor: Apple to announce/launch of M4-based MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro units in early to mid-2025

Apple announced its nifty M4-based iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro models, complete with variants of the chip. As exciting as these are, the rumor mill has begun speculating as to when users can expect the M4 versions of the MacBook Air, the Mac Studio, and the Mac Pro towers. Where notebooks are concerned, Apple […]

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iPhone 16 Pro Max 45W charger offers improved charge speeds, but may not live up to all of Apple’s claims

The updated charger for Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max is nifty, but a series of tests have indicated that the 45W chargers for Apple’s new iPhone 16 models may not actually charge that quickly. ChargerLAB last week tested the iPhone 16 Pro Max with a variety of Apple and third-party chargers, and it found that […]

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AirPods Pro 2 testing shows significant improvements in Bluetooth latency

The AirPods Pro 2 earbuds may be worth their asking price, as a series of tests performed by musician and software developer Stephen Coyle has indicated that the new H2 chip inside the units offers significant improvements in Bluetooth signal latency. Latency has always been a downside of Bluetooth as well as other wireless technologies […]

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First teardown of M2 MacBook Air published, single storage chip for 256GB model confirmed

The first M2 MacBook Airs have begun to arrive and the cool cats at the Max Tech YouTube channel recently posted a video teardown of the redesigned lightweight notebook. Overall, the internal design of the new MacBook Air looks similar to the previous model, but the flatter shell allowed for Apple to fit larger battery […]

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M2 MacBook Airs receive favorable reviews, but some models show slower SSD speeds after benchmark testing

The first reviews of Apple’s M2 MacBook Air have surfaced, and while the reviews are generally glowing, a number of them cited that the $1,199 base model equipped with 256GB of storage has a single NAND chip, has demonstrated slower SSD speeds in benchmark testing, but real-world performance may vary. Last month, it was discovered […]