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Hardware MacBook Pro News

Early Ivy Bridge benchmark tests surface, show appreciable improvements in graphics, overall performance

It’s the benchmarks that make an upcoming technology that much more interesting. Per CPU World, a series of benchmark tests demonstrates how the much-anticipated Ivy Bridge architecture in the upcoming MacBook Pro notebooks could show fairly significant improvements in performance, particularly in graphics. The chip being tested was the Core i7-3820QM, a 2.7 GHz processor […]

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iPad News

iPad 3 RAM doubled to 1GB, battery life to remain about the same

The third-generation iPad may look fairly identical to its predecessor, but it’s what’s inside that counts. Though the new A5X chip in Apple’s third-generation iPad features the same dual-core CPU found in its predecessor, the system-on-a-chip is still believed to double the onboard RAM to 1 gigabyte. Although Apple has never announced the amount of […]

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iPad Rumor

Rumor: Leaked iPad parts/video suggest iPad 3 will retain similar design to iPad 2

The iPad 3 is en route…and it’ll probably have a similar design as the iPad 2. Per MIC Gadget, a new report claiming to have pieced together several components for the third-generation iPad appears to show that Apple has planned few changes to the design of its popular tablet. The site posted on Sunday hands-on […]

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Processors Rumor

Intel to ship dual-core Sandy Bridge processor for notebooks on February 20th, MacBook Pro version may not be far behind

The bad news: Intel’s Sandy Bridge processor was delayed, the announcement coming in last week. The good news: Intel’s dual-core Sandy Bridge processor, which is widely expected to power the next MacBook Pro line is finally shipping this month. MacRumors is reporting that Intel will begin shipping its dual-core Sandy Bridge CPU chips for notebooks […]