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The Battle of the Oranges: iMac historian creates tangerine iMac G3 vs. orange M1 iMac comparison video

The battle of the oranges has begun, and it is both nostalgic and nifty. Podcaster and iMac historian Stephen Hackett has published the following video comparing the new orange M1 iMac to the classic tangerine iMac G3. For those unfamiliar, Stephen has a storied history with the iMac G3. In 2016, he set out to collect […]

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Prominent leakers hint at new iMacs in a variety of colors, Apple Silicon hardware at Apple’s “Spring Loaded” media event on Tuesday

A prominent leaked by the handle of “Lovetodream” has hinted that Apple is set to introduce a variety of color options for its updated iMac models at its “Spring Loaded” media event on Tuesday, April 20. Another pundit has indicated that the event will be an Apple Silicon launch. Per “Lovetodream,” tweeting on Saturday, the […]

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Consumer Reports puts iPhone 6 handsets through bend-test paces, comes back with results

The Internet has exploded with images and videos of bent iPhone 6 Plus handsets as well as a viral video of someone deforming the handset with his bare hands. And, with that, Consumer Reports sprang into scientific action to perform actual tests that seem to indicate that the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus handsets may […]

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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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AMD to consolidate graphics chips, retire ATI brand name

AMD, the current exclusive provider of discrete graphics chips in Apple’s latest refresh of the Mac desktop lineup, will phase out the ATI graphics brand name this year. Per ZDnet, AMD is prepared to make the change because it believes having two brands is unnecessary, and the company plans to offer both CPUs and GPUs […]