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Apple launches late-2016 MacBook Pro, incorporates long-rumored Touch Bar, other new features

The rumors were true and the next-gen MacBook Pro has been revealed. As has been mentioned before, the new notebook, which is available in both 13-inch and 15-inch sizes, features an OLED Touch Bar which replaces the traditional function keys found on the MacBook Pro. The Touch Bar also incorporates a Touch ID sensor, allowing […]

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Rumor: Apple to released next-gen MacBook Pro in October, units will ship with macOS 10.12.1 onboard

Apple tends to release things when it feels they’re complete and the current rumor has the next-gen MacBook Pro slated for October. The new 15-inch MacBook Pro will reportedly switch to “Polaris” graphics chips from AMD, which claims Apple could have new units ready to ship sometime in the second half of October. As mentioned […]

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Rumor: Next-gen MacBook to have smaller footprint, be thinner, incorporate Touch ID into power button

Some new details have begun to leak out about the next-gen MacBook Pro notebooks. Sources have indicated that the new notebooks will have a smaller footprint than existing models, and will be thinner but not adopt the wedge shape of the MacBook Air and 12-inch MacBook. The trackpad is also slightly wider than current models. […]

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Unbox Therapy video puts Apple Watch Sport Ion-X glass through scratch tests

The Ion-X glass found on the Apple Watch Sport isn’t quite as tough as sapphire glass found on the more expensive Apple Watch models, but it holds its own. Unbox Therapy posted a scratch test video in which the Ion-X glass was exposed to keys, a knife, steel wool and sandpaper. To its credit, the […]

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Users come forward, complain of anti-reflective coating staining or being stripped away on Retina display MacBook Pro units

You paid an arm, a leg and a spare kidney for your Retina display MacBook Pro. Now it appears that the anti-reflective coating on it is susceptible to stains or wearing off entirely. According to a growing number of complaints on the Apple Support Communities board, the anti-reflective coating seems to be staining or wearing […]