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Apple citing delays of 4-6 weeks for replacement MacBook Pro units, refresh seems more likely

This came more or less from the horse’s mouth. Per AppleInsider, Apple has told some customers who need replacement machines they may need to wait four to six weeks for new hardware due to limited supply. A number of customers who have purchased special build-to-order machines online are reporting very long wait times for replacement […]

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Adobe releases Flash Player 10.2.152.21 update

You may love or hate Flash Player, but updated versions are never a bad thing. Late Tuesday, Adobe released Flash Player 10.2.1521 for Mac OS X, a 7.6 megabyte download via MacUpdate. The new version functions essentially as a pre-release to version 10.2 and includes the following fixes and changes: – General stability fixes. – […]

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Rumor: Apple may rely on Intel’s Sandy Bridge line for next-gen notebook CPUs, AMD for graphics processing

Per CNET, Apple will use Intel’s Sandy Bridge CPUs in its future notebooks. Interestingly enough, some of these forthcoming machines might rely solely on Intel’s chip for both general and graphical processing tasks. That’s the word from the usual “sources familiar with Apple’s plans,” who expect “MacBook models with screen sizes of 13″ and below” […]

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Internal memo: Apple acknowledges second-gen MacBook Air graphics issue, fix apparently in the works

An internal memo allegedly leaked from Apple seems to support display issues experienced by some owners of the new MacBook Air notebook as well as indicate that an upcoming software update will fix the problems. The purported memo, obtained by Boy Genius Report, acknowledges that Apple is aware of the issue and is “working on […]

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Nvidia settles class action lawsuit, some MacBook Pro owners eligible for compensation

Sometimes litigation comes in handy. Per CNET, a number of users who discovered that their 2007 and 2008 MacBook Pro systems contained graphics problems that showed either scrambled video output or sometimes black screens are in for some compensation. A recent class-action lawsuit against Nvidia over faults in the GeForce 8600M graphics processors included in […]