The components found on the next generation of MacBook Pro notebooks could be that much more interesting. Per AppleInsider, analyst Ben Reitzes of Barclays Equity Research said that the adoption rate of Apple devices using SSDs, along with a continuing move to cloud computing, will push consumer notebook demand toward flash-based storage. Perhaps the single […]
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When in doubt, get competitive. Per DigiTimes, Apple is rumored to be planning to aggressively combat new “Ultrabook” notebooks coming to market by releasing a US$799 MacBook Air model in the third quarter of 2012, a price US$200 less than the company’s current cheapest model. The claim came on Monday and cited sources in Apple’s […]
The good news: You can now snag up to a 480GB solid-state drive for your MacBook Air. The bad part: It ain’t cheap. Per Electronista, Other World Computing has released a 480GB version of its Mercury Aura Pro Express. The new solid-state drive doubles the storage of its SATA3-based, 6Gbps model line. As with other […]
This could smack of the nifty. Per Engadget, hard drive manufacturer Seagate has released its 750GB Momentus XT, a hybrid HDD/SSD unit with a conventional 742GB hard drive attached to 8GB of NAND flash memory. The unit boosts a speedy SATA III 6Gb/s interface and promises to cut boot-up and lag times compared to a […]
The nice thing with rumors: there’s generally a kernel of truth in there somewhere. Per DigiTimes, Apple is rumored to have ordered a “small volume” of components for a 15-inch ultra-thin notebook that could appear as early as the second quarter of 2012. Upstream suppliers are said to have begun shipping the components this month, […]