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Rumor: Next-Gen MacBook Pros to have improved batteries, will see the end of the white model

The rumors are coming in a bit more rapidly now with details emerging that the upcoming MacBook Pros will sport larger trackpads, weigh slightly less than the current models and have a 8 – 16 GB SSD boot drive to house Mac OS X (everything else will be stored on a separate HDD). Per MacRumors, […]

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Rumor: Next-Gen MacBook Pro units to feature fast solid-state drives, larger trackpads

A new rumor attributed to unnamed sources says the coming refresh of MacBook Pros will feature larger trackpads and boot from SSD, even on models equipped with a conventional hard disk drive. Per Boy Genius Report, the “new laptops will contain glass trackpads that are even larger than the pads found on current-generation MacBook Pro […]

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hard drive Hardware News

Micron announces 500GB notebook SSD hard drives

Micron Technology on Tuesday announced its highest capacity laptop solid-state drives (SSDs) based on its smallest circuitry technology; the largest SSD doubles the amount of data that can be stored compared to its predecessor. Micron’s new RealSSD C400 flash drive line offers capacities ranging from 64GB to 512GB and will be available in 1.8″ and […]

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MacBook Air News

Apple nixes PhotoFast 256GB MacBook Air upgrade kit

It was good while it lasted. Per 9to5 Mac, Apple has quietly stopped third-party outfitter PhotoFast from selling the 256GB MacBook Air SSD upgrade kit, the company’s product page returning a 404 error this morning. The kit included a 256GB upgrade chip as well as a USB 3.0 housing for the 64GB chip currently in […]

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Toshiba announces release of MacBook Air-compatible SSD drives

Electronics manufacturer Toshiba announced the release of its Blade X-gale solid state drives this week. The drives feature capacities up to 256 gigabytes of storage. Per MacRumors, Toshiba’s part numbers are exactly the same as the components found inside the MacBook Air. The internal solid state drives also come in the same three capacities: 64GB, […]