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First-gen MacBook Pro notebooks with Retina display round corner, now considered “vintage” or “obsolete” by Apple

As heartbreaking as it may be, the first MacBook Pro notebooks with a Retina display are now considered vintage. The notebook was also praised in many reviews, which awarded it top marks for its mix of functionality and portability. Marco Arment, a well-known developer, even called it “the best laptop ever made,” with a “crowd-pleasing […]

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Apple CEO Tim Cook offers explanation as to why shareholders will probably never get a tour of Apple Park

You’ll apparently be able to see the gift shop of the new Apple Park campus, but that’s about it. Answering a shareholder question as to whether shareholders would ever get a tour of Apple Park in the new Steve Jobs Theater, Apple CEO offered the following reply: “Probably never. Because there are secrets inside the […]

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First Apple Park drone footage of 2018 shows central courtyard, fitness center, basketball courts and more

Apple Park is getting closer to completion. In the latest installment of drone-based footage by videographer Duncan Sinfield, the company has apparently made progress on the site’s large central courtyard, employee fitness center and basketball courts, the Steve Jobs Theater, and more. The first part of Sinfield’s new video focuses on the landscaping within Apple […]

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Lisa OS to be released as open source project in 2018

This definitely qualifies as nifty… Come 2017, the Computer History Museum will release the Apple Lisa OS as a free, open source project. Apple’s Lisa, which was the first computer with a graphical user interface, debuted in 1983. The computer was considered a flop, selling only 10,000 units on an R&D investment of US$150 million. […]