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Mac mini News

iFixIt performs teardown of 2011 Mac mini, finds room for second hard drive

A teardown of Apple’s just-released Mac Mini reveals a similar design to the previous generation, though with the addition of the new processor, Thunderbolt controller and Bluetooth 4.0, while the company’s decision to remove the optical drive made room for a second storage drive. Apple released the latest version of the Mac Mini on Wednesday, […]

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iPhone News

White iPhone 4 stripped down, differences in camera lens, proximity sensor discovered

The white iPhone 4 has gone on sale and you stampeded and shoved the elderly out of your way to get your mitts on one. And now that you’ve got it, you should know what’s inside. Per Japanese Mac blog MacOtakara,there are a few modest changes to the inside of the device, most notably a […]

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iPad News

iFixit performs full iPad 2 3G teardown, finds antennas similar to iPhone 4 units

I think we all have a certain fondness in our hearts for iFixit, as they follow the habit we all had when we were six and took everything apart to see how things worked, even if it meant that our parents invariably wound up screaming at us for the destruction involved. On the plus side, […]

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MacBook Pro News

iFixit performs full teardown of early 2011 MacBook Pro, finds interesting new components

It’s been all of a day since the release of Apple’s new Thunderbolt-equipped MacBook Pro noteboooks, but already the cool cats at iFixit have performed a full teardown of the new models. Per the report, the guys found that the controller for Thunderbolt is the fourth largest chip on the logic board, after the CPU, […]

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iPod Touch News

Apple leaves out vibration feature on fourth-gen iPod touch

In spite of earlier references on the Apple website to a “vibrating alert” for the fourth-generation iPod touch, the new device lacks a vibration motor. Per AppleInsider, Apple originally promoted the vibrator feature on the accessibility page for the iPod touch, but has since removed the reference. “If somebody wants to start a video call […]