Dig around inside an update’s code and you’ll find all sorts of interesting stuff. Per the tonymacx86 Blog, the Mac OS X 10.6.7 update for early 2011 Mac Book Pro models features native graphics acceleration for some Radeon HD 5000- and 6000-series cards. The supported cards are off-the-shelf graphics processing units, not Mac-only cards as […]
Tag: Thunderbolt
The future is solid state hard drives. Which isn’t bad, as they’re pretty nifty. Per AppleInsider, the 2011 MacBook Pro models are shipping with Mac OS X 10.6.6 (build 10J3210), which supplies TRIM support for bundled Apple Solid State Drives, enabling extended performance of the fast new devices via background maintenance. The change comes a […]
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, […]
Sometimes the rumor mill can be pretty accurate. On Thursday, Apple released a new refresh of the MacBook Pro notebook, adding new dual-core and quad-core (a first for Apple’s notebooks) Intel processors, 3x faster graphics in the 15- and 17-inch models, ultrafast Thunderbolt (i.e., Light Peak) I/O and a FaceTime HD camera. Per Mac|Life, the […]
In the final days before the anticipated launch of the refreshed MacBook Pro notebooks, the rumors are streaming in while a new leaked photo offers some interesting possibilities. Per French Apple site Mac4Ever, a photo has surfaced of what appears to be a 15-inch MacBook Pro box. The site also claimed to have obtained several […]