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iMac speed-bumps next week?

According to C|NET, a report sent out on Tuesday from French blog site MacGeneration (use Google Translate) says that the iMac lineup is getting some speed upgrades to be announced as early as next week. Expectations for the base versions of all four of the iMac models are as follows; The $1,499 21.5-inch 2.9 GHz version […]

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Apple releases updated iMacs, incorporates Haswell processors, PCIe architecture, 802.11ac Wi-Fi into new models

It’s not a huge change for the iMacs, but it’s the bump you’ve been waiting for. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Tuesday issued an update for its all-in-one iMac desktop, bringing Intel’s latest-generation Haswell processors, speedy 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and Nvidia’s new GeForce 700 series graphics. The new iMac also sports faster PCIe flash storage options to […]

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Hardware MacBook Pro News

iFixit teardown of 13-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro finds reconfigured battery layout, Samsung flash drive and soldered RAM

The long-awaited, mucho-lusted-after 13-inch MacBook Pro has arrived. And dissected by the cool cats at iFixit. During its investigation, the company found that Apple redesigned the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro’s battery to “cleverly” hide the solid-state drive underneath the device’s trackpad assembly, iFixit discovered in its disassembly of the new notebook. There’s even an empty […]

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Intel releases 14 low-voltage Ivy Bridge CPUs

It’s just a question of when Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors arrive within an updated MacBook Air notebook. Per Engadget, Intel on Thursday announced 14 new Ivy Bridge processors, four of which are ultra-low voltage chips that could find their way into Apple’s updated MacBook Air lineup. All of the ultra-low voltage lineup has two cores […]

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2011 MacBook Pro Turbo Boost problem may be larger issue than originally thought

The good news is that the new 2011 MacBook Pro notebooks are out and they are generally considered speedy and awesome. The bad news is that Apple may have been aware for some time of the problem of new MacBook Pros crashing under heavy loads. According PC Pro magazine, Apple appears to have deliberately turned […]