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Rumor: Purported next-gen 13-inch MacBook specs image excludes Retina Display

You might not be too enamored with this. Per Macotakara, an image claiming to show specifications for an unreleased 13-inch MacBook Pro shows the notebook equipped with an Ivy Bridge processor and USB 3.0 ports, but without a high-resolution Retina display. The image could easily have been faked. Even so, the questionable image shows hardware […]

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Matrox releases DS1, allows Thunderbolt-equipped Macs and PC notebooks desktop range of ports

You can’t knock a good peripheral device. Per AppleInsider, Matrox on Sunday unveiled its new DS1 Thunderbolt docking station, which allows users to add multiple peripherals like an HDMI display, a full-size keyboard and a mouse to a Thunderbolt-equipped Mac or PC and will be available this September for US$249. The DS1 also includes a […]

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Rumor: Apple to switch from AMD to Nvidia for next-gen MacBook Pro graphics cards

Maybe it’s the nature of the industry: you have to be fickle about which graphic cards you go with and change your affections from time to time. Per 9to5Mac, the web site claims to have discovered evidence that Apple may be planning to switch from AMD GPUs to Nvidia graphics in the new MacBook Pro, […]

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Intel exec cites Light Peak as ready for implementation

It was on the horizon and now it’s here. Per Macworld, an Intel executive on Friday said that its Light Peak interconnect technology, designed to link computers to devices like displays and external storage, is ready for implementation. Light Peak, announced in 2009, was originally designed to use fiber optics to transmit data among systems […]

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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 […]