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Rumor: Apple to go with NVIDIA’s Kepler hardware for next-gen Mac Pro computers

You may love your Apple notebook or iOS device, but at the end of the day, it’s the Mac Pro that gets the most number-crunching done. Per MIC Gadget, Apple’s long-rumored Mac Pro update could signal a return to NVIDIA for graphics based on claims about production progress on Tuesday. The company had reportedly been […]

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Intel could release Ivy Bridge-based Xeon chips in spring, provide new processor offerings for Mac Pro lineup

The upcoming Mac Pro units could get that much niftier, even with a slightly older technology. Per DigiTimes, Intel’s Xeon E5 launch early this year could be matched by a handful of Ivy Bridge-based models soon after based on a tentative roadmap. After releasing 18 E5 chips based on the current Sandy Bridge architecture, Intel […]

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Mac OS X 10.7 features, release date, App Store-only purchase structure highlighted at WWDC

Ok, this might take a while to go through… Following up on Apple’s yearly Worldwide Developers Conference which opened today, Apple announced on Monday that Mac OS X 10.7 Lion will be available only in the Mac App Store, and the operating system upgrade will be available for just US$29.99. Per AppleInsider, a new developer […]

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Parallels Desktop 5.0.9376 Released

Parallels Desktop, the popular virtualization application that allows users to run the Windows and Linux operating systems simultaneously alongside Mac OS X, reached version 5.0.9376 on Thursday. The new version, available here, sports the following major fix: – This version of Parallels Desktop fixes compatibility with new Mac Pros based on Intel Xeon Westmere processors. […]

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Apple announces updated Mac Pro line to arrive in August

It’s been a long time coming, but it could be awesome when it hits next month. Per AppleInsider, Apple’s update to Apple’s Mac Pro desktop was announced Tuesday, with the new tower sporting up to 12 processing cores with Intel Xeon processors, making it up to 50% faster than its predecessor. The hardware arrives in […]