As far as I'm aware, our boy Vincent has never been described as psychic but with his trials of a 64GB Samsung SSD NAND drive in a MacBook Pro over at SlashGear it could be that he's pre-empted Apple's latest laptop move. AppleInsider quote analyst Gene Munster who has highlighted the solid-state drive as a likely candidate for inclusion in a new addition to the MacBook range, possibly in the ... continued »
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Upcoming MacBook ultraportable to have Solid-State Drive?
As far as I'm aware, our boy Vincent has never been described as psychic but with his trials of a 64GB Samsung SSD NAND drive in a MacBook Pro over at SlashGear it could be that he's pre-empted Apple's latest laptop move. AppleInsider quote analyst Gene Munster who has highlighted the solid-state drive as a likely candidate for inclusion in a new addition to the MacBook range, possibly in the ... continued »
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Automatic file transfers from iPhone to Mac
Like vanilla-flavored cheese I'm just plain stupid when it comes to programming, which is why I'm so impressed by TUAW's Erica Sadun. She's come up with a really useful application designed to make file swapping and archiving simple; it sits on your Mac desktop and then grabs a copy of image files you send from your iPhone.
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Apple patent shape-shifting MultiTouch keyboard
Attempts to change the venerable keyboard are usually met with failure - despite promising claims of productivity benefits, there's often too great a pay-off for users used to the traditional QWERTY 'board - but if anyone can encourage us to upgrade, perhaps it's Apple. Their latest patent describes a MultiTouch surface particularly suitable for a MacBook (or a Mac Tablet, maybe?) which, thanks to a lifting framework of key-edges that presses ... continued »
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Some MacBooks experiencing HDD failure 20x more than rivals
If there's a phrase that'll put the fear of God into any mobile user, it's "critical manufacturing flaw", but that's just what data recovery firm Retrodata has accused Apple of experiencing in some of their machines, particularly MacBook and MacBook Pro models, but also potentially Mac mini deskop units. Retrodata chief Duncan Clarke has gone public with his concerns that the 2.5-inch Seagate hard-drives manufactured in China and using firmware version 7.01 ... continued »
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Rumor: MacBook getting a processor upgrade by years end?
Thinking about getting a MacBook? I’d recommend waiting if any part of this is true.
Apparently Apple is looking to update the MacBook lineup along side the release of Leopard. They aren’t sure if the update will bring Santa Rosa to the MacBook line or if it will just be some slightly faster speeds.
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Apple Mac OS X Leopard coming in October
The time is finally upon us, there is a new Apple.com page that states quite clearly that OSX Leopard is coming this month. No word on when though.
If tradition is any hint Apple has tended to do some sort of PC hardware update in the fall, this time it should also yield a new version of the OS too. Who knows, it’s a big enough announcement that it might be ... continued »
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Apple post $818m profit despite analyst-depressing iPhone sales
Another quarter, another record Apple profit - but will everyone be pleased? The Cupertino company have announced an $818 million profit in its fiscal third-quarter, with $5.41 billion in sales from April through June (a rise of 24-percent from the same period last year); sales of Macs and iPods are sky-high, shipping over 1.7 million of the former (up 33-percent) and more than 9.8 million of the latter, maintaining its ... continued »
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