Tag archive: MacBook Air

Is the MacBook Pro slowly morphing into the MacBook Air? If the latest reports are to be believed, it certainly looks like things are heading that way. According to Apple Insider’s unnamed source, the next iteration of the Cupertino company’s MacBook Pro line-up will be radically different from the current design, featuring ultra-thin unibody casing. As with the Air, this would mean the absence of an optical disk drive, a loss which may upset… Read More

There's an endless amount of electronics and gadgets to be excited about this holiday season, and the Digital Trends staff is no exception. Believe it or not, we've each been eyeing an item or two since Black Friday (or maybe even before) that's made it to our personal holiday wish list. Consider this for your (and our) entertainment alone–although if you're getting particularly into the spirit of giving this year,… Read More

Apple is reportedly in negotiations to buy Israel-based flash storage maker Anobit for between $400 million and $500 million, according to Hebrew-language financial daily Calcalist. Neither Apple nor Anobit have yet agreed to comment on the matter. Anobit makes an advanced chip that increases the performance of flash drives. Apple already uses the Anobit chips in a number of its devices, including the MacBook Air, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch… Read More

The days of Acer being a low-end brand are coming to an end, according to the company's chief executive, J.T. Wang, reports AllThingsD. Instead, the computer-maker is going to focus on producing ultrabooks, the super-thin laptops that mimic the design and portability of Apple's increasingly popular MacBook Air line. The move comes after Acer suffered through two consecutive quarters of net losses. “We will shift our strategy… Read More

Apple is purportedly preparing to release a 15-inch version of its increasingly popular line of ultra-thin and light MacBook Air laptops in the first quarter of 2012, reports DigiTimes. New 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch models are also expected to debut. According to the report, a number of “related upstream players” have already begun “pilot production” of the new models of MacBook Airs. This should come as no surprise,… Read More

Elusive Asian “upstream suppliers” are once again shoveling coal into the Apple rumor furnace. This time, Taiwan-based DigiTimes is reporting that a “small volume” of components for a 15-inch “ultra-thin notebook model from Apple” have begun shipping to the company's manufacturers. The new MacBook may arrive as early as the second quarter of 2012. Mass shipments of the device are said to begin in… Read More

I got my first Ultrabook in yesterday – an Asus Zenbook UX21E-DH71 (don’t get me started on naming). This is the 11.6-inch Intel Core i7 version, and Asus is putting itself on the map with two screen sizes (adding a 13.3-inch), two processors (the i5 and i7), and two SSD configurations (128GB and 256GB). That boils down to a whopping five model numbers. It sounds complex, but remember the iPod comes in two colors, three memory sizes, and two… Read More

Some years back, tech pundits used to throw out the words “Apple tax” when describing Apple's products. Macs were often much more expensive than Windows-based machines, but people would pay more for what they considered an exemplary product. In the last decade, things have changed. Now, Apple's MacBook Air, iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone are all leading devices in terms of price. They aren't the least expensive, but… Read More

At around 1:15 a.m. this morning, a gang of about seven moped riders robbed Apple's Covent Garden store in London, UK. The group broke through a window and made off with MacBook laptops, iPhones, and iPads, according to TheNextWeb. The police have already arrested two supposed members of the gang, but it is unknown precisely how much merchandise the thieves sped off with.  Robert Shoesmith, an Apple fan who has been camping out for the… Read More

Is your notebook computer dragging you down? Chipmaker Intel is betting heavily that consumers will embrace the company's so-called “Ultrabook” platform: very thin, very light notebook computers that offer the portability of netbooks without the hefty dive in performance. However, unlike mainstream performance notebooks, Intel promises Ultrabooks won't cost much, with prices routinely falling under $1,000. Intel is so… Read More

As the entire technology industry remembers Steve Jobs fondly, I can't help but fear for its future. Without Steve Jobs, the the tech and entertainment industries would be no where near as vibrant as they are today. And without his unique ability to execute new ideas and push the tech industry where it needs to go, we'll all be a little worse off.   The Onion may have been joking around in its story: “Last American Who Knew… Read More

The recent arrival of Mac OS X Lion and refreshed MacBook Air and Mac mini models could translate to around 4.5 million Mac sales this quarter, according to a new report on the Cupertino company's marketplace performance. Analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray said this week that he expects the current 22-percent surge in Mac sales to drop in September, but stay strong enough for the company to break its previous single-quarter record.… Read More

Apple casts a bigger footprint in PCs than its approximate 5-percent market share suggests. This is because it is the most profitable of the computer companies, and the most highly valued. Even without market share, those positions are highly envied by Apple’s competitors. Steve Jobs idealistically modeled Apple after Sony, and while most copies are inferior to the original, Apple is clearly more successful than Sony. The fastest growing PC… Read More

The day all Apple fans have been dreading has finally arrived: Steve Jobs has announced his resignation. He will no longer run Apple's day-to-day operations. And upon Jobs' recommendation, Tim Cook has been officially voted in as Apple's new CEO, a role he has held since January, filling in for Jobs as he's dealt with a mysterious health issue, possibly related to his ongoing struggles with pancreatic cancer. It was the… Read More

We've heard rumblings that the MacBook Air is where Apple is taking its lineup of Macs. Today's rumor seems to verify this. Macatakara.jp claims that Apple is preparing to unveil a new line of MacBooks that are different from anything currently on the market. They are so different that they may get a new name or brand identity all together. Unfortunately, the rumor is extremely vague on details, but does note that the new Macs may… Read More