Tag archive: macbook pro

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

First reported by Want China Times earlier today, chairman Terry Gou was meeting with senior managers and stated “”Hon Hai has a workforce of over one million worldwide and as human beings are also animals, to manage one million animals gives me a headache.” Hon Hai is the parent company of Foxconn, the company responsible for creating the majority of iPhones and iPads for Apple. Gou also stated that he would like to learn… 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

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

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

One of the main stories out of Cupertino Wednesday was the release of Apple’s newest operating system: OS X Lion. A day later, Apple announced that in just one day it sold one million copies of the software. Also of note is that Lion was only available for purchase through Apple’s App Store. It has been reported that in August you will be able to buy Lion on a thumb drive, but for the time being it will have to be online. If you are still on… Read More

It's become evident in the last month or so that an update to Apple's popular MacBook Air laptops is likely just around the corner. Releasing newer, updated models around this time of year would be in keeping with the company's prior patterns, and rumors have been coming at us left and right. Something else that has bolstered these rumors is the fact that Best Buy is no longer shipping the most popular MacBook Air models. The… Read More

Intel announced this week that it plans to release developer kits for its new Thunderbolt data transfer system, which will help greatly increase the number of Thunderbolt-compatible devices, and reduce the time it takes for such products to be made available to consumers, reports PC World. The Thunderbolt system was originally debuted by Intel on February 24 of this year. Apple's new line of MacBook Pro laptops are the first devices on… Read More

Apple’s legendary unibody metal design remains intact on the 2011 version of the 17-inch MacBook Pro, but the hardware inside has changed. The largest notebook in Apple’s MacBook Pro line now sports a 2.2GHz second-generation Intel Core i7 processor and AMD’s brawny Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 RAM. The net result: It’s fast, both around the desktop and in games, which it handles with surprising authority. Meanwhile, a… Read More

Apple's new 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pro laptops are reportedly freezing when put under a heavy load, according to numerous reports, as well as user comments on the Apple Discussion board. The problem, which appears to be widespread, has persisted for at least some users even after an update from Apple. The new 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros feature Intel's speedy new Sandy Bridge Core i7 quad-core CPUs, available up to 2.3GHz, along… Read More

Intel debuted its Thunderbolt technology last month, and now the 10-gigabit-per-second transfer system is making its way to more and more consumer devices. Canon recently announced it will begin integrating support for the blazingly fast transfer tech in its products. Apple notoriously jumped on board first with Thunderbolt I/O, putting the new interface in its new MacBook Pro models. According to Apple, the addition is 12 times faster than… Read More

With Apple already flying high off the launch of the iPad 2, a technology analyst says the company enjoyed better-than-expected sales of its MacBook Air line in the ultra-thin notebook's first quarter, reports Apple Insider. According to Concord Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple shipped a total of 1.1 million units of its 11- and 13-inch MacBook airs during its first three months of sales, a period that ended in December. This… Read More

Incase has released a new MacBook Pro hardshell case from its Perforated Collection just in time for Apple's latest revisions. The modern style has been popular with the iPhone and iPad, but until now has not crept into the laptop market. The latest release of the collection includes black and white hardshell models ($60) for both 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro computers. The case fits snugly, and the perforations are designed to provide the… Read More

Apple is just full of releases today. In conjunction with today's debut of its new line of MacBook Pro laptops, Apple has launched the FaceTime video calling app for OS X on the Mac App Store for the price of 99 cents. The software will come pre-installed on the new MacBook Pro laptops, which are loaded with built-in FaceTime HD cameras. The newly-released FaceTime app, which had been in beta for the past four months, lets users send and… Read More