Over at Best Buy this week you'll find that the new MacBook Pro 2012 model has been tipped by one of the more obvious events that always happens before a new Apple product: a price reduction int he current model. This blowout and replace tactic has been in place for several years now, all the way back to when iPods were given away for free to students when the newest model was on the way in the early 2000s - and beyond. Here we've got Best Buy specifically taking a few bucks off Apple's otherwise tight and solid price scheme with several price cuts starting at $100 USD.
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MacBook Pro 2012 model release tipped by price drop
Apple to unveil thinner MacBook Pros at WWDC
According to Bloomberg, Apple will be unveiling its new lineup of thinner MacBook Pros at WWDC, the company's annual developer conference, which will be kicking off on June 11. Apple is also expected to announce the release date for Mac OS X Mountain Lion as well as preview some new iOS features.
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MacBook Pro 2012 GameStop sales tip Apple gaming future
Back a few weeks ago when it was rumored that Apple CEO Tim Cook was visiting Valve, we wrote up an article which tipped what we suspect here in May once again: a full-fledged OS X gaming push. Here in May we’re to understand that the MacBook Pro 2012 model will be sold at GameStop stores across the nation. Could this be Apple’s big push for gaming on the OS X desktop operating system environment, at long last?
SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: May 14, 2012
This morning we're heading into the summer full force with a brand new tablet along the lines of a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, with front-facing speakers for all! There appears to be a bit of a MacBook clear-out in preparation of a whole new model in the very near future. Apple has begun to seek security knowledge from Kaspersy for a safe future. The Samsung Galaxy S III has had its battery secrets revealed in a snapshot of its battery display sheet.
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Mac stock clearing indicates Retina refresh nigh
An imminent refresh of Apple's desktop and mobile Mac line-up adopting Intel's 3rd Gen Core processors is looking increasingly likely, with retailers slashing pricing of existing stock to clear shelves for the newer models. Best Buy has begun offering discounts of up to $200 on its Mac Pro, iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models. The cut price computers come hot on the heels of leaked benchmarks for supposedly Ivy Bridge based MacBooks and Macs, as well as suggestions of USB 3.0 and Retina Display technology in Apple's new notebooks.
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MacBook Pro 2012: 15″ Retina Display, USB 3.0 and ultra-thin
More and more information has emerged regarding the next MacBook Pros featuring Ivy Bridge chips, and now 9to5Mac has detailed exactly what to expect from the new 15-inch model. They say that Apple is currently finalizing the new laptop, and that it will feature a slimmed down design, drop the optical drive, include a high-resolution Retina display, and most interestingly, have several USB 3.0 ports.
Ivy Bridge iMac and MacBook Pro revealed in benchmarks
As we edge ever closer to June, more and more signs keep cropping up that Apple is poised to refresh its line of iMacs and Macbook Pros with Intel’s new Ivy Bridge chips. The latest tip comes from benchmarks posted to GeekBench with new iMac and Macbook Pro models featuring the new platform, providing detailed scores compared to old models, plus an idea of what processors we can expect to see.
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Apple added more HiDPI elements to latest OS X
We first saw Apple tinkering with Mountain Lion graphics back in March, with the company adding HiDPI elements that hinted towards higher resolution MacBooks in the near future. AppleInsider has heard from sources that Apple continues to make such changes behind the scenes, with new high resolution icons making their way into the latest OS X 10.7.4 update.
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Tech21 demonstrates D30 impact fabric: we go hands-on
This week we've gotten our hands all covered in goop as Tech21 CEO Jason Roberts demonstrated for us the power of D30 impact fabric, a material they've got exclusive rights to for electronics-related implementation. What we've got here is a material you might recognize as Silly Puddy - it's close, but not precisely the same. While that toy was used to pick up the ink from newspapers and squish around for fun, this material is used to protect your smart devices from impact - devices which include the iPhone, Android smartphones of all kinds, and even larger devices such as the MacBook Pro.
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$799 MacBook Air tipped for Q3 2012
Apple will release a budget MacBook Air in Q3 2012, supply chain insiders claim, pricing the entry-level ultraportable at just $799 and presenting a compelling alternative to Intel's ultrabook drive. Exact specifications for the new budget model haven't been suggested by DigiTimes' sources, though the Cupertino company's target is clear: second-gen ultrabooks running Ivy Bridge processors from names like ASUS, Acer, Lenovo and Sony.
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Apple set for Liquidmetal ‘casing and enclosures’
This week the inventor of the metallic alloys known collectively as Liquidmetal has been interviewed and spoke on how Apple will use the technology in the future. What he’s revealed – or what he’s confirmed, since it’s all certainly been suggested in the past, is that Apple will use Liquidmetal alloys on future “breakthrough” products with casings and enclosures made with the technology. He’s also confirmed that Apple is the only company on earth the have exclusive rights to Liquidmetal as a material technology for technology casing enclosures – with perhaps an iPhone 5 or a MacBook Pro 2012 model on the way.
MacBook Pro 2012 amps up with SSD and battery
While the common rumor thus far for the new MacBook Pro 2012 models has been that they'll cut down the size to MacBook Air levels, a new tip today says that's simply not the case. What we've got here instead is a new case with no optical drive and the space that was used up by the optical drive being used for a much more gigantic battery and an SSD boot drive to take down costs for the unit substantially - that SSD being just for the OS. This notion was accompanied by the illustration you see below.
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