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11.6 Inch Leak of MacBook Air

Chris Burns, Oct 18th 2010 Discuss [1]

Late in the week last week, the image you see below was leaked showing what was assumed to be a new 13 inch MacBook Air but what an inside source now notes is, in fact, a MacBook Air, but instead, a smaller one: the upcoming 11.6 inch model. The person familiar with the image notes that this is an early prototype for the 11.6 MacBook Air, codenamed K18. This image was originally thought to be the larger MacBook Air model, but was noted by the source to look to not quite have enough space in its chassis to be the 13 inch. A MacRumors analysis of this photo seems to fit the situation, showing how this image resembles a notebook closer to 10 inches than 13. Read The Full Story

Apple’s (rumored) 11.6″ MacBook Air creates more buzz

Stephanie Scala, Oct 6th 2010 Discuss [1]

Apple's MacBook Air seems to be disappearing right before retailers' (and consumers') eyes, thanks to on-going rumors of a new 11.6-inch MacBook Air. Both current configurations of the MacBook Air (the low-end 1.83 GHz and the high-end 2.13 GHz) appear to be out-of-stock everywhere. This "disapperance" has not popped up over night. Online retailers have been subtly hinting to buyers that inventory of the MacBook Air is running low, and that the time to buy is now! Read The Full Story

Geek builds tablet from old MacBook

Shane McGlaun, Oct 4th 2010 Discuss [2]

What do you do if you have an old MacBook sitting around that was damaged when the battery went super nova? You take that broken down old Mac and you turn it into a tablet if you are a geek going by the handle Enigma-penguin. The MacBook was a Core 2 Duo unit from 2007. Read The Full Story

Apple Magic Trackpad and multi-touch trackpad gets update 1.0

Shane McGlaun, Jul 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Apple unveiled its new Magic Trackpad yesterday. The $70 accessory adds a trackpad that supports gestures to your desktop similar to the multi-touch gesture trackpads that are on MacBooks. Apple has announced a new update for the Magic Trackpad and trackpad on MacBook machines called update 1.0. Read The Full Story

OS X 10.6.4 released: Safari 5, bugfixes, more

Chris Davies, Jun 16th 2010 Discuss [0]

Apple has pushed out OS X 10.6.4, an update to their Mac OS which includes various security updates, bug fixes and Safari 5 as standard. Interestingly, the update is also listed as affecting MobileMe, though there's no mention of any applicable changes. OS X 10.6.4 should be offered to Mac users via the Software Update tool, though you can manually download it here if you have multiple machines to upgrade. Meanwhile there's a separate version for OS X servers, which improves file, directory, calendar and mail services, among other things. Read The Full Story

Columns

What I Learned From Working at the Apple Store

Philip Berne, Jun 8th 2010 Discuss [9]

At the turn of this century, I worked for a few Web sites that you haven’t heard of because they collapsed in the great tech bubble. I became a High School teacher and stuck with it for five years before I got back into tech journalism. But while I was teaching, I took on some extra jobs, one of which was working at an Apple store at a very expensive mall. I learned a lot in my time there.

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MacBook update adds audio and video out via Mini DisplayPort

Shane McGlaun, May 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

We mentioned yesterday that the cheapest MacBook received an update with new processors and graphics. The machine received a new 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo CPU and new GeForce 320M graphics. One feature that we didn't notice at the time that the update added has to do with outputting audio and video. Read The Full Story

iPad cannibalizing iPod sales, not Mac reckons analyst

Chris Davies, May 18th 2010 Discuss [2]

Early analysis of Apple sales figures suggests that, rather than eat into sales of the company's Mac range, the iPad has cannibalized iPod sales. According to Gene Munster, outspoken analyst at Piper Jaffray, Apple's domestic Mac sales were up 39-percent year on year, while iPod sales dropped an estimate-quashing 17-percent for the three month period. Munster reckons this is down to clever positioning and feature-selection on Apple's part, commenting that "Apple has successfully limited the iPad functionality to primarily content consumption, versus content creation on a Mac" Read The Full Story

Apple MacBook gets 2.4GHz CPU and GeForce 320M GPU refresh

Chris Davies, May 18th 2010 Discuss [0]

As expected, Apple have updated their entry-level MacBook with a faster processor and improved graphics, while maintaining the $999 base price. The white plastic notebook now gets a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU (3MB L2 cache; 1066MHz FSB), together with NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics (sharing 256MB of memory with the standard 2GB of DDR3) and a 10hr battery like its updated MacBook Pro cousins. Read The Full Story

2.4GHz Apple MacBook leaks, gets video unboxing

Chris Davies, May 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

Details of a new plastic Apple MacBook have leaked, with an updated processor and boosted graphics. The new MacBook - which is identified as MacBook7,1 - packs a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of DDR3 memory and NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256MB graphics, up from the previous iteration's 2.26GHz CPU and GeForce 9400M GPU. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

MacBook Air update rumor surfaces

Shane McGlaun, May 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

Updates for the MacBook Pro line were being clamored for long before the updates actually showed up a month or so back. The reason for the long delay was a shortage of 2010 Intel Core CPUs for the line of notebooks. A source had tipped MacWorld in Australia that the MacBook Pro update was coming and the tip proved correct. Read The Full Story

Reviews

MacBook Pro 13-inch Review (Early 2010)

Vincent Nguyen, Apr 30th 2010 Discuss [3]

Apple’s recent MacBook Pro update brought a long awaited processor update and new GPU options, but much of the attention was lavished on the larger models in the company’s professional notebook range. In contrast, the 13-inch MacBook Pro saw a more modest refresh; check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.