Apple may be planning an enhancement to its next-generation MacBook Pros that will allow for automatic switching between integrated and discrete graphics processors based on whichever is the more optimal technology (power consumption vs. performance) at any given time. Per AppleInsider, Apple, which has offered two NVIDIA graphics processors in its 17″ and higher-end 15″ […]
Month: February 2010
A suburban Philadelphia school district has denied it spied on students by remotely activating the cameras on their school-issued MacBook notebooks. Per Macworld UK, in a statement released late on Thursday, Christopher McGinley, the superintendent of Lower Merion School District of Ardmore, Pa., admitted that the MacBooks’ cameras could be turned on without the user’s […]
Following Apple’s recent troubles with its 27″ iMac and a wait time of up to three weeks, AppleInsider is reporting that the company has dropped the ship time to five to seven days, suggesting that the company has managed to address the video issues that haunted the desktops. The change applies to both the Core […]
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PowerPage Podcast Episode 126
Episode 126 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available. You can either download it from the iTunes Store or directly (36.3 MB, MP3).
Apple’s fourth generation iPhone may switch to Samsung’s Super AMOLED screen technology per oled-display.net and rumors in the display business. Although Apple has purportedly been hesitant to use OLEDs due to their high power draw on bright backgrounds for e-mail and web browsing, the new screens used in the Wave and Beam could potentially overcome […]