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Rumor: Apple may release Apple Silicon-powered 12-inch MacBook in late 2020

The Apple Silicon-powered MacBook that you’ve been waiting for could arrive this year. A recent leak via The China Times has indicated that the first Mac released operating under ARM-based CPUs could be a relaunched 12-inch MacBook. This could also translate to a cheaper notebook, and a leak in July indicated that a new computer […]

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Recently published patent hints at future Apple devices being able to perform more substantial tasks while in sleep/low-power modes

A recently published Apple patent hints at how the company may be investigating new ways to save power, and add convenience, by allowing devices to respond to network requests and perform some low-power tasks, all while in sleep mode. For years now, Macs have featured a setting called “wake for network access,” which allowed them […]

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Rumor: Apple’s ARM-based Macs due this fall, first ARM-based MacBook could retail for $799

If this rumor is true, you’re going to like it. Per a credible leaker, Apple’s conversion to ARM-based/Apple Silicon processors could reduce the price of the first ARM-based MacBook this fall to about $799. As predicted, it’s “…much cheaper to make its own A-series Apple Silicon chips than to buy” from Intel. Granted, it’s unknown […]

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Apple patent hints at transparent glass keycaps to boost keyboard durability

A recently published Apple patent application, entitled “Transparent Keycaps,” hints at how the company might use transparent glass keycaps to improve the MacBook’s keyboard durability. The patent acknowledges the difficulties inherent in trying to design a keyboard that is both thin and durable: A pleasing exterior appearance of an electronic device is often difficult to […]

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Rumor: Apple secures two additional suppliers to help create Mini-LED iPad Pro, MacBook models

Apple is rumored to be on track to release a mini LED-backlit iPad Pro as well as a new mini-LED MacBook Pro over the next 18 months, with the company having picked up two new industry suppliers. DigiTimes has noted that two former Apple suppliers, Taiwan’s Zhen Ding Technology and Flexium Interconnect, are slated to […]