Categories
Hardware iPhone Lightning Rumor USB-C

Rumor: Apple to continue supplying Lightning to 3.5 millimeter headphone adapter with next-gen iPhone

Apple seems likely to continue bundling a Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter with its new lineup of iPhones this fall. The inclusion, which was implemented with the release of the iPhone 7 last fall, was put into place to help ease the transition to a handset without a traditional 3.5 millimeter headphone jack. The […]

Categories
Fun News Software

System 7.0.1/early Macintosh emulator now available for download

This is about as true a labor of Mac love and geekiness as it gets. The cool cats over at the Internet Archive have worked out an in-browser emulation engine for early models of the Apple Macintosh. While there are certainly predecessors to the computer desktop paradigm, the introduction of the Macintosh brought it to […]

Categories
Hardware MacBook Pro News Processors Thunderbolt Touch Bar

Enthusiasts combine 2016 MacBook Pro with GTX 1080 Ti card through external enclosure, post impressive results

Ok, this is pretty darn cool. A group of enthusiasts have found they were able to boost the video performance of the Radeon Pro 450 found on the 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro by nearly 400 percent via external GPU attachments. External GPU enthusiast site egpu.io has affixed a GTX 1080 Ti to an AKiTiO Note […]

Categories
Hardware iPhone Rumor

Rumor: Next-gen “iPhone Edition” to feature polished stainless steel frame, vertical camera for VR photography

There has to be a nugget of truth in all these rumors. Apple’s widely rumored and anticipated iPhone with an OLED display is said to feature a polished stainless steel enclosure sandwiched between front and back glass. This is the same iPhone 4-like design that reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities has expected […]

Categories
Hardware iPad iPad Air News retail

Apple offering iPad Air 2 units to some customers looking to repair their iPad fourth-gen units, dwindling stock cited

If you’re looking for a replacement fourth-gen iPad, Apple may send you a newer and more capable iPad Air 2 as a substitute from Apple Stores and authorized service providers. The company is apparently implementing the new policy, allowing its repair staff to ship an iPad Air 2 for a unit replacement when stock of […]