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Rumor: Apple to release redesigned MacBook Pro, iMac units in first half of 2011

Since it’s the rumors that keep you hankering for new technology, here we go: Per Taiwanese technology industry publication Digitimes, sources from “upstream component makers” indicate that Apple will introduce the upgraded models in the first half of next year. The Mac maker reportedly plans to launch “at least four upgraded MacBook Pros” with a […]

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Initial Benchmarks Appear for Unreleased Core i7-Powered MacBook Pro

There’s a new wave of MacBook notebooks en route. And it may arrive sooner rather than later. Per Canadian web site, Geekbench, a recent set of test appears to have show an unreleased Arrandale MacBook Pro notebook running at 2.66 GHz according to MacRumors. The processor shown is listed as an Intel Core i7 M […]

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Intel Promo E-Mail Points to Core i5-Based MacBook Pro

If you’re currently hankering for a forthcoming MacBook Pro featuring Intel’s new Core i5 processor, it may be en route. Per AppleInsider, an e-mail promotion sent from Intel to members of Intel’s Retail Edge promotional program highlight a forthcoming MacBook Pro from Apple sporting the Core processor. The promotion was included in an e-mail sent […]

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USB 3.0 Demoed at CES, Initial Peripherals en Route

Over at CES, Jeff Ravencroft, the president of the USB Implementers Forum discussed the arrival of USB 3.0 and gave a brief demonstration of transfer speeds on a Hewlett-Packard. The demo proved one thing: USB 3.0 is much faster than the current USB 2.0 protocol, a nearby display showing the one minute four second time […]

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Intel Releases Core i3, i5 and i7 Processors at CES

Over at CES, Intel released its next generation of processors under the Core i3 brand for low end systems, the Core i5 brand for midrange systems and the Core i7 brand for the fastest systems. The new processors include dual-core laptop chips under the three brands running between 1.06GHz and 2.66GHz, and desktop chips running […]