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Best Buy offers MacBook Air notebooks at $300 off, brings 128GB base model price down to $699

A good deal’s a good deal. Albeit Apple’s Chicago-based mystery education event is only two days away and there’s a slight chance the company will introduce a lower-priced MacBook Air aimed at students, Best Buy is currently offering the entry-level 128GB 13-inch MacBook Air for $300 off. This brings the price down to about $699, […]

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Initial tests point to 15% faster CPU performance, other changes in 2016 12-inch Retina MacBooks

Apple’s next-gen 12-inch retina MacBook is out the door and the numbers have been run on it. Over at Geekbench, Christina Warren noted that that 1.2 GHz configuration runs around 15 to 18 percent faster CPU performance compared to last year’s equivalent model. The notebook earned a single-core score of 2,894 and a multi-core score […]

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Rumor: A8X processors allegedly feature three cores, 2GB of RAM

While Apple has yet to reveal the exact specifications of its A8X processor, it seems to feature some sexy tech traits. Per AppleInsider and Gizmobic, a new benchmark purports to show the horsepower of the CPU, revealing a triple-core processor with 2 gigabytes of RAM. The purported details on the A8X chip claimed to show […]

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MacBook Pro News retail

Apple releases updated MacBook Pro lineup with slight speed boosts, lower prices on some models

You can’t argue with a speed bump and a lower price on the notebook you want. Per Macworld, Apple on Tuesday released it’s upgraded line of professional MacBook Pro notebooks, the intro-level and mid-range 13-inch Retina MacBook Pros going from a 2.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 with a Turbo Boost of up to 2.9GHz to […]

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Intel to focus “bulk” of initial Ivy Bridge shipments to desktop market

Intel revealed on Tuesday that the first wave of its next-generation Ivy Bridge processors will feature quad-core models, the bulk of which are headed for desktop computers, followed by a second launch of dual-core chips for “mainstream notebooks.” Per CNET, CEO Paul Otellini relayed the information to investors during a quarterly earnings call on Tuesday. […]