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Ars Technica testing shows evidence of lowered battery life under Mountain Lion for some MacBook Pro users

Well, patches and updates DO tend to exist for a reason… Per Ars Technica and a test conducted by the web site, there may be evidence that Apple’s new operating system is draining batteries significantly faster than the previous OS X Lion, as the publication’s test unit lost some 38 percent of runtime after having […]

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Testing shows Retina Display MacBook Pro capable of powering 3 external monitors

Ok, this is cool. Per Other World Computing, testing has shown that Apple’s new Retina Display-equipped 15-inch MacBook Pro can power up to three external monitors for an impressive total of four screens. The peripheral sales company put the new flagship professional-level laptop through its paces by hooking it up to two iMacs in display […]

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Rumor: Apple to switch from AMD to Nvidia for next-gen MacBook Pro graphics cards

Maybe it’s the nature of the industry: you have to be fickle about which graphic cards you go with and change your affections from time to time. Per 9to5Mac, the web site claims to have discovered evidence that Apple may be planning to switch from AMD GPUs to Nvidia graphics in the new MacBook Pro, […]