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Rumor: 2021 MacBook Pro notebooks to feature significant redesign, 1080p webcam, standard 16GB of RAM

With Apple’s October 18th event having been officially announced, a flurry of last minute rumors as to the 2021 MacBook Pro have surfaced, the general consensus being that this year’s models will represent the first major redesign for Apple’s pro notebooks since the disastrous 2016 butterfly-keyboard generation. Various sources indicate that these new machines will […]

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Apple announces “Unleashed” media event for Tuesday, October 18

The next Apple media event has been announced. The company announced on Tuesday that it will hold its “Unleashed” event on Monday, October 18. The remote event will be broadcast at 1 PM EDT/10 AM PST. Rumors have hinted as to new MacBook Pro notebooks and iMacs at the event, and there’s also talk of […]

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Asahi Linux cites progress, says that Linux is now “usable as a basic desktop” on M1-based Macs

After almost a year of a project to port Linux to Apple’s M1-based Macs, the creators of the effort have stated that Linux is now “usable as a basic desktop.” According to the progress report of September, Asahi Linux is running better than ever, although it still lacks GPU acceleration on M1 Macs as the […]

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Rumor: Apple still expected to announce “M1X”-powered MacBook Pro notebooks in October

If you’re hankering for a MacBook Pro with an M1X processor, it could be en route later this month. Per Mark Gurman’s Sunday “Power On” newsletter for Bloomberg, Apple is still planning to launch new MacBook Pro notebooks boasting the “M1X” processor and improved graphical performance. Apple is rumored to be preparing a second special […]

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Rumor: Apple’s upcoming 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro notebooks expected to use identical M1X processor, operate at equivalent speeds

The biggest MacBook Pro may not be the fastest one. Per tech leaker @Dylandkt, while Apple is working on both 14-inch and updated 16-inch MacBook Pro notebooks, the two models will use the same M1X chip, thereby providing equivalent speeds across both models. While Apple typically includes a discrete GPU in its larger MacBook Pro […]