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Analyst comments on supply chain, indicates that updated MacBook Air notebooks possible for September

A pair of updated MacBook Air notebooks could be en route along with updated iPods this September as analyst Keith Bachman with BMO Capital Markets this week issued a note to investors in which he said Apple will finally update its MacBook Air line next month. Per AppleInsider, Bachman offered the following quote: “We are […]

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Apple Consuming Lion’s Share of NAND Memory, Hesitant to Negotiate with Suppliers This Quarter

Even as time goes by, tech parts don’t always get cheaper. Per DigiTimes, Apple, which already consumes the lion’s share of the global NAND flash memory supply, is apparently reluctant to negotiate with suppliers in 2010 due to high prices. Although the demand for NAND memory in devices such as memory cards and flash drives […]

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MacBook Air

MacBook Air Overheating Issue Noted, Fixes Suggested

Over on the mighty MacFixIt, reader “Martin V.” wrote in to desribe an ongoing issue wherein his new MacBook Air notebook began to experience a “kernel_task” process that caused his system to run abnormally hot. “A few months ago I bought a MacBookAir1,1 (standard hard disk, no solid state) which was then hugely reduced in […]

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Apple Releases MacBook Air Update SMC 1.2

Apple released its MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.2 patch yesterday, a 623 kilobyte download that offers the following fixes and changes per the web site: “This SMC firmware update adds compatibility for the latest service replacement batteries…. After this update has successfully completed, your SMC Version will be: 1.23f20 [for original MacBook Air models, […]

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Latest High-End MacBook Air Performing Slower Than Predecessor

Taken at face value, the specifications tied to Apple’s most recent MacBook Air updates imply the latest pair of ultra-slim notebooks should handily outperform their predecessors, but a new report claims this notion only holds true for the slower of the two models. According to Macworld’s review, the most recent MacBook Air notebooks, an entry-level […]