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Apple releases updated MacBook Pro notebooks, offers $200 drop from previous price points

If you were hoping for a cool new Apple notebook from today’s media event, this might be it. Per Mac|Life, Apple VP of Marketing Phil Schiller announced significant updates for the 13- and 15-inch Retina MacBook Pros. Schiller announced that the 13-inch version is now both thinner and lighter, clocking in at 3.46 pounds and […]

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Apple releases updated iMacs, incorporates Haswell processors, PCIe architecture, 802.11ac Wi-Fi into new models

It’s not a huge change for the iMacs, but it’s the bump you’ve been waiting for. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Tuesday issued an update for its all-in-one iMac desktop, bringing Intel’s latest-generation Haswell processors, speedy 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and Nvidia’s new GeForce 700 series graphics. The new iMac also sports faster PCIe flash storage options to […]

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Hardware MacBook Air News

iFixit completes Haswell-based MacBook Air teardown, finds changes in battery, SSD, other modules

The Haswell-based MacBook Air is out, and in their usual fine style, the ubergeeks at iFixit have completed a full teardown of the notebook. Per AppleInsider, the updated notebook features minor changes seen in battery size, the SSD module and integrated graphics, among others. Most notable among the hardware revisions is an enlarged battery, which […]

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Haswell-based MacBook Air sports record-breaking SSD benchmark test results, PCIe bus cited

If you were considering snagging a brand new, just-released MacBook Air notebook, you’re going to like this. Per 9to5Mac and French web site MacBidouille, Appleā€™s new Haswell-powered MacBook Airs produced SSD read and write speeds so fast in bench tests that they initially thought it must have been a bug in their test software. A […]

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MSI demoes external Thunderbolt-based GPU for Apple notebooks at CES

Ok, this is interesting. Over at CES this week, MSI is showing off a new external graphics solution that can connect to a Mac through a high-speed Thunderbolt port. Per AnandTech, the MSI GUS IIrelies on the high bandwidth capacity of the 10Gbps Thunderbolt port found on the latest Mac models, including the MacBook Pro […]