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iFixIt performs complete iPad teardown, finds extended battery, other goodies

The moment they got their mitts on one, the cool cats at iFixIt performed a complete teardown on Apple’s new iPad tablet to look at its components. Per AppleInsider, the company’s teardown reveals that the iPad’s battery has 5.5 times the capacity of the iPhone. It’s actually two battery packs wired in parallel, the company […]

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How-To MacBook Pro

How-To: Maximize RAM Usage on 15″, 17″ Unibody MacBook Pro

Ok, I’ve never heard of this before and it could be interesting. Per CNET, a number of 15″ and 17″ unibody MacBook Pro notebook owners have run into problems when they ran out of available RAM more than expected, especially when running programs that can reserve large amounts of memory. These include graphically intensive applications […]

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MacBook Pro Rumor

Rumor: NVIDIA May Bring Changes to Dual Graphics Architecture for Future MacBook Pro Notebooks

Apple may be planning an enhancement to its next-generation MacBook Pros that will allow for automatic switching between integrated and discrete graphics processors based on whichever is the more optimal technology (power consumption vs. performance) at any given time. Per AppleInsider, Apple, which has offered two NVIDIA graphics processors in its 17″ and higher-end 15″ […]

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MacBook Pro Processors

Intel Promo E-Mail Points to Core i5-Based MacBook Pro

If you’re currently hankering for a forthcoming MacBook Pro featuring Intel’s new Core i5 processor, it may be en route. Per AppleInsider, an e-mail promotion sent from Intel to members of Intel’s Retail Edge promotional program highlight a forthcoming MacBook Pro from Apple sporting the Core processor. The promotion was included in an e-mail sent […]

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Intel Atom Processor Support Missing From Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update

As much as the Hackintosh community may love Mac OS X, Apple doesn’t always love them back. Per OSXDaily, support for Intel’s Atom processor is confirmed to be missing in the final release of 10.6.2. Apple’s latest update for Snow Leopard has broken support for Intel’s Atom processor line. Mac OS X 10.6.2 was released […]