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Mac shipments fall 13 percent in year-over-year comparison to third quarter of 2016

It looks like Apple will need some new blood in its Mac product line to stop its decline in sales. According to a new report from IDC, third-quarter PC shipments declined by 3.9 percent compared to the same quarter last year, but Mac shipments dropped by 13 percent. PC shipments totaled 68 million units. Still, […]

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Rumor: Apple to unveil updated MacBook Air, MacBook Pro models in June

Rumors have come down the pipe from assorted suppliers that Apple may announce updated MacBook Air notebooks this month as opposed the August. The rumor also states that Apple might refresh its entire MacBook line earlier than expected, The report, citing “a reliable Chinese supplier,” mentions earlier rumors that Apple will discontinue the smaller 11-inch […]

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Initial tests point to 15% faster CPU performance, other changes in 2016 12-inch Retina MacBooks

Apple’s next-gen 12-inch retina MacBook is out the door and the numbers have been run on it. Over at Geekbench, Christina Warren noted that that 1.2 GHz configuration runs around 15 to 18 percent faster CPU performance compared to last year’s equivalent model. The notebook earned a single-core score of 2,894 and a multi-core score […]

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Apple releases updated 12-inch MacBooks, now with faster Skylake processors, boosted graphics and Rose Gold color option

It was a pretty quiet update, but the new MacBooks are out. Apple on Tuesday announced its updated 12-inch MacBooks, complete with sixth-generation Skylake dual-core Intel Core M processors with speeds up to 1.3 GHz, an Intel HD Graphics 515 system, PCIe-based flash storage, an additional hour of battery life and 1866 MHz RAM. The […]

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Rumor: Apple looking to Amphenol for thinner, metal injection mold-made hinges for next-gen MacBook

Following up on a rumor from November that Apple was working with suppliers to “fully redesign” many of the MacBook’s internal components to achieve a slimmer design, it appears that Apple might be making a move towards metal injection mold-made hinges. Metal injection molding is a metalworking process that’s used to create very small metal […]