Tag: Apple Notebooks
New MacBook Pros Arriving This Month?
Even though the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 fervor has not yet died down, Apple may announce more products this month. 9to5Mac reports that the MacBook Pro refresh that usually happens around this time of year is coming soon. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the skinny Air-esque models rumored earlier this year will come before [...]
OS X Lion USB Drive Now Available for $69
Apple has finally made the OS X Lion operating system available on a USB drive for users who prefer to purchase Lion outside of the Mac App Store. The USB drive is available online in the Apple Store in all countries and will be available in retail stores in the coming weeks. OS X Lion [...]
Acer Aspire 3951: MacBook Air Clone Coming Soon, Under $1,000
The Acer Aspire 3951 looks a lot like the most popular Apple notebook on the market, and has similar specs too. Yes, we’re talking about the MacBook Air. Even though Apple is suing pretty much anyone that makes a tablet, the company has yet to come out strong against companies that make look a like Macbook Air [...]
MacBook Air Notebooks Get Faster SSDs, Luck of the Draw
It looks like Apple has quietly upgraded the SSDs used in the popular MacBook Air notebooks with new drives from Samsung that are significantly faster than the previous drives. Anandtech found that on some MacBook Air models, newer notebooks were using a new SSD instead of the Toshiba. The new solid state drives are likely from Samsung [...]
Apple Issues OS X Security Update and Safari Update
Apple has issued two new updates for OS X users. These two updates include a security focused update for OS X and a collection of security updates to the Safari browser, bumping Safari up to version 5.0.5. These updates come along with a new update to iOS 4.3.2, which was pushed out earlier today. Apple [...]
Safari Browser the Latest to Get Do Not Track Feature, Coming in OS X Lion
Apple is adding a Do-Not-Track feature to the company’s Safari browser, which will be updated this summer when the next version of Apple’s Mac OS X software is expected to debut. The Do-Not-Track feature is a tool that allows consumers to opt out of having their information shared with advertisers who use it to serve [...]
Apple Patents Thunderbolt, USB 3.0 iOS Dock Connector
Apple is hard at work on delivering a better iPhone and iPad dock, or that’s what a recent patent for a hybrid DisplayPort, USB 3.0, Thunderbolt connector. The new dock uses the same 30 pin design found on the standard iPhone and iPad cables, but with the inclusion of all these connectivity options, a single cable could pull data [...]
MacBook Pro 13″ (early 2011) Core i5 for $999 Limited Time Deal
MicroCenter is offering an amazing MacBook Pro deal, with $200 off the Macbook Pro 13″ early 2011 model with Sandy Bridge, bringing the price down to $999 while supplies last. The MacBook Pro (early 2011) deal is only valid in store at MicroCenter, but is the best deal we have seen on the newest MacBook [...]
Blame Spotlight for Loud MacBook Pro Fans (Early 2011)
Are your MacBook Pro fans running loud, even when you have no applications open to push the new Intel Sandy Bridge processor to the max? If so, then you can blame Spotlight for the loud fan noise on early 2011 MacBook Pro models. In a support document Apple covers this issue, noting that it should [...]
Top 15 Notebook Brands As Ranked By Social Media
It’s not a big surprise that Apple tops the social media rankings for top notebook brands, but you may be surprised to see the worldwide rankings of other top brands like Dell, HP and Lenovo. Unlike other brand and notebook ratings systems, the Amplicate notebook brand rankings take into account the “Love” and volume each [...]
