Apple says, quad core for all!
Just reading the specs on these beautiful beasts gives me head-to-toe chills. A product line that was once definitely consumer, generally underpowered and derided by “serious” users as toy-like is now...
View ArticleEarly 2011 iMac, MacBook Pro capable of 450Mbps Wi-Fi
Apple’s spec sheets only blandly mention 802.11n compatibility and make no mention of any enhancement. However, if you’ve got the latest Apple all-in-one and pro portable, as well as a compatible...
View ArticleApple obviates DIY Mid 2011 iMac HDD upgrades
Replacing a hard drive in an original 1997 iMac is like pulling a tooth. Nevertheless, it’s doable — knuckle scraping parts aside that didn’t always fit back together, patience and time would get the...
View ArticleNew iMacs blur distinction between all-in-one, workstation
Apple’s highly regarded all-in-one desktop has been winning converts in the workstation space for some years already, but fresh benchmarks show how much more powerful the latest generation really is....
View ArticleApple cleans up [again] in PCMag awards
For the rest of us, especially those that don’t get tech news printed on dead trees, that Apple-branded computers clean up year after in this particular magazine’s Reader Choice awards is more than a...
View ArticleMac Pro, thy time isn’t nigh
Apple is a 90-90 company. That is, they make products that appeal to the needs of 90 percent of the people, 90 percent of the time. Assuming that’s true, where does the Mac Pro fit into the company’s...
View ArticleApple TV: More signal than noise?
Roll your eyes and groan — here comes a rumorological musing fresh from the Silicon Isle. Yup, Taiwan and that invariably means DigiTimes. Whereas I’ve studiously avoided reporting the latest Apple TV...
View ArticleApple’s Jonathan Ive ‘absolutely thrilled’ over Knighthood
Come Monday morning, or whenever he gets back to his 1 Infinite Loop studio in Cupertino, California, I suspect Apple senior vice president of design will be in for a bit of good natured ribbing. To...
View ArticleOne-in-three all-in-one computers are iMacs
When the original iMac shipped back in August 1998, the industry and its various hangers on (analysts) variously and collectively stated that the form factor was just so 1984. A dozen plus years later...
View ArticleHoverBar completes your workspace
Cool things beget cool things and here’s a prime example of that axiom in action. A Mac, any Mac, used together with an iPad is a powerful combination for productivity — keep all your work in front you...
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