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Inside Apple’s Year of Macs and Mac OS X: 2011

This year, Apple’s Mac OS X platform turned ten years old, launched the 10.5 Lion reference release, introduced the Mac App Store and iCloud, and delivered a series of new Macs boasting fast, flexibleThunderbolt connectivity and speedy new Sandy Bridge processors. Continue reading

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Hard drive supply improving after Thailand disaster, minimal effect seen on Apple

Prices and inventory of hard disk drives lineup appear to have bottomed out and begun to recover from the devastating flooding in Thailand, with no sign of a significant impact on Apple. Continue reading

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New MacBook Pro firmware supports Thunderbolt Display, Lion Recovery

Apple has issued an firmware update for 2011 MacBook Pro models that contains enabling support for the as yet unavailable new Thunderbolt Display and also adds support for Lion Recovery for reinstalling Mac OS X over the Internet. Continue reading

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Apple to surprise with late-2011 MacBook Pro refresh this month

Exclusive: With Intel’s next-generation Core i-Series mobile platform not expected until the second quarter of 2012, Apple is reportedly preparing a refresh of its professional notebook line ahead of the holiday shopping season to better bridge the gap, AppleInsider has been told. Continue reading

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Purported MacBook Pro prototype with built-in 3G appears on eBay

An alleged Apple prototype of an older MacBook Pro with built-in 3G cellular data functionality has appeared for sale on eBay, indicating that the company looked into adding wireless data capabilities to its notebooks as early as 2007. Continue reading

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