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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

(Via Intel Macs Photo Pool.) サンドラ has added a photo to the pool: PowerBook and MacBook Pro.

Apple Store is down, must be Tuesday

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog.) Alright folks, start your wild speculating. It's a Tuesday morning and it appears that the Apple Store is down. Could this finally be the MacBook Pro update everyone is expecting?

Rumor: Apple MacBook Pro update coming soon

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

(Via MacDailyNews .) "Last week, we'd heard an unconfirmed report that three new MacBook Pro models had appeared in Best Buy's inventory tracking system. Some inventory screenshots we received today appear to confirm this earlier report, showing off the upcoming $1999 price point MacBook Pro," Arnold Kim reports for Mac Rumors.

Analyst on production: Macs up, iPods down

Monday, February 4th, 2008

(Via MacNN.) Bank of Americaís Asian sources claim that Apple has increased production of both desktops and notebooks by 20 percent in January, partly fueled by the introduction of the MacBook Air. Despite rising Macintosh production, iPod production fell 10-20 percent in January, down 30 percent from December, according to AppleInsider. ...

MacBook Air not as powerful as MacBook

Monday, February 4th, 2008

(Via MacNN.) The MacBook Air has caused quite a stir with its slender packaging and minimalist features, but many have wondered what they are giving up in terms of performance by trading in their MacBooks and MacBook Pros for the ultraportable. Primate Labs recently benchmarked the miniature laptop, and found that ...

Primate Labs: New Mac Pro is a better value

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

(Via MacNN.) Primate Labs today released figures regarding performance of the new Mac Pro versus the old eight-core model. The old model is configured with the eight-core Xeon X5365, running at 3GHz, while the newer model features the Xeon W5462 running at 2.8GHz per core. Both machines were tested using Mac ...