Following today’s earlier news that Apple has already sold over 500,000 of the new MacBook Airs they just released yesterday, a new report indicates that MacBook Air sales should continue to remain strong, and that Apple may sell up to 15 million new MacBook Airs by year’s end.
Were you impressed with the new MacBook Airs that Apple released yesterday? You’re certainly not alone. According to a new report from DigiTimes, Apple has already sold well over 500,000 of the newly-announced units.
While the new MacBook Airs that Apple released today were certainly a welcome sight, some users are disappointed that new MacBook Airs no longer include a recovery USB drive, but instead merely have a recovery partition. If you’re in that category, here’s how to make a restore drive of your own:
The decision between purchasing a MacBook Air versus a MacBook Pro used to be about sacrificing speed and power for a thin, light, ultra-portable package. According to new benchmarks, however, that may no longer be the case, as the newly released MacBook Pros achieve comparable benchmark results to 2010′s high-end MacBook Pro.
The folks over at iTuned Steve Jobs have done it again! In honor of Apple releasing new MacBook Airs today, watch their video of Steve Jobs singing praises about the MacBook Air!
Apple’s newly released MacBook Airs and Mac Minis released earlier today are the first hardware from Apple to support the bluetooth wireless standard, which features improved range and power consumption over previous Bluetooth standards.
I’ve had the opportunity to review several of Other World Computing’s SSD’s now, and I am pleased to note that I have never been significantly disappointed with their offerings. OWC has recently released a new and lower-priced SATA III line – the Mercury Electra 6G. Read on for my thoughts.
Microsoft has just announced their new Explorer Touch Mouse. The new mouse features full multitouch support, as well a neat touch strip that supports four-way scrolling just by swiping. What’s more, the new mouse is fully Lion-compatible!
Apple has just released a brand new Apple Thunderbolt Display – essentially a revamped Apple Cinema Display, featuring Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire 800, USB 2.0 ports, and an additional Thunderbolt port for plugging your Thunderbolt accessories into – and it all works over a single cable!
It finally looks like Apple has pulled the plug on the white Macbook. The last in line of the non-aluminum Macbook range, the Macbook was first introduced in 2006 and replaced the similarly designed iBook range.
Apple has just announced a refresh to their range of Mac Minis. Starting from $599, the new Minis have near double the processing power of the previous generation, thunderbolt, Sandy Bridge, HDMI output, and expandable storage and RAM.
It’s a busy day for Apple! Hot on the heels of OS X Lion hitting the Mac App Store, Apple has also updated their Macbook Air range. The major changes include a bump in processors to Sandy Bridge i5 and i7 processors, Thunderbolt, backlit keyboard, and all-flash storage. The 11.6″ and 13″ Airs range from 1.6GHz i5 to 1.8Ghz i7 (optional update), 2GB to 4GB RAM, 64GB to 265GB flash storage.
According to a note from Concord Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple may be about to phase out their polycarbonate white MacBook in favor of the entry-level MacBook Air.
Need yet another compelling reason to think that Mac OS X Lion could launch tomorrow, June 20? According to reports, Apple is holding an employe overnight at Apple Retail Stores tonight, presumably in order to prepare for the launch.
Despite the fact that we have good reason to think that Lion will be released on Friday, considering that all past OS X releases were issued on Friday, and Apple employees are blocked from vacation that day, a new report nevertheless suggests a Wednesday release for the new hardware and OS.
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