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iFixit Teardown: 2011 13″ MacBook Air

Posted on 22/07/2011 by J. Glenn Künzler

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iFixit has just gotten their hands on one of the new MacBook Airs, and have just recently finished doing what they do with every new toy they get – they tore it apart! By taking the new MacBook Air apart piece by piece, they’ve managed to learn a few interesting things about it.

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Report: Apple Could Sell 15 Million MacBooks By The End Of The Year

Posted on 21/07/2011 by J. Glenn Künzler

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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.

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Benchmarks Show New MacBook Airs Rival High-End 2010 MacBook Pro

Posted on 20/07/2011 by J. Glenn Künzler

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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.

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New MacBook Airs, Mac Minis Feature Bluetooth 4.0 Support

Posted on 20/07/2011 by J. Glenn Künzler

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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.

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Review: OWC Mercury Electra 6G

Posted on 20/07/2011 by J. Glenn Künzler

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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.

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Apple Updates Cinema Display, Renames It To Apple ThunderBolt Display

Posted on 20/07/2011 by J. Glenn Künzler

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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!

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New Mac Minis Released

Posted on 20/07/2011 by Cormac Moylan

Apple - Mac mini - Even more powerful. Even more affordable.

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.

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New Macbook Airs – Sandy Bridge i5 & i7, Full Flash Storage, Thunderbolt $999 to $1,599

Posted on 20/07/2011 by Cormac Moylan

New Macbook Airs

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.

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