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Notorious for their comprehensive hardware tear-downs, the tinkerers at iFixit have gotten hold of a new-generation MacBook Air and took it apart to determine what’s changed since Apple last revised the ultra-thin family of notebooks.
Readers shouldn’t get too excited as few components have been altere... |
22 July 2011
07:57 GMT |
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As if it hasn’t been all too obvious that something was going on with the MacBook Air line, we're happy to inform Softpedia readers that Apple today confirmed the much-rumored Intel upgrades for its hot selling ultra-thin notebooks, as well as backlit keyboards and doubled storage and RAM.
The 11-inch a... |
20 July 2011
09:34 GMT |
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The technical specifications pertaining to Apple’s next-generation MacBook Air computers have been leaked online.
In accordance with the latest rumors, the refreshed ultra-thin laptops will boast no design changes whatsoever, but rather a boost in processor speed (and architecture), more RAM, more solid stat... |
20 July 2011
05:36 GMT |
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Most rumors say Lion will be accompanied by a MacBook Air refresh and while that’s most likely accurate, we wouldn’t bank on this single hardware upgrade.
Apple is preparing to launch Mac OS X Lion, the eighth major version of its desktop operating system.
Lion borrows key elements from iOS and puts... |
19 July 2011
10:50 GMT |
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The new MacBook Airs everyone is waiting to emerge are not coming this week, but the next, according to a person privy of Apple’s plans with the Macintosh lineup.
“The rumor sites are off by a week,” this insider said, according to All Things D.
The source confirmed that, although rumors of ne... |
15 July 2011
07:44 GMT |
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After it made its official debut in Europe just a bit over two weeks ago, the Sony VAIO Z ultra-portable notebook has now become available in North America where it can be pre-ordered from the company's website with prices starting at $1,970.
Sony's latest creation is built around a 13.1-inch display tha... |
14 July 2011
02:49 GMT |
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Leaked Apple-internal part numbers indicate that new MacBook Airs are on their way on July 14. The systems will come pre-installed with Lion, Apple’s latest revision to the Mac OS. Thursday may finally see OS X 10.7 released to the public.
Part numbers for unreleased Mac computers have been obtained by Mac-c... |
12 July 2011
05:02 GMT |
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Apple is said to have adopted a 400-Mbps interface ‘Toggle DDR 2.0’ NAND flash memory for new MacBook Air, according to an Asian electronics component maker quoted by Japanese blog Makotakara. Built in a 19nm process, ToggleDDR is a NAND interface for high-performance applications which supports data rea... |
5 July 2011
09:31 GMT |
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Giant retailer Best Buy has suspended all MacBook Air orders through its online channels, adding fuel to rumors of an impending MacBook Air refresh with Sandy Bridge processors and Thunderbolt technology from Intel.
The MacBook Air, the Mac mini and Apple’s Mac Pro workstations are yet to ship with the lates... |
27 June 2011
04:31 GMT |
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An email coming from an alleged Apple employee appears to shed light on the rumors about Apple’s next iteration of the MBAs having an optional black finish.Apple did, indeed, plan to roll out a black-coated version of the MacBook Air, this employee said.He remains anonymous (for obvious reasons), and provides t... |
21 June 2011
04:03 GMT |
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New attractive offers can be found on the Special Deals area of Apple’s online store where the Cupertino giant lists discounts of as much as $200 for the newest generation of MacBook Air computers.Those looking to get the base-model MacBook Air, which boasts an 11-inch screen, 2 gigs of RAM, 64GB Flash NAND sto... |
16 June 2011
10:41 GMT |
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Presented for the very first time at the Computex 2011 fair, Asus' MacBook Air competitor, the ultra-thing UX21 notebook is going to have a starting price of less than $1000 US, according to a recent report that hit the Web.
While the notebook's final pricing hasn't been revealed yet, the Commercial... |
6 June 2011
09:03 GMT |
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There is now more evidence of a potential MacBook Air refresh, this time around from sources around the globe telling 9to5mac that supplies are dwindling down.
Our Special Deals findings yesterday should do well to corroborate claims that Apple is giving the Air a minor speed bump, both in processing (Sandy Bridge... |
31 May 2011
06:01 GMT |
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Apple is replacing the aging Core 2 Duo processors inside its relatively new MacBook Air notebooks with the fresh Sandy Bridge architecture that features on-board graphics and Hyper-Threading support.
The ultra-thin notebooks are also getting Thunderbolt I/O technology from the same Apple partner, the Taiwan-based... |
18 May 2011
04:34 GMT |
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OWC has just announced the official release of the Mercury Aura Pro series of solid state disks which come as an upgrade path for Apple MacBook Air owners. The SSDs are available in capacities ranging all the way up to 480GB and offer a significant speed increase compared to the stock drives.
The SSDs were for the... |
6 May 2011
03:11 GMT |
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After discontinuing its X300 ultra-portable line, Lenovo is trying to take another swing at the Apple MacBook Air with the 21.5 mm thick X1 that is powered by a Sandy Bridge processor and a new battery technology.
When compared to its Apple rival, the Lenovo X1 is a little over 4mm thicker, but it packs some impre... |
26 April 2011
05:37 GMT |
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When Apple released the second generation of its MacBook Air, one of the most important improvements that the company has brought to its ultra-portable was the addition of an SSD unit, and it now seems like a new revision of the MBA has hit the stores which packs an even faster solid state disk.
Unlike most other ... |
19 April 2011
10:32 GMT |
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The iPad is the key topic of discussion when it comes to Apple’s foray in emerging markets, but one analyst decided to look at the performance of Apple’s MacBook Air, when addressing investors this week.
According to Fortune, J.P. Morgan's Mark Moskowitz told clients that MacBook Air is the fastes... |
5 April 2011
07:55 GMT |
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Apple is quick to address issues with unresponsive MacBook Air computers following the release of Mac OS X 10.6.7, after learning that some users were having trouble with the update when iTunes was launched.Complaints about the update freezing computers emerged hours into the release of Mac OS X 10.6.7, while all rep... |
31 March 2011
03:14 GMT |
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Hanging tight for over two days now, a refurbished 1.4 GHz MacBook Air originally shipped in October 2010 is purchasable for $849 through Apple’s Special Deals section.
A $150 discount, the offer on this refurbished MacBook Air is not to be missed, especially if you’re trying to decide which is a bette... |
30 March 2011
09:26 GMT |
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Although its latest iterations were released a couple of months ago, the MacBook Air remains quite a hot item, and thus prone to theft, this being exactly the reason why MacLocks introduced a special security accessory designed specifically for this ultraportable computing system, namely the MacBook Air Lock.
The ... |
23 March 2011
06:25 GMT |
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For those who haven’t yet updated to the latest incremental update for Snow Leopard, perhaps it is worth noting that some users are experiencing serious issues after installing the new software, particularly in tandem with version 10.2.1 of iTunes.
An Apple Discussions thread titled “10.6.7 Freezes whe... |
22 March 2011
09:50 GMT |
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Checks with Asian Apple partners have indicated to Concord Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo that Cupertino has sold roughly 1.1 million MacBook Air units, which should account for some 40 per cent of the total number of Apple notebooks sold during the fourth quarter of 2010.
Talking to AppleInsider, Kuo reportedly ... |
7 March 2011
10:14 GMT |
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Apple is surveying MacBook Air owners on a number of topics including 3G, data syncing, I/O usage, more computing power etc. in a move that should see the next-generation of Apple MacBooks gain new functionality both hardware- and software-wise.
Apple is not the kind of company to carry out surveys to learn what t... |
15 February 2011
09:07 GMT |
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QuickerTek has expanded its range of solar chargers to include Apple’s third-generation 11- and 13-inch MacBook Air models, by releasing updated versions of its Juicz Solar Chargers.
Available in 27- and 55-watt capacities and designed to be used outdoors or in environments where sunlight is available but re... |
4 January 2011
10:02 GMT |
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With Intel's Sandy Bridge platform being right around the corner, in both its mobile and desktop incarnations, more and more rumors regarding future systems built around the new CPUs have started to appear online, the latest referring to one of Apple's best-known portable computing systems, the MacBook Air.... |
21 December 2010
03:21 GMT |
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Apple Discussioners are signaling that Apple’s sleek new MacBook Air might be having trouble accepting the official USB Ethernet Adapter. The problem isn’t the USB Ethernet Adapter itself, users indicate, since it works just fine when plugged into other Apple notebooks.Reader Madam kicks off the discussio... |
13 December 2010
09:51 GMT |
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Apple seemingly failed to resolve all the problems reported by early adopters of its new MacBook Air laptops, but hopes to do so with the release of EFI Firmware Update 2.0 which should address the issues where MacBook Air boots or wakes to a black screen, or becomes unresponsive.
A note on the Mac maker’s S... |
9 December 2010
03:06 GMT |
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Without a doubt, Apple's 2010 MacBook Air portable computing systems offer quite a huge cool factor, being coveted by many computer users from all over the world, not only for their impressive portability and features, but also for their design, which can actually be further enhanced by applying one of the new C... |
8 December 2010
10:50 GMT |
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ScreenCastsOnline is pleased to announce a 50% discount for those who join ScreenCastsOnline Extra on Black Friday. Subscribers are promised a brand new Apple-based video tutorial every week for the next three months (delivered automatically via iTunes), plus immediate access to over 275 tutorials. Those who join on ... |
25 November 2010
09:58 GMT |
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New MacBook Air models known to be suffering from display issues when waking from sleep are apparently targeted by the 10.6.5 software update released on November 10. Apple encourages owners of a Late 2010 MBA to download and install Mac OS X 10.6.5 in order to resolve these issues.Soon after the launch of its new Ma... |
19 November 2010
06:12 GMT |
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You know it, we know it and Apple certainly knows it too that China is the land where just about any electronic device can be copied (and sometimes, even improved) in a very short amount of time, the knock-offs coming from this part of the world becoming pretty famous, especially since the “source of inspiratio... |
8 November 2010
09:24 GMT |
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Reports emerged last month saying Apple was killing one technology after another with its new MacBook Air computers, among which Flash, and Java were mentioned. Now we may have found the main reason why Apple does not pre-install Adobe’s Flash Player plugin on new Macs - battery life.In an official statement is... |
5 November 2010
06:28 GMT |
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Screen flickering and color fading issues experienced by early MacBook Air (Late 2010) adopters have been isolated by Apple technicians who are working up a software patch to address the problem in the near future, according to a leaked internal Apple memo.Obtained by the Boy Genius Report (BGR), the memo reveals tha... |
5 November 2010
05:26 GMT |
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We've seen quite a few accessories for Apple's new, smaller and slimmer MacBook Air arriving on the market ever since the company from Cupertino officially unveiled it last week, and now, it's about time to check out the latest such products we've come across, namely the invisibleSHIELD and ZAGGsk... |
29 October 2010
01:14 GMT |
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Although the second generation MacBook Air has just made its debut there are companies out there that already offer third party hardware for Apple's ultra compact notebook offering, Photo Fast just introducing a 256GB SSD that should offer a 30% performance increase compared to that of the original drive as wel... |
27 October 2010
04:54 GMT |
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Those who wish to employ Apple’s new MacBook Air notebooks for their portability and looks may also want to enjoy using the laptops in bright-light conditions, at which point the highly-glossy screen may turn out to be a drawback, TechRestore believes.The company has therefore introduced a service for customers... |
25 October 2010
04:21 GMT |
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A statement obtained by Engadget from Apple spokesman Bill Evans reveals that Apple is not trying to dodge Flash by not pre-installing it on new Macs, but rather ensuring that customers have the most secure, up-to-date version, by forcing them to download and install the software themselves.Reports hit the wires last... |
25 October 2010
02:52 GMT |
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With two new MacBook Air computers released, Apple has finally treated the Special Deals section of its online store to some old-generation units priced at just $849. We’re talking about the 13-inch model which comes with a standard of 2GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, a 1.86GHz Intel Core 2 Duo pro... |
24 October 2010
15:24 GMT |
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Those who’ve had some hands-on with Apple’s new MacBook Air can confirm that, although the system ships with the latest version of Snow Leopard pre-installed, it lacks the Flash Player plugin. It is also being reported that Apple is ceasing future development of their version of Java for the Mac.Following... |
22 October 2010
08:29 GMT |
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A note on the Support / Downloads area of Apple’s web site indicates that MacBook Air Late 2010 models are in need of an update in order to function properly, despite the fact that the system has just been released. The computer appears to be suffering from an issue where it becomes unresponsive while playing a... |
21 October 2010
06:11 GMT |
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Apple is effectively killing the CD with every new MacBook Air sold starting today, as the company has done away with the restore discs it used to include with every new laptop, replacing them with an Apple-branded Mac OS X restore USB stick (flash drive).Although the makers of the ultra thin laptop do not make a spe... |
21 October 2010
03:38 GMT |
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Well, it would really seem that accessories' manufacturers are a lot faster at getting their products out these days than they used to be a few years ago, since the first such extras designed for the new MacBook Air models announced yesterday at Apple's “Back to the Mac” conference have already ... |
21 October 2010
00:53 GMT |
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A bunch of Polish geeks playing around with Apple Discussions URLs were able to discover new forums set up in anticipation of today’s “Back to the Mac” announcements. The forums are for iMovie 11, iPhoto 11, and GarageBand 11, as well as for the presumed new MacBook Air.Engadget is reporting that Ap... |
20 October 2010
08:55 GMT |
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A person who has had a “working” 11-inch MacBook Air in their possession recently has been eager to share the new information with Engadget. The tech-site, for its part, has been more than eager to share this last minute leak with the entire world.According to the report, this person had a hands on experi... |
20 October 2010
06:19 GMT |
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A generally-reliable source of such news has been able to independently confirm that Apple is, indeed, gearing up to introduce a redesigned 13.3-inch MacBook Air with a bigger battery, and more ports, yet thinner and lighter than the current model.Apple's new MacBook Air will be thinner, lighter and boxier than ... |
19 October 2010
06:44 GMT |
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With two days to go before Apple unveils a potential new operating system for its Macintosh lineup, as well as new hardware that replaces some old Macs, an anonymous tipster was kind enough to leak images of an alleged prototype MacBook Air, albeit a rather old one.Engadget were the lucky ones to receive the pictures... |
18 October 2010
03:06 GMT |
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All but one of the Apple Authorized Resellers tracked by AppleInsider as part of its Mac Price Guide have reported depleted stock of low-end 1.83GHz MacBook Air units, in what is reportedly a clear sign that Apple is refreshing the ultra-thin notebook. The news comes amid rumors of a 11.6-inch model being assembled a... |
7 October 2010
04:34 GMT |
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Quanta, Apple’s primary notebook manufacturer, has reportedly landed orders for 11.6-inch MacBooks, with shipments of the “11.6-inch” laptops being expected to top 400,000-500,000 units in 2010, industry sources indicated to the DigiTimes.The first clues pointing towards Apple’s plans to revam... |
24 September 2010
09:25 GMT |
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Looking at Apple’s yearly schedules for product refreshes, one would be inclined to believe that the October-November 2010 timeframe holds at least one surprise from Cupertino - a revamped MacBook Air, a source claims.A post at t-gaap.com (Three Guys And A Podcast) appropriately notes that “October is a v... |
18 September 2010
12:16 GMT |
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