forbes.com - 3/4/2009
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Don't be fooled. While Apple left the looks of its lineup of desktop computers largely unchanged Tuesday, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker completed an important shift as it tweaked the specifications and pricing of its product line. The entire lineup of Macintosh desktop and notebook ...
appleinsider.com - 3/2/2009
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appleinsider.com —
A new photo claiming to show the retail
packaging for Apple's long-awaited Mac mini refresh has surfaced...
online, adding to speculation that March will serve as launch pad for several new desktop Macs.
(more)
Photo may show next-gen Mac mini retail box
slashgear.com - 3/8/2009
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slashgear.com —
Reports of 17-inch Apple MacBook Pro visual artifacts
and display glitches continue, with the latest suspicion being...
that the notebook’s heat management system, not the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GPU, could be at fault. After the cut, NVIDIA’s statement to ...
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MacBook Pro screen glitches heat, not NVIDIA issue?
i.gizmodo.com - 3/6/2009
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i.gizmodo.com —
This is all too familiar . The Apple
support forums are lit up by complaints that the...
new 17-inch MacBook Pros are plagued by faulty Nvidia GeForce 9600 graphics cards . Complaints run something like this: When the more powerful Geforce 9600M is ...
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Are the New 17-Inch MacBook Pros Plagued by Faulty ...
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MacDailyNews —
... a graphics chip specialist that has been hit hard by the slumping economy," Caulfield reports. "Apple's upcoming operating system, [Mac] OS X Snow Leopard, due later this year, aims to push the idea of 'parallel processing' into the mainstream," Caulfield reports. "The idea is to divide up big, complex tasks into little pieces that can be solved independently. Not coincidentally, that's a job Nvidia's GPUs, which include dozens of separate cores, are well suited to." Full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Carl H." for the heads up.] ...
5Words for March 4th, 2009
Technologizer —
... San Francisco’s too rainy today:
Apple layoffs? Supposedly not true.
Will Washington prohibit iPhone exclusivity?
Windows 7 for Netbooks: dicey?
Disney might take on iTunes.
Nvidia reaps Mac desktop windfall.
IE: Nukable from Windows 7.
Hackers mock Apple’s Safari browser.
Office 14 beta? Fairly soon.
Obscure, good Microsoft Web services.
Sprint’s Treo Pro: March 15th.
Julius Genachowski tapped for FCC. ...
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