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NVIDIA Chip Instability Spreading to 17″ MacBook Pros?
cultofmac.com - 3/6/2009
NVIDIA Chip Instability Spreading to 17″ MacBook Pros?
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Back in December we wrote about a potential land-mine of problems for owners of new MacBook Pro 15″ notebooks, related to possibly defective NVIDIA GeForce 9400 graphics processor chips that Apple may have knowingly shipped with some units in 2008. So far, the major storm ...
MacBook Pro screen glitches heat, not NVIDIA issue?
slashgear.com - 3/8/2009
MacBook Pro screen glitches heat, not NVIDIA issue?
— 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 ... (more) MacBook Pro screen glitches heat, not NVIDIA issue?

Comments vote down Gizmodo found this 3/8/2009found this
Are the New 17-Inch MacBook Pros Plagued by Faulty Graphics Cards? [MacBook Pro]
i.gizmodo.com - 3/6/2009
Are the New 17-Inch MacBook Pros Plagued by Faulty Graphics Cards? [MacBook Pro]
— 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 ... (more) Are the New 17-Inch MacBook Pros Plagued by Faulty ...

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forbes.com - 3/4/2009
Nvidia Big Winner In Mac Makeover
— forbes.com — 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 ... (more) Nvidia Big Winner In Mac Makeover

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MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News:  Weekly Recap: Hardware, Job Security, and Applications

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Weekly Recap: Hardware, Job Security, and Applications
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... . READ → - (MacRumors) Apple Quietly Bumps 15″ MacBook Pro Speed, 256GB SSD Option, and New Keyboard READ → - (Engadget) iMac (Early 2009) unboxing and hands-on READ → - (MacRumors) Apple Gets Nehalem Early, H.264 and VMWare Performance Boosts READ → - (9to5 Mac) Snow Leopard goes 64 Bit, to be released on June 8th with Stevo? READ → - (Cult of Mac) NVIDIA Chip Instability Spreading to 17″ MacBook ...

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