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Are Apple's New MacBooks More Problematic than Windows 8?
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 4:20pm | 500First the 2012 and 2013 MacBook Air units had problems -- now Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) latest MacBook Pro is causing headaches for unsuspecting buyers. After surveying hundreds of complaints on Apple's user-to-user support forums, AppleInsider has learned that one key issue is plaguing new...
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MacBook Pro 2013 Rumor Roundup
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 6:31am | 562Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to unveil the latest MacBook Pro upgrades during its media event on Tuesday, October 22. The upgrades are not believed to carry any significant changes in terms of the design, weight or form factor. But many enhancements are anticipated, including new Haswell...
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Apple Recalls MacBook Air Just Before Unveiling New MacBook Pro
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 12:24pm | 561Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has recalled the 64GB and 128GB iterations of last year's MacBook Air. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant made the announcement on Apple.com (via GigaOM). Apple issued the recall for MacBook Air units that were purchased between June 2012 and June 2013, warning that...
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MacBook Sales Could Decline At Least 13% In 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 12:36pm | 525Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacBook line of computers may endure a significant sales decline in 2013. In June, overall Mac sales declined 12 percent in the United States. Global Mac sales declined five percent during the entire April-June sales period. These declines were not offset by the 13-inch...
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REVIEW: Acer Aspire M5-583P-6428
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 12:39pm | 999When Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) created the "Ultrabook" brand nearly two years ago, the company had one competitor in its sights: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Known for building MacBook Pros and other sleek-but-heavy laptops, Apple surprised the world when it revised the MacBook Air in the fall of 2010. The...
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Google, Intel Team Up For New Chromebooks (GOOG, INTC)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 3:28pm | 473Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) have teamed up build better Chromebooks. The search engine giant announced that Intel's fourth-generation Core i processors -- commonly known as Haswell -- will be featured in a number of new machines. In a post on Google's official Chrome blog,...
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SLIDESHOW: Top 5 NAND Flash Memory Producers
Sunday, August 18, 2013 - 11:03am | 214In 2011, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) became the world's largest buyer of NAND flash memory. Between the iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Retina Display, Apple produces several devices that use flash memory exclusively. Not even Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) -- which actually produces its own...
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Apple's 12-Inch iPad Concept Inspires New Samsung Tablets (AAPL, SSNLF)
Monday, August 12, 2013 - 1:04pm | 481Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has repeatedly claimed that Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) has copied its products and infringes on its patents. True or false, Samsung has come up with a new strategy to prevent future lawsuits. Instead of waiting for market trends to set the stage for product development, Samsung has...
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Apple's iPad And Mac Dominated PC Sales In Q2 2013 (AAPL)
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 3:51pm | 480Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rarely comes close to attaining the most sales in the PC market. That's because the Mac, which achieved record sales in 2011 and 2012, rarely sells more than five million units per quarter. In 2013, Mac sales began to decline, creating some concern among market watchers. To...
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U.S. Mac Sales Plummeted 12% in June
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 2:57pm | 556Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is only a couple hours away from announcing the results of its fiscal 2013 third quarter, and some figures are already rolling in. According to NPD Group (via AllThingsD), domestic Mac sales plunged 12 percent year-over-year during the month of June. This decline occurred...
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Apple Could Lower the Price of the Next MacBook Pro (AAPL)
Thursday, July 18, 2013 - 11:27am | 511Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) might be on the verge of another price cut. The iPhone maker has lowered the price of the 13-inch MacBook Pro not once but twice, starting with the 2012 edition. Over the last two years, the starting price has gone from $1,299 to $1,099. Apple has also lowered the price of...
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Marvell Technology Could Score Major Apple Contract
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - 2:46pm | 448Marvell Technology Group (NASDAQ: MRVL) could be on the cusp of a major deal with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Marvell is one of the only (if not the only) manufacturers of PCIe-based solid state drives. One analyst familiar with the matter told Benzinga that this means the firm is all but guaranteed to...
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Apple Unveils iTunes Radio, American-Made Mac Pro and Cheaper MacBook Air
Monday, June 10, 2013 - 3:35pm | 853Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference event with a developer- and media-focused presentation regarding the next iteration of OS X and iOS 7. </p> The big product-related news came when Apple announced the long-awaited Mac Pro update. Scheduled to...
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MacBook Air Refresh Could Replace iRadio at Apple's WWDC
Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 3:13pm | 508Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is gearing up for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, commonly known as WWDC. The event is scheduled to start on Monday, June 10 and will conclude on Friday, June 14. As an Apple event -- the first of the year, no less -- bloggers, analysts and investors are chomping...
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MacBook Air Sellout Hints at Imminent Refresh
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 1:14pm | 631Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is rumored to announce the next MacBook Air refresh -- and possibly the next MacBook Pro refresh -- next month during the World Wide Developers Conference. Scheduled to take place from June 10 through June 14 in San Francisco, the World Wide Developers Conference is Apple's...