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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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MacBook Orders Could Rise, But Shipments May Not
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 4:05pm | 437Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacBook is reportedly weeks away from receiving its next upgrade. According to DigiTimes, the next MacBook will be enhanced with Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) upcoming Haswell platform. The new laptops could be unveiled as soon as next month at the Worldwide Developers Conference (...
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Is Apple Shifting New iMac Production to the United States?
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 9:22am | 509Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reportedly stopped placing orders for new Mac-related components, leaving suppliers stranded with remaining inventories. According to DigiTimes, suppliers had expected to finish "digesting their Mac inventories" in April. That plan came to a screeching halt the moment...
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Were Poor MacBook Sales Behind the Price Cut?
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 12:21pm | 641In 2012, two prevailing stories ruled the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rumor mill. First the company was expected to change the iPhone's form factor, which it did last September. Next, analysts thought that Apple would release a large television set. That rumor has yet to come true. Few were surprised by...
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Apple to Phase Out Standard, Retina-Free MacBook Pro
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 11:44am | 336The days are numbered for the Retina Display-free, DVD-capable MacBook Pro. After announcing a price reduction for the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) removed one option from its online store. While almost all of the firm's computers are available in at least two...
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Apple Accused of Price-Gouging Australian Consumers
Monday, February 11, 2013 - 12:29pm | 442Nearly one year ago, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission accused Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) of misleading consumers when it released the third-generation iPad. The ACCC alleged that Apple's worldwide promotional materials -- which emphasized the cellular version as "Wi-Fi + 4G" -- were...
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Apple Product Might be Declining in Popularity
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 11:42am | 601Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reportedly stopped ordering some components for its 13-inch MacBook Pro. According to DigiTimes, Apple stopped placing new orders because the vendor has already obtained high inventory levels for the unspecified components. The suppliers in question (which were not...
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Google Chromebook Tops Amazon's Best-Seller List
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 8:24am | 530Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Samsung are big fans of the belief that if at first they don't succeed, they should keep trying (and spend more money on advertising) until they get it right. After a 15-month struggle to turn the Chromebook into the next big laptop, it seems that the two companies are...
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Apple's 13-Inch Retina MacBook Could Raise MSRP By $500
Friday, October 19, 2012 - 3:43pm | 320Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is planning to unveil at least one new product next week, and while many analysts believe that it will be the long-awaited iPad Mini, the company may also take the opportunity to announce its future collection of iMacs. There has also been a persistent rumor suggesting that...
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New Apple iMacs to be Unveiled at October 23 Event?
Friday, October 19, 2012 - 8:34am | 631Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) confirmed that it has a "little more to show" the public at its event next week. All signs indicate that the company will unveil the long-awaited iPad Mini, a seven-inch tablet designed to compete with Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Nexus 7, Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle Fire and...
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Apple Fan "Wouldn't Give a S*** if iPhone 5 Didn't Have Nothing"
Friday, September 21, 2012 - 9:19am | 1189The wait is finally over. After months of anticipation and a week-long wait, Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) flagship phone is finally here. Analysts have predicted that the iPhone 5 will be the biggest smartphone of all time, with an estimated 10 million units being sold in the first weekend alone. The...
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Will New iMacs Crash the iPhone 5 Party?
Monday, September 10, 2012 - 10:44am | 224Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to unveil the iPhone 5 this Wednesday, but rumors persist that a revised fleet of iMacs will also ship to stores before the end of the month. According to DigiTimes, Apple's upstream supply chain has "started mass shipping new iMac all-in-one PCs and Retina Display...
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Shares of Seagate, OCZ Tumble After Seagate Earnings Report
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 2:45pm | 406On Monday afternoon, Seagate (NASDAQ: STX) reported earnings that disappointed investors. The company reported an adjusted fourth-quarter EPS of $2.41, less than the $2.51 Wall Street was anticipating. Revenue came in at $4.48 billion, short of the consensus estimate of $4.56 billion. Shares of the...
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Possible AMD Processor Delay Could Give Intel a Boost
Friday, July 13, 2012 - 12:14pm | 415Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) might delay Trinity, its forthcoming desktop processor from August to October, giving Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) a boost in the world of processor manufacturing. According to DigiTimes, sources from motherboard makers have revealed that AMD needs to make some...
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Apple MacBook Sales Begin to Decline
Friday, July 13, 2012 - 8:31am | 378Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows PC sales are not the only computer products that took a dive during the last quarter, as Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) machines, which include the iMac, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, are also feeling the burn of declined demand. According to Computerworld, research firm...