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Apple announces new iPhone 3GS

Apple today unveiled the iPhone 3GS, its third iteration of the popular smartphone, which will include a video camera and an improved still camera, as well as a digital compass and faster Web browsing and launching of programs.

Non-removable batteries aren't a charge for all

Apple’s MacBook Air and latest 17-inch MacBook Pro laptop have non-removable batteries. Asus, maker of the popular Eee netbook computers, plans to follow suit with its 1008HA model, due out mid-year in the United States.

Review: New MacBook puts style over affordability

Plastic used to be the sexy material of the future. Now, it's the cheap, ugly material of the past.

Review: MacBook Excels at Windows, OS X

Apple Computer Inc.'s latest laptop looks sleek, runs fast and should give makers of Windows-based notebooks considerable cause for concern.

Apple Nears End of Intel Chip Transition

Apple Computer Inc. introduced additional laptops with Intel Corp. chips Tuesday, inching closer to the completion of its historic shift to microprocessors used by its PC rivals.

Review: Apple's MacBook Pro Is Fast Laptop

Apple Computer Inc.'s notebooks have long been highly regarded for their thoughtful designs and leading-edge features. But when it comes to performance, recent models have been lagging behind competitors that run Intel Corp.'s chips.

Apple to Begin Shipping New MacBook Pro

Apple Computer Inc. said Tuesday it will begin shipping this week the new MacBook Pro, the company's first laptop computer to feature an Intel Corp. microprocessor.

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Daring Fireball: Apple Netbook Claim Chowder
Source: Daring Fireball

At this point, I'm going to stop asking when Apple will acknowledge these dark days we live in because I think the answer is never. Maybe Apple should just be a bull market company.

Apple ads hint at thinner iMacs, lighter MacBooks, cheaper Mac minis
Source: Apple Insider

A trio of online advertisements that appear to have been published prematurely by one of Apple's international online stores suggest it's only a matter of days before the Mac maker takes the wraps off of new families of ultra-thin iMacs, lighter & thinner plastic MacBooks, and mo …

Apple: New Macs Coming Soon?
Source: Barrons

Research firm Wedge Partners thinks so. They assert in a note today that the company will release both new iMacs and new MacBooks "in the next several weeks."

Apple to retain, redesign plastic MacBook family
Source: Apple Insider

Once rumored for extinction, Apple's entry-level polycarbonate MacBooks are on the verge of a refresh that will solidify them at the base of the Mac maker's notebook offerings for the foreseeable future, AppleInsider has learned.

School shoppers choose netbooks over Apple, for now
Source: Apple Insider

A new study suggests students prefer low-cost netbooks over Apple's MacBook, but some believe the Mac-maker's long-rumored tablet could take a large portion of low-end laptop sales.

(Microsoft COO Claims) Apple Legal Demanded Microsoft Stop Laptop Hunters Ads
Source: MacRumors

And you know why I know they're working? Because two weeks ago we got a call from the Apple legal department saying, hey -- this is a true story -- saying, "Hey, you need to stop running those ads, we lowered our prices." They took like $100 off or something.

Maine: A MacBook for each student in grades 7-12 -
Source: CNET.com

Maine is extending an existing Apple notebook purchase program to high-school students.

More affordable iMacs from Apple expected by fall
Source: Apple Insider

Roughly six week later at its annual developers conference, the Cupertino-based company announced price cuts of between $100 - $300 on its 13- to 17-inch unibody aluminum notebooks, all of which are now dubbed MacBook Pros.

Did Apple Downgrade the Hard Drive Controller in the New MacBook Pros?
Source: Gizmodo

Over the weekend, we got a number of reports that Apple has seriously downgraded the SATA controller in the latest MacBook Pro 13-inch and 15-inch update, capping potential drive speeds. Going over the evidence, it looks like they were right.

Apple Cuts Prices Strategically
Source: Business Week

A $99 iPhone and cheaper MacBook Pro laptops are announced in tandem with the new, pricier iPhone 3G S. Apple also expects higher profits from apps.

Shakira Makes Education Her Mission
Source: The New York Times

Last October, on the plane from Miami to San Salvador, Shakira stared into her MacBook, pondering.

Apple quietly bumps white MacBook specs | Laptop | MacUser | Macworld
Source: Macworld

The $999 MacBook may not feature the same swank aluminum togs as its older siblings, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't get its share of the family love.

Consumer Reports Gives Apple Top Scores, But Can We Trust Their Results?
Source: Gizmodo

Consumer Reports awarded the unibody MacBook, MacBook Air, and plastic MacBook the gold, silver, and bronze among 13-inch laptops. But we can't accept CR as gospel without a little examination.

MacBooks sweep Consumer Reports laptop ratings
Source: Macworld

The 13-inch category in particular was dominated by Apple's laptop line, topped by the unibody MacBook and followed by both the MacBook Air and the white, polycarbonate MacBook.

CNBC Is Ridiculous: Macs Come With Photoshop, PCs Need $600 Extra to 'Perform As Well As a Mac'
Source: Gizmodo

Look, there are some valid reasons to pick a Mac over a PC, just like there are valid reasons to pick a PC over a Mac. But you shouldn't smear blatant horse@!$%# all over them, especially when it's already confusing enough for regular people, your audience, Mr.

Acorn is in MacHeist
Source: gusmueller.com

So why is Flying Meat participating in MacHeist time around, when I blasted it a couple of years ago? Well, it's pretty simple. The folks at MacHeist fixed the payment terms after MacHeist 1, and developers are getting a much better deal now. Tada.

Maine expanding school laptop program with Apple
Source: Google

Maine started its first-in-the-nation program by distributing more than 30,000 computers to each seventh- and eighth-grader in all of the state's public schools in 2002 and 2003. Now the goal is to provide a laptop to every public school student in grades 7-12 by the fall.

Confessions of a Macaholic: Pink MacBook makes a cameo
Source: The Baltimore Sun

Do the traditional newspaper "bloggers" do their homework anymore? Clearly, this is a Speck Hard Case.

MacBook owners frustrated by new audio jacks
Source: Apple Insider

A few owners of Apple's new unibody notebooks are experiencing backwards compatibility issues with the units' redesigned audio jacks, which offer a snug connection for the company's latest headphones with integrated microphones at the expense of a few legacy stereo headsets and s …

AT&T and Apple considering subsidized MacBook?
Source: MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Glenn Lurie, AT&T's Emerging Devices president, has hinted that the company might be talking with Apple about subsidized notebooks tied in with wireless data contracts, according to an executive interview with Fortune.

The Macalope Weekly: Can Apple survive another great quarter?
Source: Macworld

Apple reports an awesome first fiscal quarter, but some are still wondering: is the end nigh? Of course it is! The end is always nigh with Apple! Only netbooks can save Apple now!

Why Apple Stores Survive-And Circuit City Does Not

I wrote the article a while back and thought it was as relevant as ever since Circuit City has been forced to call it quits.

Quad-core MacBook Pro on the way?
Source: CNET.com

Intel sneaked out a new low-cost quad-core mobile processor on Monday, prompting some observers to wonder if Apple will finally release a quad-core laptop.

Blogging fun with Dell: The Real Meaning of Being Green
Source: en.community.dell.com

Several Dell folks were surprised and perplexed to see Apple's new "green" MacBook ad since its release last month and we've been watching the discussions in the blogosphere.

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