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Rumor Has It: Next-Gen Mac Pro Getting Six-Core “Core i9″ Processor

Written on October 15, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 2 people have commented

Apple’s powerhouse configurable tower desktop aimed mostly at semi-pro and pro users could be getting some update love in the near future, according to the latest rumblings coming out of the rumor mill today. Hardmac.com is reporting that one of its sources has solid information on the new Mac Pro, which should appear sometime in [...]

ATI Returning to Mac With 4000-Series Graphics Cards

Written on August 31, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 7 people have commented

Poor NVIDIA — it looks like your honeymoon with Apple is over. There hasn’t been an official announcement from Cupertino yet, but a glance at the customization options for high-end iMacs (the ones that use discrete graphics) and Mac Pros reveals that ATI Radeon HD 4000-series cards are already available as new configurable alternatives to [...]

Apple’s Budget Macs: Real Possibility or Wishful Thinking?

Written on May 04, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 12 people have commented

Apple computers are expensive. Whether or not you think that price is justified, you can’t deny that even machines on the lower end of the scale will cost you a decent amount of coin.
The Mac Mini is the cheapest machine in the bunch, and you don’t get any crucial peripheral gear like a monitor, keyboard [...]

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 Coming to Apple Mac Pro

Written on April 21, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 2 people have commented

Last month Apple updated its entire desktop lineup, from the Mac mini to the Mac Pro. Next month, Mac Pro users will have even more to get excited about when NVIDIA starts selling its new Quadro FX 4800 graphics card for Mac. The new card is supposed to be designed specifically for the unique requirements [...]

Beginning Mac: Optimizing Your Display’s Color

Written on October 20, 2008 by Jethro Jones and 8 people have commented

With the release of the new MacBooks and Macbook Pros, I suspect there are many of you that have been holding out waiting to buy a new computer, and now that you have your shiny new notebooks, you need to get everything set up just how you like it. One of the most important things [...]