Life goes by exceedingly fast and believe it or not, it's already been more than six months since Apple refreshed its iPad Pro lineup with its custom M4 silicon. The M4 represents the latest generation of Apple's custom chips, culminating in the M4 Max that debuted alongside revamped MacBook Pro laptops in October...Read more...
Some of these machines might be brand new, but these early Black Friday deals already slash prices on the latest MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.
Apple 2024 MacBook Pro 14-inch
Apple's new 2024 MacBook Pro is built for Apple Intelligence, and offers the longest battery life ever in a Mac at up to 24 hours.
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Apple may not the be the first company that comes to mind when it talking about video games, but it's not necessarily for lack of trying, or even interest—some stats suggest the video games market is approaching $300 billion, and that number will only continue to grow. Apple's presence is limited, but can its newly...Read more...
Apple just wraped up its week full of announcements with its refreshed MacBook Pro lineup, featuring the new family of M4 chips. The new laptops from the Cupertino-based company will offer an advanced 12MP Center Stage camera, Thunderbolt 5 on M4 Pro and M4 Max models, an option of an all-new nano-texture display, and...Read more...
Apple just announced its new iMac lineup powered by its M4 chip and Apple Intelligence. The new iMac will sport a 4.5K Retina display, while also offering a new nano-texture glass option, similar to the latest iPad Pro.
Apple made the announcement about its new M4 iMacs while the Cupertino-based company is also...Read more...
Apple is expected to release an onslaught of hardware refreshes over the coming weeks and months (and heading into 2025), including a revamped Mac mini with M4 and M4 Pro chip options, a refreshed iPad mini, and several other goodies. Included in the latter category are some new Mac Pro devices touting Apple's custom...Read more...
Apple is fresh off the heels of its iPhone 16 launch last month, which has been received well overall, though still short of blockbuster expectations. Due to the delay in Apple Intelligence, the full scope of the hardware remains unrealized. Apple plans to announce more hardware towards the end of October, rounding...Read more...
A sketchy leak purporting to show a photo of an unreleased 14-inch MacBook Pro refresh touting Apple's custom M4 silicon has found its way to the web, and with it comes possible confirmation of an upgrade to a key baseline specification. Namely, the system memory. If the image is to be believed, then Apple may indeed...Read more...
Apple recently held its yearly iPhone event, where it introduced the world to the iPhone 16. Its next important product family, the Mac lineup, is also slated for an update sometime this fall. According to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, Apple is planning to introduce its M4 Macs soon at another dedicated hardware...Read more...
Apple has quite a few hardware refreshes that are now right around the corner, including its upcoming iPhone 16 lineup and a new generation of AirPods, both of which are expected to be unveiled at is Glowtime event next week. Coming just a tad later, some M4 Mac refreshes are on the horizon as well. That includes the...Read more...
Even the most ardent Apple supporter would be hard pressed to deny that the Cupertino outfit is notoriously stingy when it comes to RAM and storage. From our vantage point, it's almost criminal to offer a product with a "Pro" label (short for professional), like the MacBook Pro, that can be configured with a paltry...Read more...
While Apple unveiled its M4 processor onboard the new iPad Pro in May of this year, many have been patiently waiting for the company’s latest silicon to arrive powering a new MacBook. Well, as well-informed reports have it, the wait may not be much longer.
According to founder and CEO of Display Supply Chain...Read more...
The OLED iPad Pro launched earlier this week, and there are already complaints from some unfortunate owners who are experiencing a grainy display. Reports are coming in on both the 11-inch and 13-inch models, with one Reddit user confirming they do not have the Nano-texture glass add-on feature.
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If you fancy yourself a new iPad Pro outfitted with Apple's latest-generation M4 silicon, then you're looking at paying the launch MSRP, as these things aren't even available to bring home just yet—they're up for preorder. However, there is an exception. Best Buy Plus and Total members can score an early discount on...Read more...
Apple's iPad is a device category that has been well-etched into the mainstream tablet market. After a few years of ho-hum updates, the venerable iPad Pro has received a substantial update for consumers and creators alike. The latest generation iPad Pro comes in 11-inch and 13-inch sizes, both with Apple's new Ultra...Read more...
Apple is gearing up for its 'Let's Loose' event scheduled for next week (Tuesday, May 7), during which time it will almost definitely announce a refreshed lineup of iPad devices. Speculation has been all over the place, though the latest scuttlebutt is that there's a "strong possibility" that Apple's next-gen iPad Pro...Read more...
Apple is looking to include AI smarts in its next generation M4 chips, according to Bloomberg’s Marc Gurman. The company is hoping to get a boost after seeing its Mac line of computers struggle to generate sales. Gurman says that sales of the Mac went down by 23% last fiscal year, and the most recent holiday period didn’t see any bump in units Read more...
Earlier the week, BMW officially unveiled the latest version of its 3-Series 4-Series Coupe, and it was quite the head scratcher with regards to its looks. Although the BMW Concept 4 had already prepared us for the massive, vertically-oriented grille, seeing it on the production car made it seem even more offensive to...Read more...
Users over on Crucial's support forum have been complaining about a strange error that manifests on certain M4 solid state drives (SSDs) after precisely 5,200 hours of use. It appears to only affect the 64GB models, with affected drives kicking Windows systems into a BSoD with an error code that reads 0x00000f4...Read more...
A few months back, we rounded up a half dozen SATA III solid state drives in this article. In that showdown, we had drives based on SandForce SF-2200 series and Marvell controllers represented, with both synchronous and asynchronous memory types... Since that article was published, however, we received some updates to a couple of the drives...Read more...
A few months back, we rounded up a half dozen SATA III solid state drives in this article. In that showdown, we had drives based on SandForceSF-2200 series and Marvell controllers represented, with both synchronous and asynchronous memory types. We ultimately found the SandForce-based drives when paired to synchronous NAND flash memory offered...Read more...
Crucial announced the availability of a firmware update for its m4 SSDs (FW 0009). The update will both solve a problem or two and also provide performance enhancements. Specifically, FW 0009 will eliminate an issue wherein drives experience intermittent failures in cold boot ups on some host systems, and it will also compensate for some SATA-II...Read more...