Apple Updates Plastic (White) MacBooks

Apple has kept what amounts to two lines of 13.3″ MacBooks available for purchase – one, the new aluminum-clad MacBook (October 2008) that amounts to a budget version of the MacBook Air or MacBook Pro. The other is based on the last of the “plastic” … Read more

Macworld 2009 – Apple Keynote

The keynote finished an hour or two ago, and quite a few of the predicted updates/product releases failed to materialize. What didn’t come out: – New iPhone – New Mac minis and iMacs – New displays – Tablets/ultraportables (no surprise) What actually came out: – … Read more

Apple Store is Down – Macworld Updates

It’s that time again – the Apple Store is down. Macrumors has a good roundup of the various rumors and leaks. Nothing too exciting for ultraportable enthusiasts, but here’s a quick recap: – New iMacs and Mac minis – New 17″ MacBook Pro (with fixed … Read more

Steve Jobs: I’m Getting Better, Plus Macworld

A couple of people have sent a link to a letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs, discussing his health issues, and this year’s Macworld (which starts tomorrow by the way). In it, he mentions how this is the first time in a decade where he … Read more

NVIDIA Wants to Boost Netbook Performance

NVIDIA wants to radically boost the performance of Intel Atom-powered netbooks. They plan on combining their GeForce 9400M chipset (graphics included) with Intel’s Atom CPU to create a new platform – Atom + GeForce 9400M. It’ll be called the NVIDIA Ion platform. The result will … Read more