http://discuss.slashgear.com/tags/macbook-pro Discuss Gadgets! en-US Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:01:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://discuss.slashgear.com/search.php http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/apple-store-down-ipad-incoming#post-8529 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:54:09 +0000 Chris Davies 8529@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p><img class="size-full wp-image-77484 alignright" title="The Apple Store down" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/The-Apple-Store-down.jpg" alt="The Apple Store down" width="208" height="165" />It should come as little surprise, what with the well-publicized <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-ipad-on-sale-april-3rd-in-us-pre-orders-march-12th-0576877/" target="_blank">iPad preorder sale</a> starting today, but the <a href="http://store.apple.com/" target="_blank">Apple Store</a> has been taken down for updating.  Apple&#8217;s new tablet kicks off at $499 and is expected to go on sale at 8.30am EST; of course, Apple could surprise us and add a few more updates into the mixture as well.  Recent rumors have tipped an updated <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/mac-pro/" target="_blank">Mac Pro desktop</a>, using Intel&#8217;s new <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/?s=gulftown" target="_blank">Core i7-980 Gulftown</a> processor.</p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-store-down-ipad-incoming-1277483/">Apple Store down: iPad incoming</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/apple-30-inch-cinema-display-needs-99-cable-to-play-with-new-macbooks#post-7699 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:14:38 +0000 Chris Davies 7699@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>The new <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-macbook-event-slashgear-summary-1419186/" target="_blank">Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro</a> are just crying out to be used with the equally new <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/new-24-inch-apple-cinema-display-announced-1419166/" target="_blank">24-inch Cinema Display</a>, but what if you&#8217;re perfectly happy (and who wouldn&#8217;t be?) with your existing 30-inch Cinema Display?  Apple has switched to Mini DisplayPort on their latest computing hardware, but the older LCD uses a DVI port.  No problem, Apple has your back&#8230; as long as you give them <a href="http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB571" target="_blank">$99 for the adapter cable</a>.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-19438" title="apple_displayport_dual-link_dvi_adapter" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/apple_displayport_dual-link_dvi_adapter-480x170.jpg" alt="apple displayport dual link dvi adapter 480x170" width="480" height="170" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-30-inch-cinema-display-needs-99-cable-to-play-with-new-macbooks-1619439/">Apple 30-inch Cinema Display needs $99 cable to play with new MacBooks</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/apple-to-improve-on-dual-graphics-operations-in-future-macbook-pros#post-7801 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:53:32 +0000 Paul Fang 7801@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>The word’s on the street that Apple has ambitions to bring improvements down the line to its MacBook Pro model, in terms of handling of its dual graphics chips.</p> <p><a rel="attachment wp-att-74963" href="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/apple-optimus.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-74963" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/apple-optimus.jpg" alt="apple optimus" width="468" height="183" title="" /></a></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-to-improve-on-dual-graphics-operations-in-future-macbook-pros-2074958/">Apple to improve on dual graphics operations in future Macbook Pros </a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/apple-store-is-down-macbook-pro-refresh-expected#post-7411 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:48:18 +0000 Chris Davies 7411@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Could a MacBook Pro refresh be in the offing?  We&#8217;ve just checked the <a href="http://store.apple.com/" target="_blank">Apple Store</a> and it&#8217;s currently offline for updating, while rumors <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-to-upgrade-macbook-pros-tomorrow-ahead-of-macworld-conference-2010-2" target="_blank">are circulating</a> that an anonymous source has fingered the reworked flagship notebooks for a launch today.  Elsewhere <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2010/02/08/current-macbook-pro-models-deleted-from-best-buys-inventory-system-updates-imminent/" target="_blank">leaked screenshots</a> from Best Buy&#8217;s inventory system have seemingly confirmed that the current MacBook Pro SKUs have been deleted and the laptops are no longer available to order.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-73314" title="macbook_pro_best_buy_deleted_apple_store_back_soon" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/macbook_pro_best_buy_deleted_apple_store_back_soon-540x211.jpg" alt="macbook pro best buy deleted apple store back soon 540x211" width="540" height="211" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-store-is-down-macbook-pro-refresh-expected-0973313/">Apple Store is down: MacBook Pro refresh expected</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/apple-macbook-trackpad-driver-for-vista-xp-released-still-flaky#post-7422 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:59:29 +0000 Chris Davies 7422@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Apple have released a <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3336" target="_blank">new driver</a> for the multitouch trackpad on the late-2008 MacBook, MacBook Pro and <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/macbook-air-review-its-a-different-beast-inside-out-2824523/" target="_blank">MacBook Air</a>. The software attempts to address the poor responsiveness and general performance experienced when running Windows XP and Vista via Boot Camp, where users found dragging and clicking to be erratic. However initial reports suggest that while the update has addressed some aspects of the problem, it has shifted problems onto other areas of Windows functionality.</p> <p><img class="alignnone" title="MacBook Pro trackpad" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/mb15alumunbox-081016-22-480x344.jpg" alt="mb15alumunbox 081016 22 480x344" width="480" height="344" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-macbook-trackpad-driver-for-vista-still-flaky-1927178/">Apple MacBook trackpad driver for Vista &#038; XP released; still flaky?</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/core-i7-macbook-pro-benchmark-tips-incoming-apple-refresh#post-7329 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:01:46 +0000 Chris Davies 7329@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Benchmarking results for unannounced <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/macbook-pro" target="_blank">MacBook Pro</a> models apparently running Intel Core i7 processors have reignited rumors that Apple intend to imminently update their flagship notebook range.  The <a href="http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:Y9i2tpljiwEJ:browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/210968+Mac-F22589C8&amp;cd=2&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk" target="_blank">Geekbench results</a> were apparently recorded on February 4th 2010, and clearly indicate that the MacBook Pro (listed as a MacBookPro6,1) has a 2.66GHz Core i7-620M processor paired with 4GB of DDR3 memory.</p> <p><img class="alignnone" title="Apple MacBook Pro" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mbandmbp2-480x338.png" alt="mbandmbp2 480x338" width="480" height="338" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/core-i7-macbook-pro-benchmark-tips-incoming-apple-refresh-0673058/">Core i7 MacBook Pro benchmark tips incoming Apple refresh?</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/apple-black-friday-one-day-sale-kicks-off-101-off-an-imac-or-mbp#post-4487 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:21:08 +0000 Chris Davies 4487@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>It&#8217;s the day after Thanksgiving and that means <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/black-friday" target="_blank">Black Friday sales</a> in the US.  We&#8217;re already hearing that parking spaces outside US malls are full up &#8211; and it&#8217;s only just gone 4am on the east coast &#8211; so if it&#8217;s cut-price Apple tech you&#8217;re after then why not do your shopping online?  As is somewhat traditional by now, Apple have discounts across <a href="http://store.apple.com/us/browse/campaigns/holiday/giftguide/black_friday?mco=MTU3MjMyMTU" target="_blank">various parts of their store today</a>: save just over $100 on a new iMac, for instance, or the same off a MacBook Pro.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-64508" title="black_friday_apple_sale" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/black_friday_apple_sale-540x322.jpg" alt="black friday apple sale 540x322" width="540" height="322" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-black-friday-one-day-sale-kicks-off-101-off-an-imac-or-mbp-2764509/">Apple Black Friday one-day sale kicks off: $101 off an iMac or MBP</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/new-macbook-pro-notebooks-tipped-by-os-x-config-file#post-3471 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:13:37 +0000 Chris Davies 3471@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Apple may have told us that the new <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-new-macbook-mac-mini-imac-and-magic-mouse-hands-on-2061088/" target="_blank">MacBook, Mac mini and iMac updates</a> finalize their holiday 2009 line-up, but that doesn&#8217;t mean they&#8217;re not thinking ahead.  Digging through the configuration files in the 10.6.2 update of OS X 10C531, Spanish site Applesana.es have <a href="http://www.applesana.es/foro/24/22604/nuevos-macbook-pro-6-1-horizonte-quad-core.html" target="_blank">spotted two references</a> to new MacBook Pro notebooks, and believe that they might bring with them quadcore processors and ATI Radeon 4500-series graphics.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-61736" title="Apple_macbook_pro_update_tipped" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Apple_macbook_pro_update_tipped-491x500.jpg" alt="Apple macbook pro update tipped 491x500" width="491" height="500" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/new-macbook-pro-notebooks-tipped-by-os-x-config-file-2661737/">New MacBook Pro notebooks tipped by OS X config file</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/lessons-from-a-mac-os-switcher#post-1889 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:57:23 +0000 Michael Gartenberg 1889@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>I used to be a total Macintosh user; however, over time, various places I worked depended on Microsoft Windows and other MSFT technologies so that I was forced to use Windows for much of what I do. I still kept using a Mac, mostly for creative work and where business use allowed, but I had to have Windows in my life. Over the last few years, Apple has created a new line of machines that more closely match my laptop needs and have made a lot of changes to their core platform OS X. The result is a combination that makes for a very compelling argument to use Macintosh full time.</p> <p><img class="alignnone" title="Apple MacBook Pro" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mbandmbp2-480x338.png" alt="mbandmbp2 480x338" width="480" height="338" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/lessons-from-a-mac-os-switcher-1055830/">Lessons From a Mac OS Switcher</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/twelvesouth8217s-bookarc-makes-your-laptop-a-desktop#post-1349 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:07:07 +0000 Evan Selleck 1349@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>We&#8217;ve <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/twelve-souths-backpack-keeps-things-out-of-sight-close-at-hand-1151862/" target="_blank">heard from TwelveSouth before</a>, and so we figured we should keep our eyes on these crazy designers. Looks like it paid off. Much like the first iteration of their crafty designs we saw, the BookArc is meant to keep your desk nice and tidy. And let&#8217;s face it, you probably need it. But <a href="http://twelvesouth.com/products/backpack/" target="_blank">unlike the BackPack</a>, the BookArc is meant for bigger and better things: your Macbook.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-53762" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/BookArc.jpg" alt="BookArc" width="500" height="226" title="" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/twelvesouths-bookarc-makes-your-laptop-a-desktop-2553761/">TwelveSouth&#8217;s BookArc Makes Your Laptop a Desktop</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/apple-macbook-pro-15-gets-50-matte-display-option#post-845 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:37:17 +0000 Chris Davies 845@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Apple have delivered on what must be one of the most-requested options for their MacBook Pro range, and made <a href="http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MB985LL/A?mco=NjcxMTU1Mg" target="_blank">an antiglare display</a> available for the 15-inch model.  Priced at $50, the option keeps the 1,440 x 900 resolution and LED backlighting, but does mean you lose the borderless panel.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-51757" title="apple_macbook_pro_15_antiglare_display_option" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/apple_macbook_pro_15_antiglare_display_option-540x139.jpg" alt="apple macbook pro 15 antiglare display option 540x139" width="540" height="139" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-macbook-pro-15-gets-50-matte-display-option-1151756/">Apple MacBook Pro 15 gets $50 matte display option</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/apple-q309-profits-123bn-best-non-holiday-quarter-yet#post-299 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:48:31 +0000 Chris Davies 299@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p><img class="size-full wp-image-49965 alignright" title="apple_logo" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/apple_logo.jpg" alt="apple logo" width="156" height="180" />Apple <a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/07/21results.html" target="_blank">have announced</a> their Q3 2009 financial results, and as you might expect they&#8217;re continuing to buck the economic trend.  The Cupertino company described the last quarter as their best non-holiday quarter for revenue and earnings, marking revenue of $8.34 billion and profits of $1.23 billion.  Sales figures were also healthy, with 2.6m Mac computers sold during the three month period &#8211; up 4-percent over the same quarter last year &#8211; and 5.2m iPhones sold, up 626-percent from last year.</p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-q309-profits-1-23bn-best-non-holiday-quarter-yet-2249964/">Apple Q309 profits $1.23bn; best non-holiday quarter yet</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/apple-address-slow-macbook-pro-sata-with-firmware-update#post-76 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:02:31 +0000 Chris Davies 76@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Apple have released a <a href="http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacBook_Pro_EFI_Firmware_Update_1_7_" target="_blank">firmware update</a> for their latest MacBook Pro notebooks that fully enables their SATA 3.0 Gbps interface.  The move comes in response to vocal complaints from <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-macbook-pro-13-and-15-inch-hands-on-0946529/" target="_blank">MacBook Pro 13- and 15-inch</a> buyers who discovered Apple had <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/macbook-pro-13-and-15-inch-limited-to-sata-not-sata-ii-1546956/" target="_blank">seemingly limited</a> their new unibody machines to the older 1.5 Gbps SATA.  However the company has distanced itself from drives that actually use the faster interface, reminding users that &#8220;Apple has not qualified or offered these drives for Mac notebooks and their use is unsupported.&#8221;</p> <p><img src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/apple_macbook_pro_range-480x114.jpg" alt="apple macbook pro range 480x114" title="" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-address-slow-macbook-pro-sata-with-firmware-update-2347707/">Apple address slow MacBook Pro SATA with firmware update</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/apple-macbook-pro-13-and-15-inch-hands-on#post-18 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:00:48 +0000 Vincent Nguyen 18@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Apple&#8217;s <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-macbook-pro-range-gets-13-15-inch-updates-cheaper-17-inch-mbp-and-air-0846282/" target="_blank">new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro notebooks</a> were a surprise for their WWDC 2009 keynote, not least because most people were only expecting the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-3g-s-official-16gb-199-32gb-299-0846265/" target="_blank">iPhone 3G S</a>.  Still, we won&#8217;t turn our noses up at new unibody machines with boosted specifications, and so when Apple invited us to check out their new MacBook Pros we gladly accepted.  Check out our hands-on first impressions after the cut.</p> <p><img src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/apple-macbook-pro-13-15-slashgear-1-r3media-480x360.jpg" alt="apple macbook pro 13 15 slashgear 1 r3media 480x360" title="apple-macbook-pro-13-15-slashgear-1-r3media" width="480" height="360" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-46544" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-macbook-pro-13-and-15-inch-hands-on-0946529/">Apple MacBook Pro 13 and 15-inch Hands On</a></p>