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Apple has officially set their entire MacBook lineup to the new 7th generation Kaby Lake format today . The lineup , which consists of the MacBook and the  MacBook pro have received the new processor generation while the aged MacBook air has a minor 5th generation Broadwell upgrade .Although the 2017 lineup has no structural improvements , the addition of the new hardware in the form of 7th gen intel processors and slight upgrades in AMD graphics and SSD's will flow nicely with Apple's upcoming MacOS High sierra (10.13)  . Apple MacBook 17 *12" 2304x1440 IPS LCD sRGB gamut *Intel Core M3 7Y32 1.2GHZ Boost 3 GHZ *Intel HD graphics 615 *8GB ddr3 -2133 *256GB PCIe *1XUSB c 3.1 ,3.5MM COMBO *41.4Wh battery ,10 hours battery life *$1299 Apple MacBook Pro 2017  13" *13' 2560x1600 IPS LCD ,P3 gamut *Intel Core i5-7360u  2.3GHZ *Intel IRIS PLUS graphics 640 *8GB ddr3 -2133 *128GB PCIe *2XUSB c 3.1 thunderbolt 3 ,3.5MM...

Apple has officially anounced the most powerful iMac yet .The new system , dubbed the iMac pro , brings Mac Pro specs to a iMac shell - enabling creators to take advantage of both the display and the performance previously set apart from their original design intentions . First of all , the new iMac Pro brings about the excellent 5k ips display from Apple's previous top dog iMac - this now features 1 billion colors and you also get 22 tflops of performance of this next gen Xeon ,Radeon Vega eqipped computer.pricing for this beast is $4999. “We’re thrilled to give developers and customers a sneak peek at iMac Pro. This will be our fastest and most powerful Mac ever, which brings workstation-class computing to iMac for the first time,” said John Ternus, Apple’s vice president of Hardware Engineering. “We reengineered the whole system and designed an entirely new thermal architecture to pack extraordinary performance into the elegant, quiet iMac enclosure our customers love...

Apple's new version of OSX is called El Capitan , the desktop operating system , which follows the mountain codename naming scheme since OSX Yosemite , the new OSX 10 version promises more polishing of the already great user interface OSX El Capitan features a all new performance boost , this along with minor fixes to things like the Safari browser - which lets you pin sites , and mute any audio playing on any tab with one click and keep a up-to date webpage in the pinned sites is just some of the new improvements ,gestures including swiping from the left to get a delete button , shaking the mouse or trackpad reveals a larger cursor icon ,multitasking has also been improved due to the side-by side re-sized app view which can be scaled according to your liking . voice recognition has also been given a boost , and so now you can use natural language phrases to search for something more easily . Performance boosts in El Capitan are also worth mentioning , Apps are said to launch x...

via - Microsoft  Microsoft has announced several new features for its upcoming Windows 10 operating system at Build 2015 . The net gen Operating system - which is said to bring much needed apps and a unification  between Mobile and Desktop systems was further explained along with new additions such as a new browser - Microsoft Edge and a further enhanced version of its Hololens VR headset Windows 10 - Apps Apps have always been Windows (Phones) Achilles heel , but with Windows 10 , all that can change to some extent as Microsoft in a attempt to woo in more app developers - the move , which is codenamed project Astoria is new app development platform that lets Android and iOS developers port their already existing apps to Windows without much effort .The Windows developer toolkit allows developers to analyze their app and get instructions on how much of the existing code is usable and how much tweaking is needed in order to launch it on windows , most apps currently ...

The current market is running wild on 4K , but apparently , Apple has thought that 4K is not enough so they went a step further and introduced the worlds first computer (or appliance) with a 5K display . The new 27" iMac , which boasts of 14.7 million pixels  (67% more pixels than 4K) is probably going to drive  your eyes nuts .The 27" IPS display has a resolution of 5210x2880 pixels and therefore powerful components will be needed to keep them going smoothly . The base 27" 5K iMac has a 4th gen 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 , 8GB of RAM, AMD's Radeon R9 M290X GPU +2GB DDR5 memory, and a 1TB Fusion Drive. IF you want more , Apple offers a top of the range 5K model that has a A top of the line 5K Retina iMac will include 4th gen 4 GHz Intel Core i7, a Decent 32GB of RAM, AMD's Radeon R9 M295X with 4GB of GDDR5 memory a 3TB Fusion Drive or 1TB SSD . The pod shaped Macs measure in at just 5mm at its edges so its a whole compact unit , but most standard connectivity fea...

Another day , another tech event , and this time its from Apple . Today (Oct 16) Apple is getting ready to launch its iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 along with a bunch of new Macs and a new version of Apple's sync software - iTunes . first off , we have the iPad Air 2 and the iPad Mini 3 , physically the two tablets are running on two separate tablet classes of their own , the bigger iPad , which took on the "iPad Air" to get a thinner bezel and a flatter design is said to go unchanged in the 9.7" screen department ,but its overall thickness is said to be reduced to a whooping 7mm .The iPad mini , which is now in its 3rd generation will also retain its 7.9" display of 2048x1536 resolution but it too will be thinner than before , both tablets are said to feature Apple's A8X processor (AxX versions carry more ram) so the new iPads will carry not one but 2GB of RAM . The new iPad's will also get a better camera upgrade and this time , the new iPads are sai...

Apple has always been regarded as being safe for work , but the walled garden policy has now come under fire in China as the company ,along with many other non-Chinese tech companies such as Microsoft ,Symantec and Russia's Kaspersky labs have been effectively banned from being used in the Chinese government . Apple is the latest addition to the list , and the main fear comes from the threat of Espionage which have been exposed after "Snowden Effect" that took place last year . Government of China has effectively left out iPad's and Macbooks in its July procurement list . According to China , Apple computers , along with computers running Microsoft's Windows 8 software are said to have backdoors which allow for espionage and therefore both systems have been effectively banned . China's latest action to boycott Apple products over fear of espionage comes right after Russia's action to replace their iPads with Android tablets after Apple failed to hand o...

Although the Apple 2C "can't play Crysis" , the consumer desktop from 1984 will certainly flappy bird ,or more like a clone of the famous mobile game that caused a stir two months ago .named Flapple Bird , the game can be installed on any Apple 2c provided you have a 80 column text card (128 KB Ram) which will be used to power DLR (double low range) Graphics . The game has been successfully tested on the Apple 2e Platinum and the Apple 2gs which are also equipped with 128KB RAM cards and 1Mhz processors . download Flapple bird here Written by Rakitha for MasHD Article may be used in other blogs,but please be sure to link this article as a source Slashgear

A few hours ago , Apple announced OSX version 10.10 code named "Yosemite" , Gone are the days when Apple named Their new OS versions after Big cats , From now on , OSx versions will carry names of famous landmarks instead . Yosemite features a complete redesign of the OSX interface , the new features makes the mac based OS to look similar to its iOS mobile counterpart with similar "glass" features , icons and a new layout . The new messaging app is a perfect example where Apple has shifted for a more iOS like design .The mail app has also been revamped and Yosemite features a enhanced spotlight search to search local content as well as stuff online . the notification centre features a glass look with support for widgets , extended view and a dark mode to adjust the transparency . Email attachments have been given a boost and Apple has now included the support for extra large  attachments upto 5GB where data is stored on iCloud .the email receive...

Supposing you’re in a situation where you’d love to work with Apple’s OS X desktop operating system, but for whatever reason you’d rather not – or cannot – work with an Apple-made piece of hardware. If you’re the alternate-solutions type, there may be hope for you with the Linux Ubuntu-based system called Pear OS. The newest version of Pear OS – that’s Pear OS 8 – works with a look and feel that’s very much the most solidly cross-breed inspired iOS/OS X system out in the wild today – again, working with Unbuntu, but certainly appearing to bust out an alternate-universe Apple system by all looks and touches. With Pear OS 8, users are able to load up to a variety of machines. This operating system works on desktop computers, tablets, and – though the developers of the system have not quite commented on this specifically as yet – massive-screened smartphones as well. This system works in both 32- and 64-bit system iterations, and will eventually work with Microsoft’s Surface line of...

Apple will hold an invitation-only event on October 22nd to show off its new iPads, as well as the new Mac Pro and OS X Mavericks release, according to a report from All Things D’s John Paczkowski. That timing seems just right for the new iPads to make an appearance — last year’s event was held on October 23rd — and Apple has previously slated OS X Mavericks for a ‘fall’ release. It also makes some sense for Apple to talk about the Mac pro, also slated for fall, and to hopefully deliver us a release date. The new iPads will include a full-size iPad and new iPad mini. It’s unclear whether Apple will up the Mini to Retina resolution this time around, but that seems fairly likely. The larger iPad is expected to get trimmed down bezels and a thinner casing and, we would assume, will also get the A7. A report last month from CE’s Micah Singleton pegged the iPad event date and says that Apple’s iPad mini will not get the A7 processor, instead relying on Apple’s A6, currently used in ...

Apple has revealed its new Mac Pro, the much-anticipated refresh of its professional-grade workstation, and it’s quite the departure from the old machine. Gone is the meaty aluminum tower, replaced by a compact, glossy black cylinder just 1/8th the volume of its predecessor. That doesn’t mean it’s slow, however: in fact, the new Mac Pro is set to be the fastest Mac ever. Inside, there’s Intel’s new 12-core, 256-bit Xeon processor keeping things moving. That’s paired not with traditional hard-drives, but instead with flash storage; Apple is pretty excited about the type of flash, too, using a new-generation flash with a PCIe controller. That’s good for up to 1.25GBps read rates and up to 1.0GBps write rates. It’s not the only turn of speed Apple says the Mac Pro is good for: if you want to add external storage, there’s support for Thunderbolt 2. As you might recall, Thunderbolt 2 is good for up to 20Gbps, with six devices supported per port. You also get six Thunderbolt ports...