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Apple has announced their latest custom silicon powered MacBook Pro's. The refresh, which basically ends the last of the intel MacBook devices from Apple's existing lineup also consists of improved M1 processors dubbed the Apple M1 Pro and Apple M1 Max Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max The two new processors are basically an evolution of the already successful ARM based M1 Soc, the processors, which still use the base M1 architecture, offers 70% more CPU power thanks to a 10 core design with 8 high performance cores and 2 efficiency cores, while the GPU Core count is basically where the M1 Pro and M1 Max blows the year-old SOC out of the water as the M1 Pro offers 1x more graphic power (16 cores) over the M1 while the M1 Max consists of 4X the performance (32 Cores) while the Pro has a total of 32GB RAM support while the Max has support for 64GB. Of course the MacPro still holds on to its Intel internals, but Apple will surely update that to a variant of the M1 in the future, and it won...

Some say that you can't improve on perfection ...during its hay-day , the Macbook Air was the one laptop basically everyone wanted .Designed in the late Jobsian era , the laptop was and still is quite popular with students and coffee shop patrons eventhough the Macbook has stolen its thunder , but keeping true to the sales figures  Apple  quietly made a processor update to the Macbook air lineup . The new  intel i5 5350U processors are a welcome update to the aged laptop which had a (i5 -5250U previously) has stayed in the hearts and minds of many as its low price , portability and excellent battery life are second to none . Although we are not sure how long Apple will keep the Macbook Air around , but with this minor refresh , it is quite clear that its not going out until next year (atleast) Those who expected a new display , new ports including USB C can look elsewhere as the hardware and IO have not been upgraded . Specs of the 2017 Macbook Air refresh *13" 14...

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 announced a new refresh to the Macbook line with its new 12" model , the new notebook - which is said to be 24% thinner than the outgoing model is also the lightest Macbook ever produced as the weight of the device is just 2 pounds (0.9 Kg) . The new Macbook comes with a newly designed "terraced battery" which is said to be built on a space saving layer structure which will give the new laptop about 9-10 hours of standard usage , another space saving feature on the new Macbook is the "butterfly mechanism" for the mechanical keyboard which is also helps to keep the device's low profile .The device is also one of the first to feature a fanless design and a multitouch touchpad which will detect clicks according to the pressure applied by the user (force click). The motherboard(logic board) of the new macbook is also smaller than the one found on the Macbook air , the size reduction of 33% makes the device more compact than ever , the displ...

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...