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Apple blows it on October 14th
Apple cranked out some new products today, but unfortunately, they seem to have done it in a really shoddy way. After the jump, I outline what I think are the strong points and the weaknesses of Apple’s product announcements today.
Macbook Air gets updated, shouts, “Don’t forget about me!”
With all the news about the major revamp of the Macbook family, it’s easy to forget that Apple also made a few revisions to the former favorite child, the Macbook Air. The Air now features the same NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card as both the Macbook and Macbook Pro (though the Pro also features a more »
No FireWire in new MacBooks
Well, that’s a kick in the pants. Apple giveth, and Apple taketh away. At today’s MacBook event, Apple announced (amongst other things) that the new MacBooks are finally getting an honest-to-goodness graphics card: the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M. But did they really have to remove FireWire capabilities to make room for the card? It’s true. Well, more »
Online Apple Store closed; employees out turning spotlights
As is typical before an Apple product announcement, the online Apple Store is temporarily closed, and will undoubtedly be right back up the moment Apple stops focusing our attention on (gasp!) computers. The question is, then, what will be in the store when it comes back up? New MacBooks? An AppleTV update? The mythical and more »















