by Johan on October 17, 2007
Apple today announced that Mac OS X Leopard will be released on Friday, October 26 at 6:00 p.m. at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders. For your info, the standard Mac OS Up-To-Date upgrade package is also available to all customers who purchased a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller on or after October 1, 2007 for a shipping and handling fee of $9.95. Leopard requires a minimum of 512MB of RAM and is designed to run on any Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or G4 (867 Mhz or faster) processor. Apple sells it for $129, but you can get it at Amazon for just $109.
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by Johan on October 8, 2007
FastMac offers a Blu-ray drive that is compatible with Macs including some older machines such as the iBook G4 and the iMac G5, the new 17″ MacBook Pros and Intel-powered Macs. Priced at a hefty $1,000, the drive provides 2x burning.
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by Johan on August 18, 2007
Good news for Mac users. Electronic Arts’ games Battlefield 2142, Command and Conquer 3, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and Need for Speed Carbon are all now available for order at the Apple Store. The retail stores will have Need for Speed Carbon and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 and Battlefield 2142 and Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars on Tuesday, August 28, 2007. EA also announces that Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 and Madden NFL 08 will not be available until September or October.
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by Alexander on August 14, 2007
If you want to upgrade your Mac Mini with some cool features, NewerTech is releasing the miniStack NAS, which will give you as much 750GB of HDD, 10/100 Ethernet port (which can allow up to 20 users on the same network), USB 2.0 ports, PC and Mac support, Ximeta’s NDAS 2011 network chipset, LED status lights, and “intelligent thermal monitoring.” You can get the device alone for $80 (if you want to add you own hard drive), or you can spend up to $330 if you want to go for 750GB.
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by Johan on August 7, 2007
Apple is at it again with the new iMac, bigger, better, faster, and most importantly, cheaper.
The all-new, all-in-one iMac packs a complete, high-performance computer into a beautifully thin design. Available in 20- and 24-inch widescreen models, it includes built-in wireless, Mac OS X, and the new iLife ’08. So within minutes of opening the box, you’ll be doing everything from sharing photos to creating movies to building websites. And it starts at just $1199.
by Johan on August 6, 2007
We will see new iMac coming from Apple, which is brushed in aluminum. Photoshop trick or not, we don’t know yet. See one more pic after the break.
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Apple today released AirPort Extreme Update 2007-004 via its Software Pane and on the Web. AirPort Extreme is the perfect wireless solution for home, school, and business. Apple says that this update is “recommended for all Intel-based MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini computers and improves the reliability of AirPort connections.”
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by Johan on July 17, 2007
Good news for Mac fans, it was announced that both Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3 will be heading to the Mac platform. The news was announced by Epic Games co-founder Mark Rein when he was interviewed by Spike TV’s “Game Head†show. Now Mac fans have something more to do than just give ‘jobs’ to Steve.
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by Johan on April 12, 2007
These videos are worth checking out. Apple has recently released two new “Get a Mac†ads: “Computer Cart†and “Flashbackâ€. Videos after the jump!
Video courtesy of Google Video
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by Johan on April 4, 2007
Apple has already upgraded its Mac Pro desktop with a pair of 3GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processors. And off course it is not cheap! The basic Mac Pro retails for $2,200. Replace the two dual-core 2GHz CPUs with the two quad-core chips and the price almost doubles to $3,997. And then you can buy 16GB of memory and the price will be $4,499.
Via RegHardware
