The message was delivered by Steve Jobs last Wednesday during a special Mac-focused event in Cupertino: the next major update to Mac OS X will owe a LOT to features already found in Apple’s ubiquitous iOS, the iPhone’s OS. Called Mac OS X Lion, the new OS is slated to arrive in summer 2011.
Many of
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12 cores.
You read it right. Up to 12 burning CPU cores on the newest Apple Mac Pro, overhauled from last year. The Mac Pro has been longing for a refresh worthy of its title — the monster performer of the Mac line. As we can see, Apple has just updated its most powerful piece of
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With all the focus on console and PC-gaming these days, you poor old Mac lovers often feel like you’re totally ignored. Fear not, Apple fans, Uncle MacPCWiz is here to show you that you are not all ignored by the gaming community. Here are the top 5 games available for your Mac. We’ve lovingly gathered
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Ahhhh, now we’re going somewhere with all this hype. Apple has finally announced that it is launching… errr, something this January 27. As to what it is launching, we’ll have to wait a little bit more. Apple is inviting people to come see it’s “latest creation”. Found this at CNET.com:
The Apple event invite as
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Ok, so we ask the obvious question here: What if, after I format my external hard drive, I realize that I need to use my portable hard drive for both Mac and Windows PC? As you would probably now guess, this is a dilemma of sorts. Mac OS X will recognize an NTFS drive, but
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As nVidia’s FERMI is designed with super-computing in mind, nVidia is quick to point out that it is also targeting Apple’s Snow Leopard and Windows 7.
We recently wrote about nVidia‘s new ‘FERMI‘ technology for their next gen GPUs. It’s basically a GPU chip that can — in some cases — do CPU-type work and processes.
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Here’s a trip down memory lane for you nostalgic Mac users out there. Remember these models — the MacBook Pro, the PowerBook G4, the iBook, the PowerBook 520, and the PowerBook 100 — they were at the leading edge of portable computer technology in their respective times. Check this out:
Twenty years ago this week, Apple
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