Mac News: Notebooks

Jobs' Quiet Comeback, Mini's Big BOM and Maine's Massive MacBook Splurge

Thursday - July 2, 2009

After the raging blog activity surrounding the launch of iPhone OS 3.0 and the new iPhone 3GS, the Apple-focused blogosphere has finally slowed down to catch its collective breath. Still, there's plenty to talk about, like Michael Jackson music sales going through the roof on iTunes, CEO Steve Jobs returning to Apple's Cupertino campus, the Mac mini's relatively high build cost, and MacBooks selling like text books in Maine. "Michael Jackson is likely make more money in death than he ever did in life -- the Elvis effect," writes Cult of Mac blogger Leander Kahney. [More...]

Jobs Is Back, Apple's Still Standing, Life Goes On

Wednesday - July 1, 2009

After all the excitement about Steve Jobs' health, the market reaction to news that the Apple CEO had returned to work appeared muted. Apple shares closed at $142.43 at close of trading Tuesday, 46 cents up from the previous day's close. They were actually down from Monday's open of just under $144. [More...]

WWDC: iPhone Invigorated, Snow Leopard Spruced, AT&T Tarnished

Friday - June 12, 2009

The hottest news in the Apple-focused blogosphere this week all started with Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. On Monday, the company -- sans still-on-hiatus CEO Steve Jobs -- announced the faster iPhone 3G S, multiple MacBook upgrades, and its next Mac OS X -- aka "Snow Leopard." All these announcments gave the online world plenty to talk about. [More...]

Apple Launches Speedy New iPhone, Cuts a Bunch of Prices

Tuesday - June 9, 2009

Apple used the first day of its annual Worldwide Developers Conference to focus on power, speed and price-slashing regarding its hot-selling iPhone. Monday's keynote speech and demonstrations introduced the new iPhone 3G S that is supposed to be faster in terms of download and connection speeds and more robust when it comes to juggling applications. [More...]

The iTablet Cometh?

Friday - May 22, 2009

Apple aficionados turned their attention this week back to a rumored Apple iPod touch-like tablet device. Chatter about such a gadget has risen and fallen several times over the past few months, so what put it back on the front burner? It seems a recent Piper Jaffray report suggests Apple is working with suppliers to deliver such a large-screen touch tablet sometime in the first half of 2010. [More...]

MacBook Madness! Rave Reviews, Hacked Macs, 3G Thirst

Friday - May 8, 2009

Lots of minor topics peppered the Apple-focused blogosphere this week, but two items stood taller than most. First off, Consumer Reports gave MacBooks of all sizes -- despite their high prices -- phenomenal ratings in almost every category in its tests of laptop computers. Secondly, built-in support for 3G wireless data services seems to be coming to MacBooks sometime soon. [More...]

Apple Accelerates: New Guts, New Shells, Lower Prices?

Friday - May 1, 2009

While Apple CEO Steve Jobs might be resting at -- or working from -- home, that doesn't appear to have stopped the company from pushing forward. New reports from the Apple-focused blogosphere suggest that Apple is hiring new microprocessor engineers and architects, considering carbon fiber for new device casings, and possibly even working out plans to offer new, lower-priced, entry-level Macs. [More...]

A Week of Memory, Malware, MacBooks and Marble

Friday - March 27, 2009

It's been a relatively quiet week for the Apple-focused blogosphere. Apple did announce the dates for its Worldwide Developers Conference, which is set for June 8-12 in San Francisco. WWDC just so happens to the be the venue in which Apple is widely expected to release its next version of Mac OS X -- "Snow Leopard" -- which may be prettier than expected. [More...]

Apple Chatter: A Rumor, a Release and a Rare Sneak Peak

Friday - March 13, 2009

Three items of note burned particularly brightly this week in the Apple blogosphere this week: a crescendo in rumors of an Apple netbook/tablet/something coming, and an upcoming sneak peak of iPhone 3.0 software, and the release of a brand-new iPod shuffle. The most recent iteration of the diminutive iPod shuffle was already almost too small for its buttons, so Apple got rid of them altogether. [More...]

Apple's Debut of New Mac Models Light on Fanfare

Wednesday - March 4, 2009

Most of the hubbub out of Apple the past few days has focused on the company's refreshing of its desktop Mac line of personal computers. However, fans of Apple notebooks also got some good news -- the company injected the 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro with faster processing speed, more memory and longer battery life. [More...]

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