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Apple may discontinue the iPod shuffle and classic

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Sep 27th, 2011)

We've been sitting on a tip for a while until things came into greater focus, but now that the speculation meter has exploded (see this CNet story), it's a good time to tell you all what we've heard. It seems that the "product transition" Apple mentioned on the last earnings call could very ...

Rumors: Mac Mini Deathwatch

by Erica Sadun (May 24th, 2007)

Is the Mac Mini doomed? According to this AppleInsider article, it just may be. Kasper Jade writes that the mini is underpowered compared to the rest of the Mac product line and has seen far fewer hardware refreshes. Add to that relatively low unit margins for the hardware and the emergence of Apple ...

Rumors: 17-inch iMac meets its end?

by Erica Sadun (May 21st, 2007)

According to MacDailyNews who relays information gleaned from ThinkSecret, the 17-inch iMac will soon be no more. Let's have a quick moment of silence to say goodbye. Right then. Enough of the moment. Industry insiders, those anonymous sources of all the most fabulous and occasionally reliable ...

iSight prices on eBay skyrocket - will there be an encore?

by David Chartier (Feb 15th, 2007)

Apple's stand-alone FireWire iSight may have recently gone end-of-life, but people's interest in the devices is still going strong, so sayeth eBay. While the iSight's retail price was $129, I'm seeing actual bids ranging from $152 all the way up to $280 as of this writing, with Buy It Now sellers ...