MacbookPro2011 Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Mac OS X 10.6.7 suggests support for generic video cards

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 24th, 2011)

Hacker Tony of TonyMacx86 discovered that the latest Mac OS X 10.6.7 update for the 2011 MacBook Pro includes native graphics acceleration for select AMD and ATI video cards. These cards include seven Radeon 5xxx and three 6xxx models that are not present in any shipping Mac products. Several of ...

Forthcoming Windows notebooks hint at next-gen MacBook Pro CPUs

by Sam Abuelsamid (Nov 28th, 2010)

Intel's next generation CPU architecture has yet to hit the streets, but several online retailers have begun listing Windows notebooks powered by the Sandy Bridge microprocessor -- which should also power the next iteration of the MacBook Pro. Laptoping spotted notebooks from Acer, Gateway and ...