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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 ...

MacBook Pro crashes: Apple disables Turbo Boost under Windows?

by Chris Ward (Mar 21st, 2011)

Apple may have been aware for some time of the problem of new MacBook Pros crashing under heavy loads. According to the UK's PC Pro magazine, Apple appears to have deliberately turned off Turbo Boost for the top-end 13" model (with a dual-core 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7-2620M processor) when running ...

2011 MacBook Pros reportedly crashing under heavy loads

by Steven Sande (Mar 21st, 2011)

Last week we reported that the new Intel Sandy Bridge-based early 2011 MacBook Pros are experiencing issues with iTunes Home Sharing. Now it appears that the top-of-the-line MacBooks are also having issues when users are trying to put the new processor to the test. When operated under heavy ...