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MacBook Pro tops on best-performing Windows laptop list

by Mike Schramm (Apr 24th, 2013)

Soluto has ranked a few different brands of Windows laptops based on their performance against trouble and crashes, and here's a fun twist: Apple topped the heap. That's right, on a list of laptops that included Acer and Dell, an Apple MacBook Pro running Windows via Boot Camp got Soluto's ...

Daily Update for March 26, 2013

by Steven Sande (Mar 26th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Primate Labs benchmarks new Retina MacBook Pro models

by Steven Sande (Feb 22nd, 2013)

Apple bumped the processors in the Retina MacBook Pro line last week, pushing the 15-inch model to the 2.4, 2.7 or 2.8 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 and the 13-inch to 2.5, 2.6, 2.9 or 3.0 GHz dual-core processors. As usual, Primate Labs grabbed a handy copy of their "flagship product" -- ...

Henge's horizontal dock will be a great investment for your Retina MacBook Pro

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 4th, 2013)

For Retina display MacBook Pro owners, the Henge Horizontal Dock will be the best investment you can make in your system beyond the computer itself, especially if you utilize multiple displays. Originally unveiled at CES, the US$249 system nabbed a Best of Show award at Macworld/iWorld 2013, ...

iFixit tears down the 13" Retina MacBook Pro (with kittens!)

by Steven Sande (Oct 25th, 2012)

What's better than an iFixit tear-down of a new Mac? A teardown complete with a "21-Day-Old Kitten Late 2012"! The iFixit team did their usual thorough job of gently disassembling and inspecting each part of a brand new 13" Retina MacBook Pro, but it's extra-special this time because there are ...

TUAW TV Live: Talking minis, opening boxes

by Steven Sande (Oct 24th, 2012)

Welcome back for another fun episode of TUAW TV Live! Today I've got a lot of hot topics: the new Macs -- mini, 13" Retina MacBook Pro, and iMac; the new iPads and the handful of accessories that were announced by Tim Cook and Phil Schiller yesterday. In addition, I have been inundated over ...

Retina MacBook Pros now fully stocked in Apple Stores

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Sep 5th, 2012)

Now that the initial ordering rush has subsided, the online Apple Store (US) has dropped the wait time associated with the MacBook Pro with Retina display and is showing that all models are in stock. The entry-level model gained a few configurable options in early August. [via CNet] ...

Microsoft has no plans for Retina display Office apps (updated)

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Aug 15th, 2012)

There's someone who's kicking sand out of the Retina display sandbox, and that company appears to be Microsoft. Even though Microsoft boasted that Office for Mac is ready for OS X Mountain Lion, Macworld is reporting that users with Retina display MacBook Pros are describing a less-than-stellar ...

Latest MacBook Pro & Air models get software update

by Steven Sande (Jul 20th, 2012)

Apple has released a software update for the new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models introduced in June of 2012. The update, which is 76.64 MB in size, "...fixes an issue that can lead to increased CPU power consumption, and it improves compatibility with some USB devices." According to a ...

Acorn 3.3 adds Retina Canvas, Smart Export, more

by Mike Schramm (Jul 19th, 2012)

Version 3.3 of the popular Mac image editor Acorn is out, and developer Gus Mueller writes up the biggest changes on his blog. The Retina Canvas is likely the coolest update: If you're using Acorn, you can now see any art you create at a 1:1 ratio on a Retina Display. So if you have a MacBook ...

Daily Update for July 13, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jul 13th, 2012)

MacBook Pro Retina display ship times improve

by Steven Sande (Jul 13th, 2012)

That didn't take long! One day after the MacBook Pro with Retina display was released, shipping times jumped to 2-3 weeks, and then to 3-4 weeks. Apparently the initial demand for the product has been met or more of the luscious laptops are making their way out of factories, because ship times ...

13" MacBook Pro with Retina display appears in Geekbench benchmark

by Steven Sande (Jul 11th, 2012)

Back in mid-May, we reported on sightings of MacBook Pro and iMac benchmarks on Geekbench that appeared to show the 15" Ivy Bridge-based MacBook Pro with Retina display that was announced about a month later. Now MacRumors is reporting that a similar benchmark for what appears to be a 13" ...

More MacBook Maintenance Malarky: examining the arguments that none of it matters

by Richard Gaywood (Jun 19th, 2012)

Last week I wrote a rather, shall we say, "robustly worded" post discussing the lack of upgradability in the new MacBook Pro with Retina display (MBPwRD). This contentious post turned into one of my highest-traffic articles for TUAW ever, and certainly my highest-commented one (possibly ...