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Chip makers: Apple manipulating flash memory prices

by Dave Caolo (Nov 30th, 2009)

The Korean Times is reporting today that Apple is (allegedly) manipulating the flash memory market. An unnamed source tells the Times that Apple is ordering more chips than it actually purchases: " ... [Apple] doesn't make immediate purchases, but waits until chip prices to fall to the level the ...

Apple posts DIY info for new iMac memory installation

by Ken Ray (Oct 27th, 2009)

If you're looking to do a DIY memory upgrade on your brand-spanking new iMac, Apple's more than happy to tell you how. The Cupertino company has posted info in the Support section of its website telling people who aren't afraid to pop the hood on the new 21.5" and 27" iMacs what kind of memory ...

iPhone refresh could be straining Apple's flash memory suppliers

by Robert Palmer (Feb 17th, 2009)

According to Ed Sutherland from Cult of Mac, three out of four Apple's NAND flash memory suppliers are feeling the strain as the company demands storage for its new line of iPhones. Sutherland cites a research report by analyst Vijay Rakesh from ThinkEquity. Rakesh says that Samsung has set aside ...

New MacBooks and MBPs can handle up to 6GB of RAM

by Mike Schramm (Nov 3rd, 2008)

Is it just me or is it pretty mindblowing what Moore's Law is doing to our computers these days? I remember when 64mb of RAM was great, and even a few years ago, I wondered why anyone would ever use 1GB of RAM (I've got 2GB in my gaming PC, and I still almost think it's too much). But apparently ...

Evernote: universal human memory extension

by Brett Terpstra (Mar 20th, 2008)

Evernote has plans for your brain. More specifically, a vision for the the augmentation of your memory. Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote and a recent Mac convert (who's been enthusiastically replacing his relatives' PCs with Macs to cut down on tech support calls) filled us in on Evernote's big ...

iFreeMem 2.0: when you just don't feel like rebooting

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 21st, 2008)

As good as OS X memory management may be, if you run your system for long periods of time without shutting down you'll likely see an increasing number of spinning beach balls as your uptime counter ticks away. When applications quit – especially big, memory-hungry applications – they ...

PC Mag gives iPod Touch an Editor's Choice

by Mike Schramm (Sep 13th, 2007)

PC Magazine has given the iPod Touch a 5/5 score and their Editor's Choice award. High praise even from a definitely non-Apple source. Tom Gideon calls it "a thing of beauty," and says it's the best iPod ever. Well, no duh. He does say a major drawback is that the WiFi store doesn't contain movies, ...

Up to 3GB of RAM in the Mac minis

by Mike Schramm (Aug 18th, 2007)

Reader John L kindly dropped us a tip that Other World Computing has upped their Mac mini memory upgrades up to a whopping 3GB of RAM. And in fact, if you really want a Mini that flies, they'll even squeeze 4GB under the hood, even though they say the Mac Mini can't really handle that much. The ...

Windows Safari bugs and exploits "popping up like hotcakes"

by David Chartier (Jun 12th, 2007)

Safari has been available on Windows for less than 24 hours, and already the hacker community is apparently tearing it to shreds. The Errata Security blog has been keeping track of a few announcements across the web, including a fully disclosed 0-day exploit that Thor Larholm apparently found ...

Just What is Wired Memory Anyway?

by Mat Lu (Mar 6th, 2007)

If you've ever opened up your Activity Monitor and looked at the System Memory tab, you've no doubt seen something similar to the above. But if you're like me, you've often wondered just what the labels mean. Just what is wired memory, anyway? Well Alex at Bits about Bytes has a nice little article ...

Flash-based MacBooks next year?

by David Chartier (Sep 29th, 2006)

Buzz has been flying for a while now around the hard drive's belated evolution into flash-based drives, much like the solid-state memory found in the iPod nano. Engadget has of course been covering this NAND flash memory for some time, while manufacturers have been demoing real-world notebooks that ...

iStat nano updated with support for Intel Mac CPU temp

by David Chartier (Jun 18th, 2006)

iStat nano, a handy system monitoring Dashboard widget, has been updated to version 1.51b with support for CPU temps on Intel Macs. The one catch is that you'll have to install SpeedIt, a System Preference pane and kernel extension that allows this kind of functionality (and much more). We've heard ...

Widget Watch: iStat pro and nano updated

by David Chartier (May 24th, 2006)

Two of my favorite system monitor widgets have been updated: iStat pro 2.3 and iStat nano 1.5. The main new additions are drive filtering, as in: CDs, DVDs and .DMGs will no longer appear in the drive list, and support has been included for MacBook Pro batteries. Unfortunately, it looks like the ...

Widget Watch: SysStat nano

by David Chartier (Jan 13th, 2006)

SysStat Nano is a great little system monitoring widget (similar to MiniStat 2) that gives you a quick, birds-eye view of various system statistics. Your processor, used memory, hard drive usage, IP and (very handy) external IP, amongst other things, are all at the press of a key. While SysStat Nano ...