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New MacBook Pro benchmarks show marked improvement

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 25th, 2011)

Primate Labs snagged the latest Geekbench 2 results for the new MacBook Pros and compared the benchmarks to previous generation models. Good news for those planning to grab a latest generation model. The results show a big jump in performance for the MacBook Pros with the new quad-core Sandy ...

Parallels Desktop 5 doesn't play well with Kaspersky Anti-Virus on some Macs

by David Winograd (Dec 27th, 2009)

My Christmas miracle was that after waiting a month and a half, my Godzilla iMac 27" 2.8 GHZ Intel Core i7 iMac showed up on my doorstep on Christmas Eve. This was, ironically, two days after receiving a letter from Macmall telling me that my order was on indefinite backorder and asked me to call ...

Mac Pro gets a speed bump, Xserve has new storage options

by Steven Sande (Dec 4th, 2009)

After the introduction of the new 27" Intel Core i7 iMac in October, a lot of us in the Mac world were puzzled by the lack of a new higher-end Mac Pro. After all, the Mac Pro has traditionally been the most powerful Mac with the highest level of expandability. This morning, Apple quietly ...

New iMacs, MacBooks in the fall Apple fashion lineup?

by Steven Sande (Sep 26th, 2009)

It looks like the new Mac rumor mill is starting to grind again, as several web sites are reporting that Apple is close to releasing updates to several parts of the product line. Joachim noted the rumors on the 24th, and here's an update. The first rumor is something I've personally been waiting ...

OpenCL 1.0 ratified; is Snow Leopard now ready for launch?

by Steven Sande (Dec 10th, 2008)

There's been quiet anticipation for the last 6 months for OpenCL (Open Computing Language), which is an Application Programming Interface standard allowing developers to take advantage of the power of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) in parallel with multi-core processors. The result? Applications ...