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Daily Update for June 14, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jun 14th, 2012)

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 ...

Side-by-side browsers on MacBook Pro with Retina display

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 14th, 2012)

The biggest selling feature of the next generation MacBook Pro is its Retina display. The notebook has an impressive 15.4-inch LED-backlit display with 2880-by-1800 resolution at 220 pixels per inch. The specs look great on paper and according to a display-focused review by The Verge, the ...

CIO Journal walks back claim of Retina MacBook Pro's demand on bandwidth

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 14th, 2012)

In March, the Wall Street Journal's CIO Journal claimed that the iPad 3 would burden corporate networks because of its high-definition display. This week, the same writer doubled down on the claim for the new MacBook Pro, arguing that "better quality displays require more network bandwidth." He ...

Forthcoming Chrome browser update to support Retina display on MacBook Pro

by Steven Sande (Jun 14th, 2012)

It might be a while before most apps are rewritten to take advantage of the new Retina display MacBook Pro, but Google isn't waiting. According to Anandtech, the nightly-build channel of Google's Chrome browser -- Chrome Canary -- already includes basic support for the 2880 x 1800 pixel ...

Customers report new Retina MacBook Pros are shipping

by Steven Sande (Jun 14th, 2012)

Apple customers who ordered the new Retina models of the MacBook Pro can start doing their happy dance -- shipping notifications are being sent to those who placed their orders from the online Apple Store on the day of the WWDC keynote on June 11. The delivery dates for the new boxes are ...

Engadget reviews MacBook Pro with Retina display

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 14th, 2012)

Engadget was at WWDC and had the opportunity to spend some time with the next generation MacBook Pro. After a few days with the machine, Tim Stevens and company shared their thoughts about the Retina MacBook Pro in a recent review. In its review, Engadget wanted to find out if the Retina ...

Daily Update for June 13, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jun 13th, 2012)

iFixit tears down a MacBook Pro with Retina display

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 13th, 2012)

It's the teardown that we've all been waiting for since Monday's WWDC keynote. iFixit got its hands on a new retina MacBook Pro and disassembled the lovely device for all of us to see. As expected, the teardown reveals a device that's extremely well-designed, but also difficult to repair. ...

Taking a close look at the MacBook Pro's Retina display

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 12th, 2012)

Anandtech spent some quality time with the new retina MacBook Pro and, as expected, took a deep dive into the hardware that makes up the device. In a series of posts, the hardware-focused website examined the SSD improvements and explained how Apple handles the DPI scaling in Lion. In a third ...