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Apple Inc NewsNews items from around the Computer and Electronics industries Macworld: Core i7 iMacs beat even 8 core Mac ProsWoops. It looks like Apple might have made those new iMacs a little too fast! Accroding to Macworld's tests, The Core i7 iMac beat the Octo-core Mac Pro 2.2GHz in a number of Speedmark tests and overall it was 1.5% faster than the fastest base model computer Apple sells. Sure, you can update that Mac pro Beast to 2.93GHz Octo, but that is $2600 more, $500 more than the entire Core i7 iMac!
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Jobs tells developer to chill
Jobs used his iPhone to respond:
The little App factory changed the name to 'iRip'. Apple could save some time and lawyer bills using this tactic in the future.
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Wired is building content for non-existent Apple tabletAccording to Peter Kafka, Condé Nast Publications is readying its Wired publication for the Apple tablet....if one ever exists. According to his report, Wired is somehow working with Apple, though Apple won't acknowledge that the hardware exists for the project they are working on. So who’s going to make those gadgets? Condé Nast CEO Chuck Townsend says his company is working closely with Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and that it has also been communicating its plans to Apple. But Townsend made a point of saying that Apple executives themselves refuse to acknowledge that they’re actually planning a tablet: “They’re not talking to anybody openly,” he says. Although we'd love to see Wired on an Apple tablet, there is one other problem with Condé Nast's plans. The tablet solution they are working on is being built on Adobe's Air platform. Apple is far, far, far from guaranteed to allow Air applications to run on its tablet platform...if one even exists. Adobe's has been trying unsuccessfully to get Flash on the iPhone for over two years.
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Up to 60% of Apple suppliers violate company's conduct codes
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Apple's laptops rate 'Better than Average' in reliability studyWe know some of the fanboys aren't going to like Apple's laptops anywhere but at the top of a reliabilty test. Therefore, take this with a grain of salt. A recent study (PDF) by SquareTrade research has shown that Apple's laptops just rate "Above Average". Asus and Toshiba's laptops ranked higher prompting SquareTrade to remark, "ASUS and Toshiba laptops failed just over half as frequently as HP, which makes them a solid bet in terms of reliability." Apple ranked at 4th place in the study of nine manufacturers between Sony and Dell. MacBook/Pro/Air users can take solace in the fact that their laptops perennially rank the highest in Consumer Reports tests.
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Seattle's new Mayor wants to spurn Microsoft - for Apple
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Posted without comment: Dolly Parton endorses IE 8
via the fake. (In celebration of Dolly's gifts to the world, have some free music.)
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New York Times ponders an ad-supported Mac OS
Admittedly, it does seem like a far stretch to think Steve Jobs (who is incidentally named first on the patent) likes this idea and its potential weakening of the Apple brand. But, the guy is a smart man and Google is about to release a free OS that will be subsidized on advertising. Microsoft is also experimenting with advertising in its office products (mostly for upsell). Perhaps the model could catch on with students, one of Apple's biggest customers, who would take the ads for free computers? Again, very unlikely. Perhaps Apple thinks it needs a contingency plan.
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Digitimes reveals Intel's roadmap for MacBook Pro/Air-class chips - January launchDigitimes, this weekend, released a timetable for Intel's high-end mobile processor lineup over the next few quarters. Possible MacBook Pro and MacBook Air processor successors include 35W 32nm dual-core Arrandale CPUs running at up to 2.26GHz (2.53GHz in single-core Turbo Boost). Remember that even though the cycles/second are fewer in these chips, the speed improves dramatically, as seen in Apple's new iMac lineup. On Thursday, Intel plans to launch four 32nm dual-core Arrandale CPUs (Calpella platform), the Core i5-520M, Core i5-430M, Core i3-350M and Core i3-330M, in the first half of January 2010 for the mainstream notebook segment, according to sources from notebook players. The Intel Core i5-430M runs at a clock speed of 2.26GHz, but with Intel's Turbo Boost technology, it can run up to 2.53GHz for a single core. The Intel Core i3-350M also runs at 2.26GHz, but does not support Turbo Boost technology; Intel Core i3-330M runs at 2.13GHz and also does not support Turbo Boost technology. Core i5 CPUs will feature a graphics clock that runs at a base speed of 500MHz but can also run at speeds up to 766MHz. The Core i3 also runs at 500MHz but can also run at speeds up to 667MHz. Both series support DDR3 memory up to 1066MHz and feature 3MB L3 Cache with a TDP of 35W. Digitimes also released an ultra-low power processor scorecard this week, with even lower power processors slated for 1H10. These Core i7 640UM processors use only 18W of power, yet can clock up to 2.26GHz. That is some serious performance/watt - which we know sjobs luvs.
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Apple ends support for Tiger systems, no clear PowerPC upgrade path remains
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