Apple’s newest Mac chips arrive next week, and the company is doing something a little unusual by launching three new variants at once. The new Apple M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max are all 3nm chips based on the same architecture, but the Pro and Max chips bring more CPU and GPU cores and other […]
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The 2023 MacBook Pro 14 and 16 come with up to an M2 Max chip and 96GB of memory
Apple’s first laptops with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips are up for pre-order now and set to arrive January 24th, 2023. The new Apple MacBook Pro 14 sells for $1,999 and up while the MacBook Pro 16 starts at $2,499. The extra price gets you more than a bigger screen: the entry-level MacBook Pro 14 comes […]
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Why it makes sense for Apple to build touchscreen MacBooks
For years Apple has insisted that touchscreens are for smartphones and tablets, not laptops. But according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple officials may have changed their views: the company is said to be working on MacBook Pro laptops with touchscreen OLED displays that could launch in a few years. While some folks […]
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5 Comments on Lilbits: PC shipments fall in Q4, 2022, Apple may release MacBook Pro with OLED touchscreen, and Imagination launches a new ray-tracing GPU for mobile
Lilbits: PC shipments fall in Q4, 2022, Apple may release MacBook Pro with OLED touchscreen, and Imagination launches a new ray-tracing GPU for mobile
5 Comments on Lilbits: PC shipments fall in Q4, 2022, Apple may release MacBook Pro with OLED touchscreen, and Imagination launches a new ray-tracing GPU for mobileThe global COVID-19 pandemic has had a weird impact on worldwide PC shipments. At the start of the pandemic, shipments fell due supply chain issues that began when Chinese factories shut down. Once production of PC components ramped up, computers flew off the shelves to meet strong demand from folks who were working from home. […]
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Lilbits: MacBook Self Service repairs could get pricy, Apple will unveil the iPhone 14 on September 7th, and Google launches new Fitbit wearables
4 Comments on Lilbits: MacBook Self Service repairs could get pricy, Apple will unveil the iPhone 14 on September 7th, and Google launches new Fitbit wearablesEarlier this year Apple introduced a Self Service Repair program that lets customers purchase genuine Apple parts, use official repair guides, and even rent the same equipment Apple uses to perform repairs. At launch, the company offered everything you needed to repair recent iPhones. Now Apple has expanded to cover MacBook laptops as well. But […]
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Apple MacBook Pro 13 with M2 goes up for pre-order June 17, arrives a week later
The new Apple MacBook Pro 13 with an M2 processor goes up for pre-order Friday, June 17th, 2022 and Apple says it will begin arriving and be available in stores on June 24. That’s a little earlier than anticipated – when Apple first unveiled the new 13 inch MacBook Pro earlier this month, the company […]
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MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 13 with M2 chips coming in July
The first computers with Apple’s new M2 chips are coming in July, 2022. The new MacBook Air is a thin, light, and fanless computer with an $1199 starting price, while the new MacBook Pro 13 isn’t quite as thin, but it should offer better sustained performance thanks to active cooling (the fan allows the M2 chip […]
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Lilbits: Steam for Chromebooks minimum specs revealed, Galaxy Book Pro 2 360 leaked, and handheld gaming PCs benchmarked
1 Comment on Lilbits: Steam for Chromebooks minimum specs revealed, Galaxy Book Pro 2 360 leaked, and handheld gaming PCs benchmarkedGoogle’s been working to bring Valve’s Steam game client to Chromebooks for the past few years, and it looks like the effort is, umm… picking up steam. A recent code commit suggested we could see Chromebooks with the RGB keyboards often found in gaming laptops. And now the folks at 9to5Google have spotted a list […]
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You can hide the MacBook Pro notch with a virtual bezel (on a per-app basis)
Apple’s new MacBook Pro 14 and 16 are some of the most powerful laptops available, thanks to the new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors. But they also have a controversial design – while Apple shrunk the display bezels for its latest MacBook Pro laptops, the company also introduced a camera notch. Not only does […]
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MacBook Pro upgrades bring M1 Pro and Max chips, ProMotion Displays (with camera notches) and the return of Fn keys
6 Comments on MacBook Pro upgrades bring M1 Pro and Max chips, ProMotion Displays (with camera notches) and the return of Fn keysApple’s new MacBook Pro laptops bring a big boost in CPU performance, an even bigger boost in graphics performance, the highest quality screens to date for an Apple laptop and the return of some features that Pro users have been missing. New MacBook Pro 14.2 inch and 16.2 inch laptops are available for pre-order today […]