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Apple introduces a 2 pound, fanless MacBook for $1299 and up

Apple’s next MacBook is 24 percent thinner than a MacBook Air, and weighs just 2 pounds. The company is just calling it the MacBook. The notebook has a 12 inch 2304 x 1440 pixel “Retina” display with edge-to-edge glass. The new MacBook measure 13.1mm (0.5 inches) thick, features a unibody all-metal case, and a fanless […]

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Modbook raises over $300 thousand to turn Macbooks into pro tablets

Apple offers a line of tablets for $299 and up. But Apple’s iPads all run the same operating system as the company’s iPhones. If you want a tablet that runs OS X you’ll need to build your own… or pay someone else to do it. This summer a company called Modbook launched a Kickstarter campaign […]

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Apple’s drops MacBook Pro with Retina display price to a still-expensive $1499

Apple has slashed $200 off the price of its cheapest laptop with a Retina display. You can now pick up a MacBook Pro with a 13.3 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel IPS display for $1499. In other words, you’ll still have to pay a pretty penny to get a laptop with a screen resolution higher […]

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Refurb 11.6 inch MacBook Air now selling for $849

Apple still has no plans to offer a netbook, if you define a netbook as a low cost ultraportable computer. But Apple recently released an 11.6 inch version of the MacBook Air, which at $999 and up is relatively cheap for an Apple laptop. And now the company is offering refurbished models for $849, making […]

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Apple launches new MacBook Air ultraportable laptop

Apple has long stated that it has no plans to offer a netbook, instead suggesting that the iPhone or the iPad served the same niche as Windows netbooks. But the truth is, before the first consumer netbooks launched, Apple already had a very netbook-like product: The MacBook Air. It’s thinner, lighter, and generally smaller than […]

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MacBook Pro clone with NVIDIA ION graphics, dual core Atom chip

You don’t see full sized laptops with Intel Atom processors very often. But this MacBook Pro clone from China is an interesting exception to the rule. It sports a 14.1 inch display and a case that looks an awful lot like a MacBook Pro case including the large touchpad with integrated buttons. But while the […]