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According to AppleInsider, has started to Manufacture Core 2 Due MacBook Pros in time for the holidays. To further support the claim, the Apple online store is shipping stock MacBook Pros immediately, but estimating 2 to 3 weeks for custom built orders. Maybe they are just stocking up for the holidays or maybe they are in a transition between switching over the processors. The new models are reported to contain a 2.33 GHz Core 2 Intel processor. |
Apple made some significant improvements to their Music lineup on September 12 with the release of iTunes 7, New iPod’s and a new gadget code named iTV. iTunes received a nicely designed upgrade to the interface and features different viewing modes that allows you to “rediscover” your music. All of the iPods received some kind of update including the shuffle. iTV seemed like a cool tool to get multimedia content from our computers to the living room but depending on it’s price point, it may be cheaper to just get a Mac mini and reap the full benefit of a computer on our large LCD TV screens.
According to a tip of information by Steve Beeks, President of Lions Gate, iTunes will be opening an iTunes Movie store and allow users to download full length films. In a recent press conference, Gate stated, “In terms of iTunes movie downloads, I think most likely some time before the end of the year. We know when they are planning on launching, but since they have not announced it publicly, I do not think it is our place to say anything more about that. Calendar year.”
After a couple of months of horrifying laptop stories about Dell laptops catching on fire, Dell has decided to recall 4.1 million batteries, making it the largest recall in Dell’s history. After making this announcement Dell shares fell nearly 2 percent, which just continues to add to their year unlucky mishaps.
The batteries Dell is recalling were all made with cell manufactured by Sony, a very respectable tech company. According to Dell, they issued the recall in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission because the lithium-ion batteries had the potential to overheat and in rare cases catch fire. These batteries were included in notebooks sold from April 2004 through last month.
Accoriding to an article I read this morning, Chineese sources are suggesting that a 64-bit MacBook Pro will ship this September. The new MacBook will enjoy the power of an Intel Merom CPU.
Apple hasn’t offically released any information about a new laptop. When they do, you know I’ll keep you posted.
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