Tag Archives: MacbookPro

Uncover gives your MacBook’s lid a new, Apple-less kind of glow

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Etsy stickers adorning your MacBook’s lid, oft making a cute play on the presence of that glowing Apple? That’s so 2012. Uncover, a Dutch company showcasing its talents here at The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam this week, has crafted a new meth…


Modbook Pro to launch with SSD storage, up for pre-order October 3rd

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It wasn’t all that long ago that Modbook Inc’s CEO, Andreas Haas, made the mac-in-tablet Modbook Pro official, now we’re learning that the super-slate will launch with high performance SSD storage. So, as you wield your MacBook Pro come tablet, you’l…


Motorola’s latest ITC complaint against Apple targets newer iOS devices and Macs, messaging and sync

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Motorola filed its most recent ITC complaint against Apple so late into last week that the court system couldn’t immediately provide more details; we’re only just seeing documents now that the weekend is over. As it stands, the case involves seven pa…


Engadget’s back to school guide 2012: mainstream laptops

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Welcome to Engadget’s back to school guide! The end of summer vacation isn’t nearly as much fun as the weeks that come before, but a chance to update your tech tools likely helps to ease the pain. Today we’re getting down to the very important busines…


MacBook Pro review (13-inch, mid-2012)

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When the MacBook Pro with Retina display is in the game, Apple’s “regular” Pros may seem a bit like also-rans. After all, why would you choose them when you could get a brilliant 15-inch 2,880 x 1,800 IPS panel and a Core i7 Ivy Bridge processor? Wel…


Apple pulls out of EPEAT green registration, may not be able to sell computers to federal agencies

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Apple has withdrawn all its laptop and desktop computers from the EPEAT environmental rating system, including older MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models. According to iFixit, who recently tore down a MacBook Pro and its retina screen, that’s likely re…


Apple may get the Italian boot, has 30 days to push a 2-year warranty for locals

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Italian regulator AGCM is clearly on a short fuse with Apple. After issuing a €900,000 fine ($1.1 million) to Apple for not properly offering the free 2-year warranty required by national law, the agency is now warning the iPhone maker that it c…


Thunderbolt 1.2.1 update adds Ethernet adapter support, reportedly squashes boot issues

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Got your fancy new Retina MacBook Pro? Eying up one of those Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapters? Well, Apple’s just released a software update that adds support for the nifty peripheral. That’s the main purpose of this latest version — 1.2.1 — accord…


Google shows off high-res Chrome browser for Retina MacBooks, hitting Canary channel first

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As we noted in our review, the downside of the super high DPI displays Apple is shipping in its latest MacBook Pro is that non-retina display friendly apps don’t look so good, but Google’s already working on changing that for its Chrome browser. In a…


Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display review (mid 2012)

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Product categories come and go, grow and wither, revolutionize the world and then slowly fade into a state of cold, quiet, everlasting obsolescence. It happens all the time, sometimes over the course of just a year or two (see: netbooks) and, while c…