Showing posts with label MacBook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MacBook. Show all posts

Thursday, July 31, 2008

More Problems at nVIDIA


Just when things start to look good at nVIDIA,
another blast of Bad News to the Video Card Maker.

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Source:
http://www.engadget.com/
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Figuring out which NVIDIA GPUs are defective...
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According to ENGADGET:

"..it looks like basically every Geforce 8600M and 8400M chip is affected..."

That's not good news for NVIDIA, which has been saying that only "previous-generation" chips were problematic --


This is Not Good for nVidia and maybe even Apple's switch to the nVidia Chipset for their "New" Macbooks.
(see my blog titled: Apple Switch Graphic Horses in Mid-Stream?)


Wingman

Thursday, July 24, 2008

MacBook Rumor Mill Cranking UP...

On Monday, Apple finance chief Peter Oppenheimer, turned the machine on with:

The rumour mill has further been fuelled by Apple finance chief Peter Oppenheimer in the company's recent quarterly conference call, on Monday.

"We are working to develop new products that contains technologies that our competition will not be able to match. I cannot discuss these new products, but we are very confident in our product pipeline," said trumpeted.

The source said the product should arrive before the end of October.
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Link:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/24/macbook-touch-horizon

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That was followed by some pretty "Snappy Apple" Numbers on Wall Street:

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Good Apple Numbers
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During the third quarter, the company shipped 2,496,000 Macintosh computers,
11,011,000 iPods and
sold 717,000 Iphone units.

According to Steve Jobs:

Apple "is busy finishing several more wonderful new products to launch in the coming months."


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Link:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/22/record-results-apple
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Macbook Touch ???
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An informer for Macdailynews has come out with a variety of claims about a new device.

These include talk of a Macbook-sized screen in Iphone-like glass, with fully-featured multi-touch on Mac OS X.

Apparently, he believes this is why the company bought P.A. Semi - and the device may include Immersion's haptic technology which may allow tactile feedback, among other new touch-screen features.

Similarly to the Iphone, the device is purported to contain GPS, a DVD-RW drive and an accelerometer. It will be App-Store compatible, yet able to run standard Mac applications.

Apparently, the same informer has spoken to Macdailynews previously concerning over products tip-bits and has got the information right.

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Link:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/24/macbook-touch-horizon
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And another "KICK" of The Rumor Mill Machine
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Apple plans mystery "product transition" before September's end
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link: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/21/apple_plans_mystery_product_transition_before_septembers_end.html
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Wingman, watching the Mill-Bits Fall...