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We only have a couple of months to go before Apple officially releases the latest version of the Mac OS X operating system, Snow Leopard. Compared to previous versions, this latest upgrade of Mac OS X has less new features, but has a lot of improvements under the hood. Because of this, Apple has wisely priced it to move — if you have 10.5 Leopard, you can upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard for just US$29.
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The third thing announced at the Macworld 09 keynote today is the new 17 inch MacBook Pro. All the other Apple notebooks have been refreshed in 2008, so this one is overdue.
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Less than 3 weeks ago, I purchased a new (though refurbished) entry level MacBook as a replacement for my long serving iBook. As it turns out, the timing was just right as my iBook finally gave up yesterday.
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I have been using my iBook G4 for well over 3 years now, and as you can see in the photo above, it’s been much abused (but also much loved). The iBook G4 is still performing ok, although it can’t keep up with the latest applications. The battery lasts for a mere 15 minutes, and the power adaptor has been replaced with a cheapo third party one (the original one caught fire, believe it or not). So, it’s time to replace the iBook.
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Tomorrow, October 14th 2008, Apple will hold a special event — and it’s made clear that this is a laptop event. There are many rumours going out at the moment, for example:
- there will be a new, unified laptop line. No more Macbook or Macbook Pro distinction.
- the new laptops will feature a new process to create the casing, which will come from a solid block of aluminium (hence the name “The Brick”).
- Apple will drop Intel in favour of Nvidia for the chipsets.
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Apple’s “Let’s Rock” event was highly anticipated, and was on par for course when compared to previous September events. Of course, due to the usual high expectations from Apple, many people were still disappointed when “all” Apple released were iTunes 8, HD TV shows, new iPod touch and new iPod nano.
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Apple has announced an event dubbed “Let’s Rock”, scheduled for 9th September 2008 in San Francisco. It’s widely speculated that Apple will introduce a new version of the iPod nano, which will have a larger and wider screen.
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Apple has released new, faster versions of its award-winning all-in-one desktop computer, the iMac. All iMacs feature Intel Core 2 Duo processors, an integrated iSight camera, 8x Superdrive, WiFi and Bluetooth. There are 2 20″ models:

– 2.4GHz, 1GB memory, 250GB hard drive, ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB memory @ US$1200
– 2.6GHz, 2GB memory, 320GB hard drive, ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 256MB memory @ US$1500
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Apple has announced a price cut for the entry-level iPod, the iPod shuffle. You can now get the 1GB iPod shuffle for US$49, down from $79. Later this month, Apple will make available a higher capacity version of the music player, a 2GB iPod shuffle for $69. The price cut is long overdue, with many competitive products at the bottom end of the MP3 layer market.