Hardware

Mountain Lion update page confirms incompatibility with older Macs – Apple Insider

As first hinted in February, Apple’s upcoming OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion operating system update will not include support for certain models of Macs with older Intel chipsets with integrated graphics. After verifying that a Mac is eligible for the … Continue reading

Some Lion-Powered Macs Won’t be Upgradable to Mountain Lion – PC World

Apple’s new OS X, dubbed Mountain Lion … which only demanded that the machine have 2GB of memory and an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7 or Xeon processor. But that won’t cut it this time. … Continue reading

IDC analyst: Apple MacBook wins, Windows ultrabook fails – Macdaily News

It’s nowhere near Intel’s initial hope,’ Chou said.” Crothers reports, “‘The MacBook Air is a good part of Apple’s business. It’s had good growth,’ Chou said. Unit shipments of Apple’s MacBooks were up in the most recent …

Apple’s Greenpeace cloud rating no longer a ‘fail’ – CNET News

though the attention has traditionally skewed toward the makeup of Apple’s hardware. Last month Apple quietly pulled out of its participation with the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) group, a third-party certification group that …

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Advanced Micro Devices, Apple, Intel, Microsoft and NVIDIA – Yahoo Finance

CHICAGO, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks …

Radically revamp the look and feel of your Mac desktop – Beta News

Customizing your Mac’s desktop using OS X’s built-in tools doesn … is quite resource-hungry — you’ll need a 2GHz dual-core processor (ideally an Intel Core i5 or better), plus at least 2GB RAM. CCI 2.7.4 also promises to work with … Continue reading

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Advanced Micro Devices, Apple, Intel, Microsoft and NVIDIA – CNBC

CHICAGO, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks …

Ultrabooks flop in Q2, PC market implodes as Apple wins in the U.S. – YAHOO!

Only Apple, the country’s No.3 vendor … “A big portion of R&D spending has been allocated to Ultrabook development, together with Intel’s massive investments to establish the market segment. Though Ultrabook was at first introduced …

Tablet Encryption 101 – PC World

Apple claims that all of its devices have hardware encryption out of the box, protection that the user can’t disable. This is a good thing, since it makes the “Fast Erase” functionality (if you lose your iPad or iPhone, you … Continue reading

Confirmed: Mountain Lion sends some 64-bit Macs gently into that good night – Ars Technica

When the first developer preview of Mountain Lion was seeded to developers earlier this year, the release notes listed hardware requirements showing that some early 64-bit Mac models were not compatible. (Lion is likewise 64-bit, and can run on …