Latest 2016 MacBook Pros with Touch Bar News

Samsung unveils 512GB postage stamp-size NVMe SSD, could see use in MacBook

Samsung on Tuesday announced production has started for its new PM971-NVMe, a solid state drive that crams non-volatile memory express technology, onboard NAND flash memory, DRAM and an SSD controller into a package slightly larger than a postage stamp.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 20

Photos of purported MacBook Pro chassis surface with OLED touch bar slot, four USB ports, no MagSafe

Photos of a supposed next-generation MacBook Pro chassis that surfaced Tuesday appear to support recent predictions that Apple is planning to drastically revamp the laptop's design by adding an OLED touch bar and winnowing down external connections to four USB format ports.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 108

Touch ID, OLED touch bar to highlight thinner MacBook Pro models in Q4

Apple is expected to drastically revamp its flagship laptop line in the second half of 2016, according to one informed insider, with the slimmed down 13- and 15-inch models said to sport Touch ID, an OLED display touch bar, USB-C and Thunderbolt 3, among other improvements.

Mikey Campbell 10 years ago 65

New Immersion lawsuit adds Apple's iPhone 6s, MacBook to patent infringement row

Immersion Corporation, a leader in haptic feedback technology, expanded its legal battle against Apple on Thursday with a new patent infringement suit targeting technology built into iPhone 6s and various MacBook models.

Mikey Campbell 10 years ago 19

Apple to adopt AMD's new Polaris graphics chips in upcoming Macs - report

AMD's latest graphics chips, the Polaris 10 and 11, will make their way into Apple desktops and laptops shipping later this year, a report said on Tuesday.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 28

Rumor: Ultrathin MacBook update coming in second half of 2016, will feature redesigned hinge

Apple is allegedly planning to update its ultraportable MacBook with Retina display in the second half of 2016, featuring a new screen hing design made from metal injection molding, according to a new supply chain report.

Katie Marsal 10 years ago 40

Macs may go even longer between revamps as Intel kills tick-tock

Already burdened with improvement cycles measured in years, Mac owners could soon find more room for despair, as Apple supplier and chipmaker extraordinaire Intel has announced that they will no longer follow their famous tick-tock development strategy.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 105

MacBook stocks dwindle as rumor pegs new 13" & 15" models for second quarter 2016 launch

Low stocks of some current MacBooks models may indicate that Apple is preparing to refresh its laptops, and may also support a rumor that new 13- and 15-inch systems will ship by the end of the second quarter.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 21

Apple's 2010 15- & 17-inch MacBook Pros, 2009 Xserve become 'vintage'

Apple this week declared a trio of older products vintage and obsolete, adding a pair of 2010 MacBook Pros and the 2009 Xserve to a list of discontinued hardware service.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 19

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