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iPad & MacBooks combine to give Apple 27% share of all mobile PC shipments

The combined total of iPad and MacBook shipments in the fourth quarter of 2011 gave Apple a whopping 26.6 percent share of the mobile PC market, nearly tripling the share held by second-place HP.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 110

AMD failed to provide 'Llano' chip for Apple's MacBook Air because of faulty parts

Former AMD employees revealed that Apple gave its "Llano" chip a "close look" for a new MacBook Air model last year, but ultimately decided not to go with the processor because too many of its parts were faulty, according to a new report.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 57

Apple's Mac sales solid ahead of "possible MacBook Air refresh" as early as March

NPD Group is reporting essentially flat domestic sales of Macs, but Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster reports that "Apple may launch new MacBook Airs as early as March," helping to boost global Mac sales and reach quarterly street expectations of 4.5 million units.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 24

Rumor: Intel to push back Mac-bound Ivy Bridge chip shipments until June

Intel is rumored to have warned its partners that mass shipments of its next-generation Ivy Bridge processors, which are expected to make their way into Apple's Mac lineup later this year, will not begin until after June, though a "small volume" of chips will reportedly go out in early April.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 59

JP Morgan: Ultrabooks unlikely to drive PC growth in 2012

A new analysis from investment bank J.P. Morgan says Windows-based ultrabooks are unlikely to achieve similar success as Apple's MacBook Air in their first generation and will not become "meaningful enough" to drive growth in the notebook PC market until at least 2013.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 31

Apple reportedly squeezing supplier to stop building MacBook Air clones from Asus

Apple has reportedly asked Pegatron, one of its overseas device assemblers, to "choose sides" and stop producing the MacBook Air-like Zenbook from Asus, or else lose Apple's business.

Katie Marsal 14 years ago 165

Apple now offers basic 13-in. $999 MacBook Air to education buyers

Apple has begun selling a less powerful version of its 13.3-inch MacBook Air to educational institutions buying in bulk for $999, filling the void left by the recently discontinued white MacBook.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 26

Apple to disrupt notebook space with radically redesigned MacBook Pros

While most of its rivals are struggling to match innovations Apple pioneered with its first MacBook Airs over three years ago, the Mac maker this year is hoping to further distance itself from the competition with a pair of radically redesigned professional offerings that will set the tone for the next wave of notebook computing.

Kasper Jade 14 years ago 321

Apple continues adding Lion Internet Recovery support to 2010 Macs

Apple on Tuesday released several EFI firmware updates for its 2010 Macs to enable the Lion Internet Recovery feature to the older machines.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 20

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