PC makers struggling to match MacBook Air pricing ahead of Ultrabook launches

Windows-based PC makers looking to challenge Apple's extremely successful line of ultra-lightweight MacBook Airs with designs based on Intel's "Ultrabook" platform are losing hope that they'll be able to do so and still turn a profit on sales of the notebooks any time this year.

Kasper Jade 14 years ago 57

Apple's new Thunderbolt cable sports internal firmware, transceivers

A teardown of Apple's just-released $49 Thunderbolt cable has revealed an "active cable" with transceiver chips on each end.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 42

Supply of Apple's white MacBook severely constrained ahead of Lion debut

Availability of Apple's current $999 white MacBook, built with hardware that is now getting long in the tooth, has become constrained, potentially signaling a forthcoming update to the entry-level notebook.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 152

Apple rumored to move production of custom 'A6' chip away from Samsung in 2012

Apple is rumored to further distance itself from its rival Samsung starting with the "A6" chip in 2012, when the iPhone maker will allegedly transition production of its custom ARM chips to a new chipmaker.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 67

LaCie demos "Little Big Disk" Thunderbolt SSD drive coming this summer

Peripheral and storage maker LaCie's Thunderbolt and Solid-State Drive "Little Big Disk" is coming this summer, with one hands-on preview demonstrating read speeds of 827 MB per second.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 43

Analyst: Apple's iPad to lead tablet market explosion for 'foreseeable future'

According to one analyst, the market for consumer tablets could top 215 million units by 2015, with the iPad expected to dominate the market's explosive growth.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 22

Apple poised to build nearly 400K next-gen MacBook Airs this month

The second-generation of Apple's revitalized MacBook Air notebooks are scheduled to enter mass production during the month of June, with an initial build volume hovering around 400,000 units.

Kasper Jade and Neil Hughes 15 years ago 99

Patent infringement suit targets Apple over use of Intel CPUs

Apple, Intel and Hewlett-Packard have all been hit with a new patent infringement lawsuit that takes issue with Apple's iMac and its use of Intel processors.

Sam Oliver 15 years ago 66

Intel's new 'Ultrabook' design to compete with Apple's iPad, MacBook Air

Intel has unveiled design guidelines for a new category of thin-and-light laptops, dubbed "Ultrabooks," that take cues from Apple's iPad and MacBook Air.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 70

Intel would consider making custom chips for major customers like Apple

An executive with chipmaker Intel said on Thursday that his company "wouldn't blink" if given the opportunity to build a custom chip based on the Intel architecture for a major client like Apple.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 36

Thunderbolt trademark rights will be transferred from Apple to Intel

Though Apple originally filed for ownership of the "Thunderbolt" trademark associated with its new high-speed data port, the rights will be transferred to Intel, the company with which it cooperatively developed the new standard.

Sam Oliver 15 years ago 30

Intel CEO: Google Android experiencing chaotic growing pains

Intel CEO Paul Otellini said on Tuesday that Google Android is currently undergoing growing pains from the transition from chaos to order as the platform moves toward Apple's strategy of exerting more control.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 54

Apple, not Intel, filed for Thunderbolt trademark

Counter to early indications that Intel already owned the trademark for the Thunderbolt high-speed I/O technology, recently discovered applications with the U.S. and Canadian trademark offices reveal that Apple has filed for the mark.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 33

HP exec dismisses Apple and Intel's Thunderbolt in favor of USB 3.0

PC maker Hewlett-Packard reportedly looked at the new high-speed Thunderbolt port created by Intel and Apple, but has decided for now to stick with USB 3.0.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 132

iMac quad-core CPUs found 25% faster than in Apple's last gen models

The new iMac lineup with quad-core Intel Sandy Bridge processors is consistently 25 percent faster than its predecessors, and 70 percent faster than the Core 2 Duo all-in-one desktops Apple released in 2009.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 37

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