Apple notifies faulty MagSafe owners of class-action settlement
Apple has reached a settlement on a class-action lawsuit over T-shaped MagSafe connectors for MacBook and MacBook Pro models that can fray and come apart.
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MacBook
Slash Lane
Back-to-school Mac sales outpace PCs even without white MacBook, free iPod touch
Back-to-school Mac sales once again easily outgrew Windows PCs this year, even though Apple did not offer a free iPod touch and discontinued its education-focused white MacBook this summer.
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Neil Hughes
Vulnerability exposes Apple MacBook batteries to 'bricking,' malware
One prominent security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in the batteries of Apple's MacBook line of portable computers that could allow hackers to ruin the batteries or install malware on them that could corrupt a Mac.
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Josh Ong
Apple's white legacy MacBook pulled, only available for education buyers [u]
Apple on Wednesday suddenly removed its white entry-level MacBook from its website and online store, signaling that the five-year-old notebook has been officially replaced by the $999 MacBook Air [update: still available for eduction institutions only].
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Apple may begin to phase out legacy 13-inch white MacBook
Apple's white polycarbonate MacBook, which has long served as the company's entry-level notebook, may be slowly phased out this year, according to one insider.
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Kasper Jade and Neil Hughes
HP exec: TouchPad not aimed at dethroning Apple's iPad
An HP executive said Thursday that the TouchPad tablet is not meant to take the market away from the iPad and is instead aimed at the enterprise, while a new report claims Apple is set to overtake HP next year as the world's leading portable PC vendor, if iPads are taken into account.
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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.
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Intel lists new Sandy Bridge CPUs aimed at MacBook Air
Intel has added three new high efficiency Sandy Bridge CPUs to its product catalog, likely representing the chips Apple will use in its next refresh of the light and thin MacBook Air.
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Daniel Eran Dilger
Apple initiates MacBook bottom case replacement program
Apple has initiated a case replacement program for MacBooks shipped between October 2009 and April 2011 to resolve an issue where the rubber separates from the bottom of the case.
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Sam Oliver
AppleInsider Staff
