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• Apple ramps up new MacBook Pro production, to hit stores in July

  By Ashleigh Allsopp | 30 May, 2012 08:29

  Production of Apple's new MacBooks is ramping up, causing labour shortages in the supply chain.

• Apple claims PC market crown in Q4 2011 thanks to Apple Stores: IDC

  By Patrick Budmar | 06 March, 2012 14:00

  Despite a tumultuous 2011 that was mired by supply side challenges and weakening consumer demand, IDC found that the A/NZ PC market ended the 2011 calendar year with 6.8 million units shipped and a year-on-year (YoY) growth of six per cent.

• Apple's MacBook Pro update: What's new

  By Jared Newman | 25 February, 2011 03:59

  Apple refreshed its MacBook Pro laptop line Thursday, and it's not just about speeds and feeds this time. With the addition of Intel's Sandy Bridge processor, AMD graphics, Facetime-enabled HD camera and a new high-speed Thunderbolt I/O port (reportedly 12 times faster than Firewire), this year's MacBook Pro update is a significant revamp. Let's take a closer look at what's new in the 2011 MacBook Pro.

• Apple MacBook Pro models now boast Thunderbolt 10G I/0

  By John Cox | 25 February, 2011 04:48

  "More power" is the theme of Apple's new MacBook Pro notebook computers unveiled Thursday, with multi-core processors, improved graphics, and a blazingly fast new I/O technology called Thunderbolt that tops out at 10Gbps.

• The case of Apple's mystery screw

  By Tom Kaneshige | 21 January, 2011 06:54

  Apple is screwing with screws, again.

• Anyware adds Apple accessories to distribution line-up

  By Julia Talevski | 11 June, 2010 12:18

  Anyware Computer Accessories has been appointed national distributor for third-party Apple accessory vendor, Moshi.

• Apple quietly boosts MacBook speed, battery life

  By Gregg Keizer | 19 May, 2010 02:31

  Apple today quietly refreshed its entry-level MacBook laptop, boosting the processor speed and inserting a longer-life battery.

• Has Apple missed the netbook boat?

  By Gregg Keizer | 27 October, 2009 13:00

  Apple may have missed the netbook boat by not producing a low-priced notebook to compete with the ultra-cheap portables that have cornered a significant portion of the PC market, a survey published today said.

• Apple unveils new iMacs, revamps MacBooks and minis

  By Gregg Keizer | 21 October, 2009 06:02

  Apple today revamped its iMac, MacBook and Mac mini lines in a long-expected refresh that company executives hinted yesterday was imminent.

• Apple may unveil new Macs soon says analyst

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 17 September, 2009 07:52

  Will an updated series of Macs appear shortly? Wedge Partners, a Denver-based research firm, thinks there's a good chance that iMacs and MacBooks "in the next several weeks".

• Lenovo launches slim down ThinkPad T400s

  By Eric Lai | 23 June, 2009 14:10

  Showing again that rugged business-oriented laptops can play the thin-and-light game, Lenovo has revealed a slimmed-down ThinkPad that boasts a number of other trademark innovations for the mobile workforce.

• Apple's MacBook Air Laptop Has New Rival in Dell's Adamo

  By Ashley Laurel Wilson | 28 January, 2009 08:29

  Rumors about a rival to Apple's MacBook Air first emerged a few weeks ago in the form of Dell's much anticipated Adamo. Yet although other big name companies like Toshiba, Samsung, HP and MSI have created their own slim laptops, there seems to be extra hype surrounding Dell's Adamo. The question is, will the Adamo, or even MSI's X-Slim Series X320, win this round as the thin laptop favorite?

• Apple users rage over missing FireWire

  By Gregg Keizer | 17 October, 2008 08:29

  Apple customers unhappy that the company dropped FireWire from its newest notebooks are venting their frustrations on the company's support forum in several hundred messages.

• Apple's new MacBooks carved from blocks of aluminum

  By John Cox | 16 October, 2008 10:52

  Apple Tuesday unveiled an entirely new lineup of laptop Macs, carved from blocks of aluminum for strength and lower costs, and equipped with powerful graphics chipsets.