Photos allegedly leaked by "one of Apple’s manufacturing partners in China," show a display-less chassis of the 2016 MacBook Pro with an empty strip at the top of the keyboard, corroborating earlier rumors of an integrated OLED touch panel.
ASUS has today used its Computex 2016 press conference in Taipei to introduce the ZenBook 3 notebook. The company's third-generation ZenBook notebook is not only designed to be ultraportable, but to also seemingly be a direct competitor to Apple's 12-inch Retina MacBook range given the fact that the two pieces of hardware have striking visual similarities. With that said, the newly announced ZenBook 3 is thinner, lighter and allegedly faster, meaning that it should instantly garner attention from those looking for a new portable notebook.
A recently granted patent by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has hinted that Cupertino-based Apple Inc. may be exploring bringing a cellular capable MacBook to the market in the future. Apple's current range of MacBook machines ship with an excellent array of features and native apps by default, which in turn offer an excellent set of functionality to users. However, in order to extend that functionality, whether it be installing additional apps, accessing content on the Internet, or streaming audio or video media, there's a requirement to be connected to the Internet either through a wireless or wired connection. This new patent introduces the idea of a new Apple MacBook which offers connectivity for a cellular network, similar to an iPhone or LTE-enabled iPad.
According to a new report, the 2016 MacBook Pro will feature Touch ID, and an OLED touch bar above the keyboard, amongst other design changes. Here are the details.
As part of this deal, you will get the 12-inch MacBook on sale in last year's configuration and a variety of colors, with a saving of just shy of $300 on Space Gray, Silver and Gold offerings.
Such is the power and strength of the Apple brand, that it's generally very rare for any retailer to slash the price of premium products by the company, like the latest retina MacBook Pro. From a consumer perspective, we're asked to pay more for a MacBook than we would for the majority of Windows-based laptops, but the flip side being that they retain their value extremely well, meaning that when it comes to resale, there is generally a fair bit of money to be recouped.
Here's a Geekbench benchmarks score comparison between Apple's 2016 12-inch MacBook vs Apple's 2015 12-inch MacBook model. The tool used runs a series of tests and outputs a score based on a device's performance characteristics, allowing devices to be compared with one another.
The wait is over. 2016 refresh of 12-inch MacBook and 13-inch MacBook Air are now available. Here are the details on their specs, price and availability.
A string in OS X 10.11.4 source code hints at a possible name change of Apple's desktop OS from OS X to macOS. Here are the details.
New reports are now surfacing that the 12-inch MacBook will indeed receive a 2016 hardware refresh soon enough after it was discovered that Apple's own software makes mention of "12-inch MacBook (Early 2016)" model.
