Category: 643: Apple Product Updates and News!

Of all the new products, I’m most exited about the 27-inch iMac. It looks like a perfect Final Cut Express/Studio production machine. The top of the line model, with an i7 quad-core processor and 2TB internal drive, will devour all sorts of HD footage. As soon as we get them in this November, I’ll be…

After the market closed on Monday, Apple announced fourth-quarter profits that were simply stunning. Net quarterly profits were up more than 46 percent to $1.67 billion, on revenue of $9.87 billion. Apple sold 3.05 million Macs (the most ever in a quarter) along with 7.4 million iPhones (up 7% from the year-ago quarter) and 10.2…

Apple’s new aluminum remote is now perfectly synched with their aluminum iMac line. Still $19.99 (or included with new iMacs), the remote features the same four directional buttons along with the menu and play/pause buttons. Apple has shifted the placement of these buttons slightly, but other than that, it’s the same simple sleek remote you…

Apple quietly updated both the AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule Wi-Fi Base Station/wireless hard drive Tuesday. Both feature improvements in antenna design that provide up to 50 percent better Wi-Fi performance and 25 percent better range than with the previous-generation models. Also, both devices are now certified to the 802.11n specification. Previously, they…

Apple unveiled the successor to their Apple Mouse (“formerly Mighty Mouse”:http://www.macworld.com/article/143202/2009/10/mightymouse_trademark.html) today: the *Magic Mouse.* In keeping with Apple’s Multi-Touch technology on their notebook trackpads and iPhone/iPod touch screens, the new mouse does more than your average mouse. In addition to the standard right/left click, you can use one finger to scroll across the surface,…

Apple announced that the Mac mini has been upgraded with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors across the board, and now also offers more standard storage and double the standard memory. Starting at $599, the entry level Mac mini features a faster 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2GB of DDR3 1066 MHz…

The white MacBook has been a staple of the Apple notebook line for about four years now. On Tuesday, Apple gave it a facelift–it now boasts a *curved, polycarbonate __unibody__ enclosure.* Fortunately, the updated white MacBook has new features under the hood as well. Along with the new enclosure and non-slip rubberized bottom (much like…

On Tuesday, Apple introduced new versions of its very popular all-in-one iMac desktop computer. The new models boast incredible 21.5-inch and 27-inch LED-backlit displays with a 16:9 aspect ratio, ideal for watching – and creating – high definition movies, editing photos, or making any kind of digital media. The improved larger displays make it easier…

_Dear Friends,_ This week it’s Edward Shepard, writing for Don who is back in the US, but currently away in Nevada celebrating his 42nd wedding anniversary. The remarkable thing about Don and Grace’s marriage isn’t its duration, but its health. I mean, they’ve been together for the equivalent of a geologic epoch, but you’d think…