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How Thunderbolt Could Hook Up Notebooks With Powerful Peripherals

<< Previous | Next >> Thunderbolt ports are the same shape as Mini DisplayPort ports, and are backward-compatible with monitor cables that use that standard. Image courtesy Apple. << Previous | Next >> View all Intel’s new high-speed port technology is called Thunderbolt. But what is it, exactly? Think of Thunderbolt (formerly code named “Light …

MacBook Pro Sandy Bridge Doesn’t Work with Verizon LTE Pantech Card/Software [BREAKING]

We’re taking a hands-on look at the new MacBooks released today and we’ve noticed something potentially quite important. When attempting to use Verizon’s LTE Pantech card/software, we’ve found that it doesn’t work with this brand new MacBook Sandy Bridge platform. When attempting to work with the VZAccess Manager we get an error which says it’s …

MacBook Pro (early 2011) with ThunderBolt hands-on

We just got our new 15-inch MacBook Pro review unit, and although it looks almost exactly the same as the previous MBP, it has that fancy new ThunderBolt icon on the side, which ought to make I/O nerd hearts flutter the world over. Unfortunately, there aren’t any ThunderBolt peripherals on the market yet, so we …

Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview Released

While the new MacBook Pro line-up delivers the Sandy bridge update consumers have been clamoring for, Apple has something for developers too. The new developer preview of Mac OS X Lion has been released, adding full-screen app support, pinch and double-tap zoom in Safari – some of the multitouch gestures borrowed from OS X – a document …

Apple refreshes MacBook Pro family with Sandy Bridge processors, AMD graphics, Thunderbolt I/O tech, and FaceTime HD cameras

Come on, you knew this was coming! Oh yes, Apple’s pulling the curtain off its new MacBook Pro family, and compared to the last refresh cycle, there are a serious amount of updates. Just as we had heard all three will be getting new Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5 and i7 processors, AMD Radeon HD …

Apple shutters online store to fill it up with new MacBook Pros

You know the routine by now: Apple’s online Store goes down, the Engadget tips inbox explodes with caring netizens informing us of that fact, and a few hours later it sprouts back up with Cupertino’s latest hardware up for sale. We don’t know for a fact that today’s downtime is due to a MacBook Pro …

Apple switching to AMD graphics in 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros?

Back in December, CNET let loose a rumor claiming that Apple would be ditching NVIDIA in favor of Intel and AMD graphics in its future MacBook lineup. Now, here we are with a credible leak showing an entry level 13.3-inch MacBook Pro sporting a Thunderbolt port, Core i5 Sandy Bridge processor, and Intel HD Graphics …