Brace Yourselves, New Macs Are On The Way

CNET Video: New Magical Apple products

Apple Magic Trackpad first hands-on

Apple Battery Charger gets official: a battery charger, only you know, better (update: hands-on)

Apple iMac line gets speedbumped, low-end gets a Core i3

Apple Cinema Display goes to 27 inches, 16:9 aspect ratio


Apple Mac Pro line overhauled with 12 processing cores

Prepare for ludicrous speed: Ars reviews the 8-core Mac Pro

"After what has seemed to so many of us like an eternity, the wait for the Nehalem Xeon Mac Pros is finally over. When Macworld 2009 passed without any i7 or Nehalem Xeon announcement, I was worried that it would be a while before the dual-socket boards would be released. But Apple finally came through with eight cores, hyper-threading, and a speedy new frontside bus to make us masters of the deadline. It's safe to say that not everyone needs (or can afford) these new eight-core machines, but I've done some serious high-end grind-work to see what sort of user might be able to justify tossing his pocketbook into the juicer for this potential monster."

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Virginia Tech building supercomputer out of 324 Mac Pros

Virginia Tech's Center for High-End Computing System (CHECS) is famous for building a 1100-node, G5-based supercomputing cluster in 2003 called System X. At the time it was built, it ranked as the third fastest supercomputer in the world with a sustained performance of just over 12 teraflops. The CHECS is building a new cluster, this time using 324 Mac Pro towers, that will have a theoretical computing capacity of 29 teraflops. Varadarajan and his team chose Mac Pros for a few reasons. For one, Xserves are power dense, which requires a lot of cooling to prevent thermal hot spots. And, despite common wisdom to the contrary, the Mac Pros beat other systems on price. "The Mac Pros are highly competitive even against building a white box off the cheapest prices," he added.

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iPhone selling like hot cakes in Europe

Well The iPhone is selling well in Europe and despite the inclement weather in the UK many waited in long lines just like in the USA while some stores reported almost no lines. There are reports that O2 sold iPhones at the fast and furious rate of 4.2 per second across all authorized outlets for around 70,000 units and O2 said that the iPhone has been the fastest selling device they have ever sold.

StarWars HelpDesk

There are reports that Apple is working on a new ultra-light notebook. The notebook will ship with Leopard and may even have a NAND Flash drive. However the rumor mills can't seem to find out if the 12" or 13" or if it will have a internal optical drive or an external one.

If you have a Mac Pro tower with PCI-E a slot and you want the best performance from your computer. Then check out the Expansion Slot Utility located in /System/Library/ Core Services. Once you have your optimum settings selected you will need to save them and reboot.