Apple
Setting things up for what is certainly to be an exciting next few months in the world of CPUs and SoCs, Apple this morning has announced their next-generation M-series chip, the M4. Introduced just over six months after the M3 and the associated 2023 Apple MacBook family, the M4 is going to start its life on a very different track, launching alongside Apple’s newest iPad Pro tablets. With their newest chip, Apple is promising class-leading performance and power efficiency once again, with a particular focus on machine learning/AI performance. The launch of the M4 comes as Apple’s compute product lines have become a bit bifurcated. On the Mac side of matters, all of the current-generation MacBooks are based on the M3 family of chips. On...
Apple’s Swift and What it Means for Developers and Users
On Monday Apple revealed iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Both of these were expected by everyone who has followed Apple’s pattern of software reveals at WWDC for...
79 by Brandon Chester on 6/11/2014
Apple Reveals iOS 8 at WWDC
Recently, Apple launched the latest iteration of iOS for its devices such as the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. No hardware was announced but there's still a great deal...
19 by Joshua Ho on 6/4/2014
Some Thoughts on Apple’s Metal API
Though it seems like Apple’s hardware divisions can hardly keep a secret these days due to the realities of mass production, the same is fortunately not true for their...
57 by Ryan Smith on 6/3/2014
Apple WWDC 2014 Live Blog
We are at Moscone West in San Francisco for Apple's World Wide Developer Conference. Our live blog begins at 10AM PT/1PM ET.
44 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/2/2014
Averting Disaster - A Guide To Computer Backups (2014)
We all store more and more of our lives in digital form; spreadsheets, résumés, wedding speeches, novels, tax information, schedules, and of course digital photographs and video. All of...
133 by Brett Howse on 5/21/2014
Testing Improved 4K Display Support in OS X 10.9.3
Today Apple released the long awaited OS X 10.9.3 update. The update comes after nine weeks of beta testing, each week with a new release. One of the most...
72 by Brandon Chester & Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/15/2014
Apple Updates MacBook Air for 2014: Faster Haswell Parts & $100 Price Drop
This morning Apple announced its 2014 MacBook Air refresh. With Intel's 14nm Broadwell SoC delayed, this mid-cycle update still uses Haswell ULT parts. The chassis and internal specs haven't...
49 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/29/2014
Apple Q2 2014 Fiscal Results
Today Apple announced its Q2 results, and sales of the iPhone continue to dominate revenue and earnings for the company. Revenue for the quarter came in at $45.6B – a...
27 by Brett Howse on 4/23/2014
Apple Releases iOS 7.1.1 Update: Addresses Touch ID and Keyboard Issues
Hot on the heels of the major 7.1 release, Apple released a new update for iOS on iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad. The iOS 7.1.1 update focuses primarily on...
13 by Brandon Chester on 4/22/2014
Apple's Cyclone Microarchitecture Detailed
The most challenging part of last year's iPhone 5s review was piecing together details about Apple's A7 without any internal Apple assistance. I had less than a week to...
182 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/31/2014
Improving the State of 4K Display Support Under OS X
In my Mac Pro review I lamented the state of 4K display support under OS X 10.9.0. In my conclusion I wrote: "4K display compatibility under OS X is...
32 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2014
Apple Announces CarPlay: iOS in the Car Arriving in 2014
Earlier this morning Apple officially branded its iOS in the Car initiative as CarPlay. At a high level CarPlay allows iPhone 5/5c/5s users to access certain apps on their...
35 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/3/2014
OWC to Bring Aftermarket SF3700 PCIe SSD Upgrades to 2013 Macs
I was pleasantly surprised to drop by OWC's booth at CES to see a mechanical sample of its forthcoming LSI SF3700 based PCIe SSD. OWC plans on offering aftermarket...
24 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/10/2014
The Mac Pro Review (Late 2013)
Until this month Apple's Mac Pro used a chassis derived from the old PowerMac G5, prior to the famous switch to x86 back in 2005/2006. Read on for our...
267 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/31/2013
Best Tablets - Holiday 2013
We've covered quite a few laptop options last week for those looking for something mobile for the holiday season, but one area we haven't touched on yet is tablet...
108 by Jarred Walton on 12/19/2013
iPad mini with Retina Display: LTE Hotspot Battery Life
As I promised in our iPad mini with Retina Display review, I put the new mini through our LTE hotspot battery life test. As connected tablets are effectively smartphones...
20 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/22/2013
Apple iPad mini with Retina Display: Reviewed
I suppose there’s only one way to start this review, and that’s by looking back at last year’s iPad mini review. In that review I had a section dedicated...
349 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/16/2013
iPad Air Delivers 24 Hours of Battery Life as LTE Hotspot
A year ago during my review of the LTE iPad 3 I decided to find out how long the iPad would last as a personal hotspot. With the display...
56 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/2/2013
The iPad Air Review
It seemed like a foregone conclusion that the 10-inch tablet market was done for, with all interest and excitement shifting to smaller, but equally capable 7 or 8-inch tablets...
444 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/29/2013
Promise Technology Announces Pegasus2 and SANLink2 Thunderbolt 2 Products
We’ve seen Thunderbolt products from Promise before, and we’ve even heard about some of their upcoming Thuderbolt 2 offerings. Today, Promise is formally announcing four upcoming Thunderbolt 2 products...
40 by Jarred Walton on 10/25/2013
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