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Black Friday 2011: Best Buy
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Cameras, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Hot Deals, Smart Home, Movies, PC / Laptop, Portable Audio / Video, Video Games,
Details of Best Buy's Black Friday 2011 sales have just been released, and we've got a list of all the highlights you can expect to see after the break. Doors will open right at midnight on October 25th, and tickets for the doorbusters will be handed out as early as 10:00 pm on Thanksgiving Day. Click through for a look at the goods.
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Apple releases updated MacBook Pro (late 2011) models
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, PC / Laptop,
This morning Apple released refreshed models of the MacBook Pro. Pricing remains the same across the line, but they bring faster CPU and GPU options. For example, the 13-inch model now has a 2.4 GHz Core i5 and 2.8 GHz Core i7 option, and the hard drive got bumped up to 500 GB standard. The 15- and 17-inch models have access to a faster AMD Radeon HD 6770M discrete GPU, and the 15-inch can also be topped out with a quad-core 2.4 GHz Core i7. Definitely a nice refresh for those who were waiting, but nothing to get super excited over if you've already own the early 2011 model. The new MacBook Pro is available now.
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Bleeding Edge TV 395: Apple Thunderbolt Display review
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Full Episodes, Gizmatic, Apple, Features, Peripherals, Podcasts, Product Reviews, Videocasts, Videos,
We give you a look at Apple's new Thunderbolt Display in this episode. The Thunderbolt Display allows you to connect a host of peripherals to it, and then run them all to your MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, or Mac mini using a single Thunderbolt cable. We show all the Thunderbolt I/O inputs and explain how the monitor works in this episode. You can pick up the Thunderbolt Display for $999 from Apple.
Big thank you to GoToMeeting and JackThreads for sponsoring the show - be sure to check them out! As for JackThreads, we've got exclusive invite codes that give you $5 to use towards anything you'd like.
Top 10 Tech Deals of the Day
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Displays, HDTV, Hot Deals, PC / Laptop, Portable Audio / Video, Video Games,
We've got your latest list of items that fall under the best tech Deals of the Day for you, separated out into laptops, desktops, monitors, gaming, and home entertainment. The laptop deals are right here, but be sure to click through to get a look at all the rest of what we determined to be today's top 10 deals in tech, including that 15-inch MacBook Pro up there!
Laptops
- 17.3" HP ProBook 4730s Core i7-2630QM 2GHz Quad-core "Sandy Bridge" Laptop w/8GB RAM, 750GB HDD, Blu-ray, 1GB Radeon HD 6370 for $1,100 (normally $1,299)
- 15.4" Apple MacBook Pro MC721LL/A Core i7 2GHz Quad-core "Sandy Bridge" Notebook w/4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Radeon HD 6490M & Thunderbolt port for $1,659 with free shipping (normally $1,769)
- 14" HP Pavilion dm4t Core i3-2310M 2.1GHz Dual-core "Sandy Bridge" Laptop w/4GB RAM, 640GB HDD for $525 with free shipping (normally $630 - use coupon code MULN4163)
- 11.6" Alienware m11x Core i3-330UM 1.2GHz Gaming Laptop w/8GB RAM, 320GB HDD & 1GB GeForce GT335M for $699 with free shipping (normally $899 - use coupon code BHW1L0MX0D?MCX)
Don’t forget, if you’re looking for other deals, be sure to check out our Newegg Promo Code thread. Oh, and if you're on Twitter, be sure to follow @TechPromos for the latest deals, or you can Like TechPromos on Facebook.
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Apple putting final touches on super thin 15-inch MacBook
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, PC / Laptop, Rumors,
MacRumors is reporting that Apple is in late stage testing of a new ultra-thin 15-inch Macbook. It's unsure if this'll be a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, but if the release of the new Mac mini is any indication, we wouldn't be surprised to see the MacBook Pro line do away with the optical drive. It makes sense that Apple would take design cues from the MacBook Air and bring them over to the Pro line, and adding SSD into the more powerful MacBook Pro would make that thing fly. Apple did just refresh the MacBook Pro back in February, so we wouldn't expect to see these new notebooks until 4th quarter of this year.
Save 24% on MacBook Pro Core i5
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Hot Deals, PC / Laptop,
eBay has the 17-inch MacBook Pro for 24% off for a limited time. These Apple notebooks are packing a 2.53GHz Intel Core i5 processor. They normally sell for $2,299, but the 24% off savings means that you end up saving $550. Shipping is free with this deal as well, so this is an amazing deal all around:
Don’t forget, if you’re looking for other deals, be sure to check out our Newegg Promo Code thread. Oh, and if you're on Twitter, be sure to follow @TechPromos for the latest deals, or you can Like TechPromos on Facebook.
Deal of the Day: 13% off 13-inch MacBook Pro
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Hot Deals, PC / Laptop,
eBay has an awesome deal today for anyone looking for one of the new MacBook Pros! They're offering 13% off the recently updated MacBook Pro. The new model sports the Thunderbolt port, HD FaceTime cameras, and the Intel Sandy Bridge chipset. These normally sell for $1,199, but today's deal brings it to you for $1,049, saving you $150--and shipping is included in that price. They've got limited stock, and this deal will only last for a few hours. If you're interested, head on over:
Save $150 on Apple MacBook Pro
Don’t forget, if you’re looking for other deals, be sure to check out our Newegg Promo Code thread. Oh, and if you're on Twitter, be sure to follow @TechPromos for the latest deals, or you can Like TechPromos on Facebook.
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Deal of the Day: Huge Mac discounts from Best Buy
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Hot Deals, PC / Laptop,
Best Buy is holding a huge Mac sale today, offering discounts up to $260 off of MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, and Mac Pro - and that includes free shipping:
Don’t forget, if you’re looking for other deals, be sure to check out our Newegg Promo Code thread. Oh, and if you're on Twitter, be sure to follow @TechPromos for the latest deals.
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MacBook Pro purchasers reporting problems with Thunderbolt and Cinema Displays
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, PC / Laptop,
A series of rainclouds has descended over Apple. Purchasers of the company's latest Macbook Pros—featuring Intel's brand-new Thunderbolt ports—are reporting issues when they go to hook up their Apple Cinema Displays to their laptops via a Displayport-to-Thunderbolt connection.
"I have a new MBP with a thunderbolt port, which is connected to an Apple 24" cinema display, using the new thunderbolt port," writes user "Streitz" on Apple's support forums. "I am experiencing one second black outs every few minutes, and fairly regular jitters once the computer starts warming up and crunching some numbers. The shift never occurs on the 15" monitor, only the external. I also still have my old MBP with a mini-display port, and the external monitor works perfect with it."
The display flickering issue allegedly affects all editions of the latest Thunderbolt-laden MacBook Pros. And as the above comment illustrates, it seems to be a problem involving the combined Thunderbolt/DisplayPort connection. The only fix, so far, appears to be the time-honored tradition of waiting it out.
New MacBook Pro teardown gives us a look at Thunderbolt
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Design, PC / Laptop,
The teardown crew at iFixit got its hands on Apple's new MacBook Pro, providing a sneak peek at a new connection technology known as "Thunderbolt."
The new MacBooks are the first Apple portable to include a quad-core processor, Intel's Core i7. The devices also include more RAM, iFixit discovered. Thunderbolt, meanwhile, combines PCI Express and DisplayPort into a single connector.
On the new machines, you can chain up to six Thunderbolt devices. For comparison, FireWire supports 63 devices and USB supports up to 127 devices. But as iFixit noted, this might not be an issue since "we're not even aware of six products that support Thunderbolt yet." But if the connection becomes more popular, it might become a problem.
The RAM in the MacBooks is PC3-10600. That's the same RAM found in the 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMacs released last year, but different from earlier Apple laptops, iFixit said. PC3-10600 can be used in older MacBook Pro machines, but the RAM found in those older machines - PC3-8500 - will not work in the new MacBook Pros.
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