http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/company.changing.focus.following.layoffs/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/olpc.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The One Laptop Per Child Association, the manufacturer behind the OLPC notebooks, has axed its plans to build a dual-screen XO device, according to an Xconomy interview with the group's founder and chairman, Nicholas Negroponte. The second generation notebook, originally announced in May of last year, has been scrapped as OLPC instead focuses on adapting the first-generation XO with updated intern... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/company.changing.focus.following.layoffs/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/04/dependent.on.industry.progress/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/samsungoled.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Samsung's first deployment of OLED notebooks should occur in about a year, an executive from the company explains. Samsung's head of worldwide sales and marketing for computers, Kyu Uhm, revealed the information at this week's IFA expo in Berlin. "Samsung is the largest OLED screen manufacturer. And as soon as it's available commercially for laptops we will adopt it," says Uhm. "Probably someti... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/04/dependent.on.industry.progress/ Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/27/gscreen.dual.screen.laptop/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/gscreensml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />gScreen has previewed its upcoming Spacebook notebooks featuring dual 15.4-inch displays, according to Gizmodo. The device integrates two full-size screens that sit side-by-side when needed, while users can also slide the displays together to view a single screen. The chassis is also built around a 15.4-inch design, but with significantly more bulk necessitated by the displays and sliding mechanis... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/27/gscreen.dual.screen.laptop/ Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/25/mobile.core.i7.touch.win/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/windsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />MSI has confirmed the introduction of mobile Core i7 processors with several of its upcoming Windows 7-based notebooks . The company is set to ship 15.4- and 17-inch notebooks based on the Core i7 7200M, Core i7 8200M, and Core i7 920XM CPUs. Along with the high-end notebooks, MSI is also set to release a Wind U150 netbook featuring a touchscreen and Intel's next-generation Pine Trail platform.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/25/mobile.core.i7.touch.win/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/12/ultrathins.in.trouble/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/acertimeline1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Acer chairman JT Wang has admitted that the company's shipments of ultra-thin notebooks has not reached initial sales goals, according to the DigiTimes. The computer maker has adjusted its internal forecasts to reflect the changing conditions, reducing total shipment volumes for the third quarter from 30 percent to 20 percent. Fourth quarter volumes have been similarly reduced from 50 percent to 3... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/12/ultrathins.in.trouble/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/23/maingear.ex.l.notebook/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/maingearsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Maingear on Thursday introduced its latest high-end notebook, the eX-L 18, featuring dual 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M GPUs and an 18.4-inch display with 1920x1080 resolution. CPU options include several Core 2 Duo components up to 2.8GHz, along with the quad-core Core 2 Extreme running at 2.53GHz.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/23/maingear.ex.l.notebook/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/07/high.macbook.pro.demand/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0906/macbookpro2009.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The fastest 13-inch MacBook Pro and an entry-level 15-inch model are proving to be particularly popular with Mac shoppers, argues Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. Shipping delays at the Apple online store are currently between seven to 10 days for the pair, which is said to be unusually significant in that 13-inch MacBooks have not seen similar delays for over two years. At the time, delays w... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/07/high.macbook.pro.demand/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/22/apple.vs.dell.ruling/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/macbookair-green.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has been both vindicated and condemned in an advertising dispute with Dell, reports say. The latter company earlier filed a complaint with the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, accusing Apple of potentially misleading the public by claiming its unibody MacBooks are the "greenest" notebooks on the market. Dell has asserted that its notebooks also meet ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/22/apple.vs.dell.ruling/ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/11/macbook.pro.teardown/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0906/MacBookTeardown.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Pictures of the new MacBook Pro being taken out of its box and disassembled have been posted by iFixit and a blogger on TQB. The blogger's photographs indicate that the packaging of the new Pro has not changed since its predecessor. iFixit has gone in-depth, pulling apart the entire computer and analyzing the differences between current and previous-generation systems.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/11/macbook.pro.teardown/ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/10/macbook.clearout.sales/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/macbookpro2008.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is pushing hard to get rid of older MacBooks still sitting in inventory, a company memo indicates. While having introduced new MacBook Pros on Tuesday, a number of outdated systems continue to be stocked at Apple Stores. "Our Macbook Family has been updated and all current stock of Macbook and Macbook Pros need to be sold," the memo tells store representatives, and various groups supplied ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/10/macbook.clearout.sales/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:20:00 GMT