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/09/09/21/new.chip.will.be.compatible.with.am3.am2.sockets/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/amdsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD has confirmed that it is readying a six-core processor, codenamed Thuban, that is geared for consumer desktops. The component is based on the company's six-core Opteron series that was recently announced for server configurations.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/21/new.chip.will.be.compatible.with.am3.am2.sockets/ Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/04/dealnn.mac.mini/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/dealnn/_img/dnn.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Today at DealNN there is a variety of discounted products from iPods to GPS units. First off is the Mac Mini from MacMall. It is regularly priced at $499.99, but until 3/31/09 save $25 with a mail in rebate offer that drops the price down to $474.99. The Mac Mini has a 1.83GHz processor 1GB of memory and a 80GB hard drive.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/04/dealnn.mac.mini/ Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/23/ripples.newest.mini.clone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0807/ripplemini.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Korean OEM manufacturer Ripple has introduced an updated version of its Mac Mini clone using a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor in the Mini-ITX form factor. The Ripple Mini Chocolate uses the 45nm i945GC-Northbridge and ICH7Ssouthbridge chipsets, and supports up to 2GB of RAM. Intel specs show the low-cost motherboard with 2 USB ports, a pair of 3.0GBs SATA conntectors and single IDE socket.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/23/ripples.newest.mini.clone/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/18/intel.scales.down.pricing/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/intelxeon5400die.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel will go back to the old days of pricing its flagship chips at $999 apiece when ordered in bulk, thousand-piece quantities, says a Friday report that cites mainboard manufacturers as its sources. The move is believed to have been made in order to speed up the adoption of quad-core CPUs, and pertains specifically to the chipmaker's upcoming 3.2GHz Extreme-series desktop Nehalem processors nick... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/18/intel.scales.down.pricing/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/01/intel.thousand.core.chips/ <img align='left' src='http://electronista.macnn.com/content/0702/inteltrc.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Yesterday's entry on Intel's Research@Intel blog by the company's Microprocessor Technology Lab Principal Engineer, Anwar Ghuloum, suggests the chipmaker will eventually offer chips with cores that count in the thousands, and tens and hundreds before that. In the blog, Ghuloum writes about working with external developers to take advantage of multi-core and terascale chips his company is developin... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/01/intel.thousand.core.chips/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/13/mellel.25/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/images08/redx_2800806_mellel21.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />RedleX has released Mellel 2.5, a significant update to the leading word processor for Mac OS X. The new release adds robust cross referencing capabilities, allowing users to refer from one point in the text to another (e.g., "see page 15"). Mellel's reference entry dialogue allows, accordingly, to create reference formats, composed of different elements such as reference to the page number, posit... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/13/mellel.25/ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/15/via.45nm.dual.core.chips/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/hpmini-note.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Mobile processor manufacturer VIA on Thursday announced it would commence shipments of 45nm processor fabrications in 2009, as well as the company's first dual-core chips. DigiTimes writes that insiders have brought to light some of the specs, with the Isaiah-based dual-core processor allegedly featuring a 2GHz core frequency. The chip will sit on an 800 to 1333MHz bus, and will feature two pairs ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/15/via.45nm.dual.core.chips/ Fri, 16 May 2008 03:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/07/amd.6.and.12.core.opterons/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/amdphenom.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD on Wednesday unveiled definitive plans for 6- and 12-core Opteron processors, made with a 45nm fabrication process, which will be available most likely during 2009. TG Daily writes that the company will continue to support the Socket F (1207) platform through to its 6-core, single-die Istanbul, but will make a departure from the standard in 2010, when AMD unveils its Maranello platform. Produc... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/07/amd.6.and.12.core.opterons/ Wed, 07 May 2008 22:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/23/apple.wants.pas.technology/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0804/pasemi.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's recent acquisition of PA Semiconductor appears to revolve around the latter company's intellectual properties and expertise, not its current products as was initially believed. AppleInsider reveals that Apple is more concerned with PA's technologies and engineers, since the semiconductor manufacturer has in the past created a dual-core 64-bit chip which only uses 15 watts of power to opera... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/23/apple.wants.pas.technology/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/08/sdk.leaks.iphone.plans/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0804/8-infineon-esta.jpg"' border='0' width='176' height='120' />... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/08/sdk.leaks.iphone.plans/ Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:15:00 GMT