5/18/2006
It might be more than six months away, but now you can plan for upgrades or configure a new PC with Windows Vista in mind. Microsoft officially released the system requirements on its Web site. They break down as follows:
A Windows Vista-capable PC includes at least:
* A modern processor (at least 800MHz)
* 512MB of system memory
* A ...
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5/17/2006
Yesterday afternoon, our executive editor ran down to the Apple store on Market Street in San Francisco and nabbed one of the first MacBooks to be sold. (He also witnessed an alleged thief get gang-tackled by Apple's beefy security detail.) You can see the MacBook unpacking process in all of its pornographic detail in CNET News.com's slide show and...
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5/16/2006
As we've discussed, Apple today transformed its aging iBook line into a spanking-new MacBook line. And the new MacBooks, which are a baby step below the MacBook Pro line, are actually pretty sweet. They're 13-inch laptops, just a touch bigger than the pocketbook-size 12-inch PowerBook, with Intel Core Duo processors running between 1.83GHz and 2.0G...
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5/16/2006
With this morning's announcement of the "budget" MacBook, Apple felt compelled to spruce up the specs for the higher-end MacBook Pro models. The $1,999 base model now features a 2GHz Intel Core Duo processor (up from 1.83GHz), and for $2,499 you get a 2.16GHz processor (up from 2GHz). Also added to all MacBook Pro models, including the 17-inch mode...
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