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The 15.4-inch MacBook Pro and several other Apple’s products are facing component shortages and limited supplies, according to ThinkSecret website.

“Among Macs, Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Pro is seeing the biggest backlog of orders, which is also being blamed on a component shortage that is likely related to that system’s LED-backlight display. While the online store is quoting a 7-10 day lead time, supply is expected to be very tight throughout September. Supplies of the 17-inch MacBook Pro are plentiful, however,” ThinkSecret reports.

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Apple Inc. may compact the I/O ports of its upcoming ultraportable notebook into a space-saving collapsible connection receptacle on the rear of the unit, the company’s new patent filling revealed.

Laptop designers from Apple say that mobile devices such as notebook computers are becoming increasingly thinner, so connections systems need to be reduced in size to accommodate smaller form factors.

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Apple has filled new patent application regarding its wide notebook touchpad with multi-touch capabilities.

The patent filling shows how this touchpad might be implemented on a Macbook Pro laptop, according to Gizmodo.

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The upcoming Apple MacBook laptops will feature the iPhone’s multi-touch technology built into their touchpads, according to Crunch Gear’s sources.

“The feature will be built into the touchpads, allowing you to navigate through your notebook’s files, applications, etc. the same way you can on the iPhone. Yes, I know you can already scroll with them, that’s nothing new. I’m talking about all the other finger gestures that can be done on the iPhone’s screen,” CrunchGear says.

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Apple notebooks and desktops in May continued to take market share away from Windows-based PCs in the United States, according to the research firm NPD.

“Apple’s share of desktop and notebook sales online and through brick-and-mortar stores rose to 13% from 11.6% in April, according to The NPD Group. Apple notebook sales rose to 14.3% of overall purchases from 12.5%, while desktop sales inched up to 10.4% from 10.2%,” InformationWeek reports.

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Some of the latest Intel “Santa Rosa” platform-based Apple’s MacBook Pro laptops are reported to have overheating problems because of misapplied thermal grease.

“A reader at the MacRumors forums noticed his week-old MBP getting a little hot, so he bravely decided to pull the unit apart to check things out and found what he estimated to be forty times too much paste applied to the logic board. There are also a few threads on the Apple support site with similar pics of MBP logic boards slathered in grease, so this doesn’t appear to be an isolated issue,” Engadget reports.

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Apple today unveiled the near-final version of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system at the World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco.

This fully 64-bit OS introduces over 300 new features, according to Apple.

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Apple has updated today its 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro line-up with Intel’s new “Santa Rosa” platform and the latest nVIdia GeForce 8600 GT graphics. Additionaly, the 15-inch MacBooks feature LED backlight display, while the 17-inch now has an optional higher 1920-by-1200 screen resolution,

“Every MacBook Pro model includes an Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB of shared L2 cache, an 800 MHz frontside bus and 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory, running professional applications like Final Cut Pro 6 and Logic® Pro 7 more than 50 percent faster than the original MacBook Pro with Core Duo. Delivering more realistic graphics for animation and gaming, every MacBook Pro now includes the state-of-the art NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT and is more than 50 percent faster than the original MacBook Pro with Core Duo”, Apple’s press release says.

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Apple has released Security Update 2007-005 for its Mac OS X to fix a number of vulnerabilities in this operating system.

The most serious flaws patched with Update include the CoreGraphics and iChat vulnerabilities, enabling malicious code execution. Other programs fixed by the latest update are Alias Manager, BIND, crontabs, Fetchmail, file, mDNSResponder, PPP, Ruby, GNU Screen, Texinfo and VPN.

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Apple today updated its MacBook consumer notebooks with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory and larger hard drives in every model.

“Featuring a gorgeous 13-inch glossy widescreen display, the one-inch thin MacBook comes in three models: sleek white 2.0 GHz and 2.16 GHz MacBook models, and a stunning black 2.16 GHz MacBook model. The MacBook includes a built-in iSight video camera for video chatting on-the-go with friends or family using iChat AV, recording a video podcast or iMovie using iLife ‘06, or taking fun snapshots with Photo Booth. Designed for the mobile lifestyle, the MacBook includes Apple’s MagSafe Power Adapter that magnetically connects the power cord to the MacBook and safely disconnects when under strain, and the latest generation of 802.11n wireless networking for up to five times the performance and twice the range of 802.11g,” Apple says.

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After the announcement saying Apple will rid itself of all mercury-based fluorescent LCD panels by the end of 2007, the company prepares revisions of its Macbook and Macbook Pro laptop lines, which should feature eco-friendly LED backlight LCD displays.

“This week Apple seems to be making progress on its transition to LED-backlit LCD panels. Reports confirmed that AU Optronics and Chi Mei Optoelectronics all have LED-backlight LCD panels that are under review by Apple. Au Optronics and Chi Mei Optoelectronics are further down the line with Apple, having 13.3-inch and 15.4-inch panels already certified by Apple,” Daily Tech reports.

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Apple has released Battery Update 1.2 for MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops. The patch “updates battery firmware and improves battery functionality” and is released after the company discovered that some batteries used in its notebooks may have battery performance issues. However, if the affected batteries do not work properly after the installed Update, Apple will replace these batteries free of charge.

The factors causing the performance issues do not present a safety risk, so users may continue to use current batteries, according to Apple.

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Apple will not be able to release its Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system at its Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned. Instead, Apple will ship new OS in October, the company officially announced today.

Cupertino based computer maker says the Mac OS X 10.5 launch is delayed, because it had to borrow experts from its operating system team in order to finish software for iPhone on time.

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Fastmac today announced the “first & only” Blu-Ray optical drive upgrade for Apple’s MacBook Pro 17-inch, PowerBook G3 and G4, as well as for iBook G4 laptop computers.

The new slimline slot loading drive enables writing of up to 50 Gb of data on one Blu-Ray disc. Fastmac’s Blu-ray drive supports reading, writing and re-writing to single and dual layer Blu-ray media at 1x speeds. The drive is also compatible with standard DVD and CD media and can write to DVD-R and DVD+R media at 8x speed in single layer and 2x speed in dual/ double layer mode. It can rewrite to DVD-R and DVD+R media at 4x speeds. Fastmac’s Blu Ray drive also supports DVD-RAM reading and writing at up to 5x speeds and standard CD-R and CD-RW burning at 8x speeds.

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iSkin today announced SOHO, its new line of notebook protective sleeves for MacBook, MacBook Pro and similarly sized laptops. The SOHO sleeves are made from premium synthetic leather and dyed using only environmentally safe inks, according to manufacturer.

The SOHO is offered in a variety of flavors and is available in two separate sizes for the 13″ MacBook, 15″ MacBook Pro and also accommodates older PowerBooks, iBooks and similarly sized PCs.

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