Wireless charging is already here, but in most instances, the charge base is tethered to a power strip. Not so elegant. What if charging a phone/tablet/MP3 player was as simple as placing it near your computer?
Heads up: Apple has officially acknowledged a 1TB Seagate hard drive failure issue affecting iMacs sold between May and June 2011. Hard drive replacement is free, so just click the source link for all the info. [Apple Australia]
The new iMacs have the super fast Thunderbolt port and Intel’s latest Sandy Bridge Core processors which makes them, well, pretty awesome. What’s not awesome? Apple has made upgrading the hard drive on the new iMacs damn near impossible.
The stock graphics card in the new Thunderbolt-y iMacs is AMD’s Radeon HD 6970M, in 1GB or 2GB flavours. How powerful is it?
Goodbye miniDisplay ports, and hello Thunderbolt: Apple’s latest iMacs include the faster Thunderbolt connection, but that’s not the only new addition from Intel. The computers, which come in 21.5-inch and 27-inch size options, also run on Intel’s latest Sandy Bridge Core procession line.
The Apple Store has just gone down this morning (thanks for alerting us, eagle-eyed readers!), but what can we expect once it goes back up? New iMacs are the most likely addition, after retailers were caught slashing prices on the dwindling stock of old iMacs. Whatever comes next, stay tuned!
The dwindling iMac stock we talked about earlier in the week does in fact appear to be related to a refresh, as further reports all but indicate a change is coming—and could arrive as early as next week.
