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Apple Updates Lion

Apple on Tuesday released the first maintenance update for its newly released Lion operating system. Mac OS X 10.7.1 improves the reliability of Wi-Fi connections and resolves some audio and video playback issues, among other things. A separate update is available for MacBook Air and Mac mini owners.

MacBook Air-Related Delayed Gratification Could Juice Apple Earnings

New MacBook Airs mean more upside for Apple in the second half of 2011.
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Apple Declares the Optical Disc Obsolete

These days you don’t need one …
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Apple Updates Mac Mini With HDMI, Mini DisplayPort

Looks like the iPhone 4 wasn’t the only new piece of hardware to go on sale in the Apple Store early this morning (in black only!). Joining it was a completely redesigned Mac mini. Just 1.4-inches in height, the latest iteration of the diminutive machine is smaller than its two-inch-tall predecessor and quite a bit more powerful.

Operating Systems Offer New Choices in PC Shopping

Walt Mossberg gives tips on purchasing laptops with the latest pre-installed operating systems in his annual fall computer-buying guide.
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Big Apple

Apple Updates Mac Lineup, Announces Multitouch "Magic Mouse"

The Apple store went offline Tuesday morning and when it returned, it did so with a groaning board of new hardware, including a range of aluminum and edge-to-edge glass iMacs, new Mac Minis, a 13-inch unibody polycarbonate MacBook and a wireless, multitouch “Magic Mouse.”
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Apple Updates Mac Lineup, Announces Multitouch “Magic Mouse”

The Apple store went offline Tuesday morning and when it returned, it did so with a groaning board of new hardware, including a range of aluminum and edge-to-edge glass iMacs, new Mac Minis, a 13-inch unibody polycarbonate MacBook and a wireless, multitouch “Magic Mouse.”
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Microsoft Misses

Wonder if This Has Something to Do With Those Laptop Hunter Ads…

The high-end PC market is not a bad place to be. Just ask Apple, which rules it and with great financial success. According to new stats from NPD Group, Apple now claims 91 percent of the U.S. retail market for personal computers costing more than $1,000. Nine out of 10 dollars spent on such machines in June went to Cupertino.
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Mac Attack

New From Apple: Recession Macs

A Grim Year for PC Sales

Beware the iMacs of March?

Macworld ’09: Behind the PhilNote