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Apple Confirms Failing Nvidia Graphics Cards in MacBook Pros, Offers Free Repairs and Refunds [Apple]

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2008-10-10 10:18:40 by matt buchanan in Gizmodo
...MacBook Pros have the GeForce 8600M GT, which uses the G84 . Nvidia assured Apple that MacBook Pros were totally cool. Turns out, they were lying! After doing their own investigation, Apple " has determined that some MacBook Pro computers... may be affected ." Update : Nvidia just chimed in with their take The specific models affected are...
 
Tags: nvidia, apple, macbook pros, nvidia graphics card, nvidia apparently, video, crappy video card, geforce 8600m, g86 chipset fail
 
 
 
 
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Apple to fix Macbook Pro computers that have a faulty NVIDIA chip

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2008-10-10 11:43:58 by Editor in Ubergizmo
...Macbook Pros with a faulty NVIDIA chip for free, although customers should expect the operation to take a few days (our guess). An investigation by Apple found that some GeForce 8600 GT GPU were defective. Scrambled video playback is the symptom that Apple was looking into. From Apple's support site: At that same time, NVIDIA assured Apple...
 
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Apple says some MacBook Pros hit by faulty NVIDIA chips

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2008-10-10 12:49:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...MacBook Pros are indeed affected by the problem. According to a just posted Apple support document, the specific models affected were all made between May 2007 and September 2008, and include all 15- and 17-inch models equipped with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processors. As with other laptops, the problem shows itself in the form of...
 
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MacBook Air, Sony VAIO TZ150 feature comparison

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2008-01-15 20:03:18 by Doug Aamoth in CrunchGear
...MacBook Air , Steve-o made a rough comparison to the Sony VAIO TZ series of notebook computers. Lets take a look at the cheapest model, the VGN-TZ150N/B and see how it and the new MacBook Air really stack up Thinness: MacBook Air Its true, the MacBook Air has the Sony VAIO beat handily. At its thickest, the Air is 0.76-inches. The Sony is...
 
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First MacBook Air Benchmarks [MacBook Air]

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2008-01-24 17:08:49 by Adrian Covert in Gizmodo
...MacBook Air against an aging MacBook and MacBook Pro to see how it held up comparatively. Predictably, the MacBook Pro outperformed its counterparts in the majority of our tests. But the MacBook Air (1.6 GHz Intel, 2 GB RAM) went toe-to-toe with the MacBook (2 GHz Intel, 1 GB RAM) in many of our tests, falling just short in most. And it even...
 
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MacBook Pro Now With Penryn Processors, Multitouch Trackpad [Apple]

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2008-02-26 08:30:00 by Jesus Diaz in Gizmodo
...MacBook Pro have been released today with up to 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processors, and the MacBook Air's trackpad, which allows for multi-touch gestures. The 2.5 and 2.6GHz models come with a new NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB of GDDR3 RAM. The MacBook has also been upgraded (yay!), but no multitouch (boo!), probably to make a...
 
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Apple Releases New MacBook and MacBook Pro Versions

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2008-02-27 10:20:09 by Mariella Moon in Mobilewhack
...MacBook and MacBook Pro versions. These new versions are equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo processors of up to 2.6 GHz, up to 300GB HDD, and up to 4GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. Additionally, the new versions of MacBook Pro come with the Multi-Touch trackpad first seen in MacBook Air , an illuminated keyboard, and a built-in ambient light sensor....
 
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MacBook Pro gets Multitouch pad and Penryn processor

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2008-02-27 07:48:51 by HASH0x8c1f158 in Newlaunches.com
...MacBook Pro and the MacBook and has included the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, larger hard drives and 2GB of memory standard in most models. MacBook Pro includes the latest NVIDIA graphics processors, now with up to 512MB of video memory, plus the Multi-Touch trackpad, which was first introduced in MacBook Air, is also included. The 2.5...
 
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MacBook Pro Now With Penryn Processors, Multitouch Trackpad [Apple]

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2008-02-26 13:30:00 by posted by Pantha in
...MacBook Pro have been released today with up to 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processors, and the MacBook Air's trackpad which allows for multi-touch gestures. The 2.5 and 2.6GHz models come with a new NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB of GDDR3 RAM. The MacBook has also been upgraded (yay!), but no multitouch (boo!), probably to make a...
 
Tags: macbook, macbook pro, macbook pro includes, macbook pro features, 17-inch macbook pro, popular macbook, 13-inch black macbook, 15-inch macbook pro, macbook air