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Apple Byte: The future of the Mac

2011-12-09
Oh no ha what's happening guys just thought I'd you know surf on in for my vacation browntown hair darker than normal and we welcome you to the apple pie for all the good and bad inside the world of Apple now we haven't talked about Max recently so let's jump in and start there after vr-zone recently leaked the roadmap for Intel's next-generation processors called ivy bridge now the macbook pro and macbook air lines currently use Sandy Bridge dual-core processors but Ivy Bridge would bring quad-core processors and even faster graphics capabilities to apples laptops now Ivy Bridge is expected to launch around May and we could see them in the next generation laptops loaded with them soon after that we've also talked about rumors that point it to apple being a little cautious about moving forward with the mac pro desktop because of its shrinking market but shortly after the developers build of Mac OS 10.7 point 3 was released in reference to video drivers for amd's new graphics card called Tahiti which is a really warm place during this time of the year but it's also a video card that's set to be released in January of 2012 now Matt gadget speculated it must have been placed there in anticipation of a new mac pro since Apple historically introduces new graphics support with new product revisions for the Mac Pro it might be a good sign but we haven't heard a peep about the Mac Pro's which I'm waiting for an apple last updated it over 15 months ago yikes now product remembers that won't go away smart house claims that Apple's rumored television set will be offered in three different sizes ranging from 32 inches to 55 inches in the last quarter of 2012 with the new rumoured a6 processor we might see in the ipad 3 as well then they start getting crazy by saying it will compete with 55-inch oled displays and super HD TV technology now a couple years ago an 11 inch OLED TV from Sony with 2,500 bucks so I'm going to go out on a limb and say it won't be an oled screen bloomberg reports their sources say Apple currently has a TV prototype but there's still a possibility it won't go past that stage all right we know that Iowa's gaming has exploded but I wanted to take a moment to show you how some of the successful games we have known have taken things to a whole new level now I know you've seen the Angry Birds plushies you know there an acute but now fruit ninja will be selling their own plushies with the sensei and a watermelon with a face that guy didn't even exist in the game but who doesn't love a watermelon with eyes and since we mentioned Angry Birds we should mention the fact that the wife of one of rovio's top executives showed up to the presidential Independence Day reception in Finland in an angry birds evening gown notice the placement of the angry bird I i know i'll let you take that all in all right let's check out some quick bites gamers and fans of the online service that streams games to your devices will be stoked after they announce the service is now available on android and iOS devices you can use their bluetooth controller or play new releases like arkham city or assassin's creed that have also been adapted to use touchscreen control so that's welcome for gamers apple also showed off updated renderings of their spaceship or their new headquarters which includes a roof made almost entirely of solar panels which would make it one of the top solar installations in the world and the largest in the US generating over 5 million watts of power yeah that's a whole bunch of power and the big a released an update to their iBooks app with a nighttime reading theme that makes it easier on the eyes to read in the dark a full screen layout additional fonts to choose from and more and finally I can't wait to check out this bad boy from behringer it's an eight-foot-wide 10,000 watt ipod dock called the i nuke boom stands four feet tall and it will cost thirty thousand bucks it will be on display at CES 2012 las vegas and i will write it and finally we have to congratulate our winners for our amazing gelaskins $25 giveaway the correct answer to all that food that was thrown at me by the apple bike crew is pumpkin pie cranberry sauce yams chicken and whipped cream in I also saved some whip cream in my ear for a special moment all right congrats go to Anna Basso Blake suzaki alica Cornyn rezwan or alfredo Harris Josh Barton arjun kumar maggie cool and outs Hopsin and Mike Ramirez alright we'll be sending out your gel skin code to you shortly and that's going to do it for this week email us at the Apple bita cnet com and we'll answer i'm brian Tong we'll catch you next time for another bite of the Apple you
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