MacBook

Apple lifts the sheet on a trio of 'scary fast' M3 SoCs built on a 3nm process

MacBook Pro and iMac get the new silicon, and price tags up to a terrifying $7,199

Personal Tech31 Oct 2023 | 102

Apple exec confirms iPhones will switch to USB-C because 'we have no choice'

Sure you have a choice. You could abandon the European market

Personal Tech27 Oct 2022 | 136

Apple says 2017 MacBooks don't have FlexGate defect. Aussie tribunal orders a fix anyway

Presiding officer was not impressed by Cupertino's arguments or behavior

Legal15 Aug 2022 | 73

Apple forgoes cooling systems in M2 MacBook Air

Screwdriver fiends iFixit ponder the wisdom of a 'fanless, heatspreader-less, non-upgradable laptop'

Personal Tech21 Jul 2022 | 49

Apple to pay $50m settlement for rotten butterfly keyboards

Diehards who replaced their keyboards can get up to $395 repeatedly

Personal Tech19 Jul 2022 | 28

Apple's new MacBook Air: Is the jump to M2 silicon worth another $200?

Comment The faithful won't care either way but advances aren't earth-shattering

Personal Tech08 Jul 2022 | 81

Apple dev logs suggest 'nine new M2-powered Macs'

'Widespread internal testing' of four processor types

Personal Tech16 Apr 2022 | 29

Battery in 2021 MacBook Pro way easier to replace, says iFixit – shame about the rest

When we say 'way easier,' you better have a steady hand and nerves of steel

Personal Tech01 Nov 2021 | 11

Apple arms high-end MacBook Pro notebooks with M1 Pro, M1 Max processors

x86 is an eighty-sixed ex

Personal Tech18 Oct 2021 | 103

The M in M1 is for moans: How do you turn a new MacBook Pro into a desktop workhorse?

You'll need two hubs and about £300

Personal Tech29 Jun 2021 | 114

Guilty: Sister and brother who over-ordered hundreds of MacBooks for university and sold the kit for millions

Castanedas pocketed $2.3m from 800 laptops alone, Feds say

Security23 Mar 2021 | 57

Apple's latest macOS Big Sur update stops cheapo USB-C hubs bricking your machine

Still, it's probably best to stick with eye-wateringly expensive official peripherals

OSes26 Feb 2021 | 41

SD card slot, HDMI port could return to the MacBook Pro this year, says Apple analyst

An end to dongle hell in sight?

Personal Tech23 Feb 2021 | 28

Apple reportedly planning to revive the MagSafe charging standard with the next lot of MacBook Pros

While the Touch Bar is to be banished

Personal Tech15 Jan 2021 | 103

Cool stuff: MacBook Air and Pro teardowns show thermal changes and missing T2 chip

Plus: Lots of dead space in the new Mac Mini

Personal Tech20 Nov 2020 | 29

Geekbench stats show Apple Silicon MacBook Air trouncing pricey 16-inch MacBook Pro

Native wit... but let's see what the 13-inch brings

Personal Tech12 Nov 2020 | 41

Need a new computer for homeschooling? You can do worse than a sub-£30 2007 MacBook off eBay

The look on their wickle faces as they scream: 'Mum, what the heck is Linux?'

OSes16 Oct 2020 | 56

Apple: Don't close MacBooks with a webcam cover on, you might damage the display

There's a 0.1mm tolerance and OS has built-in tools for managing peep hole

Personal Tech13 Jul 2020 | 78

Forever mothballed: In memoriam Apple Butterfly Keyboard (2015-2020)

At last, we can write headlines with all the letters intact

Personal Tech07 May 2020 | 29

2020 MacBook Air teardown shows in graphic detail how butterfly keyboards were snipped for scissor switch

Was 0.5mm of laptop really worth five years of pain, Tim?

Personal Tech26 Mar 2020 | 53

Official: Apple debugs MacBook Air of sucky Butterfly keyboard

Scissor switches in, plus a silicon upgrade

Personal Tech18 Mar 2020 | 15

Butterfly defect stripped from MacBook Pros, Airs by Q2 2020, reckons Apple analyst

Hated keyboard to be replaced with ye olde scissor switch in new models

Personal Tech12 Mar 2020 | 22

Complete with keyboard and actual, literal, 'physical' escape key: Apple emits new 16" $2.4k+ MacBook Pro

Make a notebook, fanbois

Personal Tech13 Nov 2019 | 152

Farewell to function keys and swappable SSDs in the new two-port MacBook Pro

Apple's latest entry-level lappy gets the teardown treatment

Personal Tech12 Jul 2019 | 46

Apple reckons mystery new material will debug butterfly keyboard woes in latest MacBook Pros

It's so confident, 2019 models are on the free repair scheme

Personal Tech22 May 2019 | 45

Stage fright or Stage light? Depends how far you dare to open your MacBook Pro's lid

Pursuit of ever skinnier laptops blamed as some post-2016 displays start failing

Personal Tech22 Jan 2019 | 51

Apple breathes new life into MacBook Air with overhauled 2018 model

Bring a dongle, though. There are bugger all ports

Personal Tech30 Oct 2018 | 85

Apple tipped to revive forgotten Macbook Air and Mac mini – report

Old-school cool with new guts

Systems21 Aug 2018 | 46

You know what your problem is, Apple? Complacency

Comment Let's praise the cosy mobile duopoly working so hard to make things so much better

Personal Tech04 Jun 2018 | 59

Uni IT man stole £22k of Macs to pay for smack

Lawless man sold lifestyle devices at Cash Converters

Legal13 Mar 2018 | 38

Good news: Apple designs a notebook keyboard that doesn't suck

Bad news: It's only a patent filing and may never actually be made

Personal Tech10 Mar 2018 | 72

Mac book, whoa! Apple unveils $300 design tome

Who says Apple can't innovate? It takes genius to charge that much for a coffee table book

Personal Tech16 Nov 2016 | 94

Shock: Apple patents the phone book

Cupertino pondering cellular broadband tech in laptops

Networks19 Jul 2016 | 27

Apple quietly swaps out MacBook Retina displays to fix skin-peeling stains

Put the f**king lotion in the basket!

Personal Tech18 Oct 2015 | 30

Apple MacBook 2015: Twelve inches of slim and shiny fanboi joy

Review And it's optimised for better finger fun

Personal Tech06 May 2015 | 79

Don't worry, Apple hypegasms haven't gone in the WRISTJOB ERA

Watch and new Macbook online-only debut "unique"

On-Prem22 Apr 2015 | 14

Revealed: The AMAZING technology behind Apple's $1299 Retina MacBooks – a lot of glue

Pics RAM and SSDs stuck down with Sir Jony's juice

Personal Tech16 Apr 2015 | 132

Apple's 13-incher will STILL cost you a bomb: MacBook Air 2015

Review It may pine for the fjörds, but it's not snuffed it yet

Personal Tech30 Mar 2015 | 59

Fanbois: We paid $2000 for full satisfaction but now we have SPREADING STAINS

Ugh, it's as though my thing has 'bacteria or cancer'

Personal Tech20 Mar 2015 | 94

Want that awesome new Apple TrackPad? Don't get a MacBook Pro

Don't try to repair it either, unless you want a gluey mess

Personal Tech13 Mar 2015 | 24

LaCie snuggles up to Apple’s slim 12-inch MacBook with fat HDD

One port to rule them all? No problem for this chubby child

Storage11 Mar 2015 | 17

A gold MacBook with just ONE USB port? Apple, you're DRUNK

Comment The ego has landed: (No) power (socket) to the people!

Storage10 Mar 2015 | 217

Apple Watch: Wait a minute! This puny wrist-puter costs 17 GRAND?!

Plus: New skinny MacBook and exclusive HBO TV streaming

Software09 Mar 2015 | 129

The Glorious Resolution: Feast your eyes on 5 HiDPI laptops

Product round-up EYE-POPPING goodness

Personal Tech28 Nov 2014 | 42

Lawyers mobilise angry mob against Apple over alleged 2011 Macbook Pro crapness

We suffered 'random bouts of graphical distortion' - fanbois

Channel29 Oct 2014 | 35

Yes, yes, Steve Jobs. Look what I'VE done for you lately – Tim Cook

New iPhone biz baron points to Apple's (his) greatest successes

On-Prem21 Oct 2014 | 47

Tim Cook in Applerexia fears: New MacBook THINNER THAN EVER

'Supply chain sources' give up the goss on new iLappy

Personal Tech28 Aug 2014 | 40

Apple takes blade to 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display

Review Shaves price, not screen on mid-2014 model

Personal Tech19 Aug 2014 | 89

Yosemite Siri? Apple might plonk chatty assistant on your desktop - report

Patent prompts rumou... WTF is THAT? Whose finger?

Software11 Aug 2014 | 35

Bloodthirsty Apple fanbois TEAR OPEN new Macbook, bare its guts to world+dog

Slasher pics may be too much for the weak-hearted

Personal Tech30 Jul 2014 | 42

Apple winks at parents: C'mon, get your kid a tweaked Macbook Pro

Cheapest models given new processors, more RAM

Personal Tech29 Jul 2014 | 46

MacBook Air 13-inch: If you squint hard enough, you'll see a lesser-spotted Apple Price Cut

Review Tiny speed bump, no Retina, £100 lighter

Personal Tech21 May 2014 | 60

Apple files patent for typo-sensing buttons

Future iThings could know that you didn't mean to push that

Personal Tech06 May 2014 | 14

Faster Macbook Air pops out: What, a NEW Apple thing and ZERO fanfare?

Scream if you want to go slightly faster

Personal Tech29 Apr 2014 | 49

Apple patents touch-sensitive controls for MacBook

Boffins break out bezel button blueprints

Personal Tech18 Feb 2014 | 47

You DON'T need a new MacBook! Reg man fiddles with Fusion, pimps out vintage Pro

Feature Old school Unibody upgrading with Mavericks and storage tricks...

Personal Tech26 Nov 2013 | 47