MacBook Air: Beautiful, Compromised

Apple's new entry-level laptop has 11-inch screen, weighs 2.38 pounds

(NEWSER) - Apple unveiled its latest version of the MacBook Air yesterday, and it’s a beauty. The new machine runs the Lion OS, sports either a Core i5 or Core i7 processor, and has such bells and whistles as a backlit keyboard and a Thunderbolt port, the Christian Science Monitor reports. And it’s all wrapped in a laptop that weighs either 2.38 pounds (for the 11-inch model) or 3 pounds (for the 13-inch model) and costs as little as $999. More»

Apple also unveils new version of Mac OS

(NEWSER) - Steve Jobs took a break from his medical leave to show off some major new Apple software today, including its hotly anticipated new cloud computing service. The service, predictably dubbed “iCloud,” lets users keep all manner of data online, including books, apps, and music, syncing it all across multiple devices instantly. “We are going to demote the PC to just be a device,” Jobs said, according to the New York Times . “We are going to move… the center of your digital life into the cloud.” More»

Just in case you have nothing better to do

(NEWSER) - This was a bumper year for Apple, as it released the iPad, iPhone 4, new Macbook Air, and new Apple TV. Business Insider speculates on what Steve Jobs and company may have in store for the 2011.

1. New iPad. iPad 2 will likely be faster, boast a higher-resolution screen, and have a front-facing camera. The entry-level iPad option is also likely to get cheaper.
2. Verizon-based iPhone and iPhone 5. These may or may not be the same thing, given that the iPhone's guts have to be significantly remodeled to use Verizon's CDMA network. IPhone 5 will probably have a few more bells and whistles, but otherwise resemble 4—though, after "Antennagate" it surely will work no matter how, and how hard, it is gripped.

Company was working on it as it developed iPad

(NEWSER) - Not sold on Apple’s new iPad? Well, if the tech rumor mill is correct (assuming it isn’t completely busted from the leadup to last week’s unveiling), “Apple is pretty far along on work on second tablet device,” MG Siegler reports for TechCrunch . “A bigger one. And this one may be much more like a Mac than an iPhone.” More»

Parallels' product makes choice of operating system less important

(NEWSER) - Conflicted about choosing sides in the apocalyptic showdown between Microsoft and Apple? No need to worry—in this brave new world, you can have your cake and eat it. Parallels is Mac software that allows users to seamlessly integrate Windows programs, even the entire desktop. So, for just $79.99—plus the price of a Windows license, and an actual Mac, of course—you’ll never have to pay attention to those commercials again. More»