Ultra thin AMD against Intel Ultra books

AMD does not intend to let Intel FUSION, AMD occupy only the category of ultraportable next-generation, Apple holds with the MacBook Air. To the Intel Ultra book, AMD will respond with "Ultrathin" (ultra-fine). End it already employs for its mobile platforms. In an interview with The Australian, the head of the local subsidiary of AMD, Brian Slattery, said that the first line could be unveiled in January. AMD has discussed with various manufacturers to equip their phones and one of them at least would have made good progress on the issue.

Slattery does not give details on the characteristics to be expected. He even suggests that manufacturers would be free on how to use this platform combining processor and Radeon chip. This means potentially heavier laptops with screens larger than what is expected of an ultraportable. It will be recalled that a rumor in mid-November had discussed a merger between Apple and AMD Fusion around the platform, a competitor of that used by Intel in its Ultra book. Apple has declined; worried AMD capabilities to provide the solution in sufficient volumes.

QuickTime, 20 years of digital video - I

On December 2, 1991, Apple gave the world the first version of QuickTime, which triggered a technological revolution. At a time when digital video was completely replaced analogue, it is time to render unto Caesar what is his by right.

We imagine perhaps with difficulty, but without QuickTime, we would not have digital terrestrial TV or Blu-ray in every home, as we know it today.

Testing the iO Alesis Dock

The iO Dock iPad finally arrives resellers of our country, after a presentation at NAMM in January in Las Vegas. To house the tablet with a view to graft the necessary interfaces to the needs of musicians, the iO Dock succeed there to attract these users increasingly demanding? Attempt to answer in the following lines ...

Buying a Mac for Christmas

The holiday season approaching, and with them the traditional gifts. Whether you want a Mac to provide a loved one ... or yourself, here are some tracks. It is all general advice and our favorite heart to guide you, not quick fixes that apply to all - hunting gifts would be less funny if not.

A Mac with less than 800 €? 

If your maximum budget is less than € 800, quite clear limits are needed.

Changes in Apple

By the way the G3 to G4, the PowerBook has lost the flexibility of removable bays and exquisite design while curve from the aluminum cold that reigned seven years on the range. Apple has also, seemingly insignificant details, changed the direction of its logo on the hood of this machine. We knew that this decision has caused much discussion among users, and a stir at Apple: the bitten apple should she deal with the owner of the computer, close cover, or offer to passers, cover open? What we did not know is that Steve Jobs himself had settled the debate in one way or the other. The advertising Ken Segall, who attended Steve Jobs for 14 years, working in particular on the Think Different campaign and inventing the name iMac, returned to the meeting where the decision to change the orientation of the apple was taken.