Not sure how exactly this slipped our neural net, perhaps it was added in a later update, but yesterday's Bloomberg revelation about a potential Apple TV show rental service now also includes the following tip: Steve Jobs et al plan on hosting an event in San Francisco on September 7. This just so happens to be on a Tuesday and meshes perfectly with Apple's annual Mac plus iPod touch promotion (which ends on the same day). Of course, we could've told you Apple would be holding an early September iPod refresh event this time last year -- the real question is what else might be revealed during the keynote?
Mac lovers might seek solace in this particular piece of news that details out Apple’s latest venture. Apple has put up the feature-rich variants of the Mac Pro for pre-orders. The gadgets are available in a host of configuration options for users to select from.(ch-’for users to select from’ to users can select from)
Users can choose to purchase the gadget with either one 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Nehalem, two 8 cores 2.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Westmere or two 12 cores 2.66GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon Westmere processors.
The gadget can be purchased with either 3GB or 6GB of storage capacities and integrates a 3GB/s SATA HDD operating at 7200rpm and offering 1TB internal memory. Visuals of the unit are backed by the 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card.
Users are also provided with an 18x SuperDrive as well as an Apple Magic Mouse with the Mac Pro. Additionally, the device comes with Apple’s keyboard featuring a numeric keypad and a user guide.
The Mac Pro with Quad-Core processor is priced at $2499 (approx. Rs. 115,300) and the 8-core processor costs $3,499 (approx. Rs. 1,61,290). The 12-core variant can be picked up for $4,999 (approx. Rs. 2,30,430).
Though the new Mac Pro tower and iMac is yet to hit shelves, gamers can already expect enhanced visuals on these PCs.The graphics cards powering the Apple iMac and Mac Pro tower come courtesy of AMD’s ATI Radeon graphics solutions as announced by the latter company.
AMD’s graphics solutions offer users an immersive gaming experience while playing HD content. The ATI Radeon HD 5770 video card with 1GB GDDR5 memory is built to deliver motion graphics, 3D modeling, rendering or animation. The graphics card comes standard with the Mac Pro, though customers can choose to upgrade to the AMD ATI Radeon HD 5879 video card.
“Apple buyers demand the best, and AMD’s award-winning ATI Radeon graphics enable exceptional visual experiences for iMac users. AMD has conducted extensive testing and research to create superior graphics products for the iMac. This research is designed to dramatically enhance the Mac-user experience so that Apple users can enjoy responsive performance and play the newest games,” averred Matt Skynner, corporate VP and GM, GPU division, AMD.
The ATI Radeon HD 4670 video card is hosted by the new 22” iMac, while the ATI Radeon HD 5650 graphics card powers the visual output of both the 22” iMac as well as the 27” version. The new 27” iMac can also be configured with the ATI Radeon HD 5750 graphics card. These AMD offerings are up on the Apple retail and online outlets.
Microsoft has released a new promotional video that shows some of the new features in Office for Mac 2011. The video shows off a new template gallery that allows users to choose from various designs or additional content from the Internet. Outlook integration has been improved with conversation view, not to mention a new database that supports Spotlight searches. Email is now also compatible with Time Machine backup and recovery. A noticeable change will also include the Office for Mac ribbon, which can be minimized in order to free up some additional screen real estate. While an official launch date hasn't been announced just yet, the software is expected to ship sometime before the end of the year.
