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Why You Might Be Disappointed By The Resolution Of Those New Retina Display Macs
Capacity of Plate-Based HDDs Could Double by 2016
Mac Pro on the Way Out or Changing with the Times?
iAntivirus Free OS X Virus Protection From Norton Symantec
Chrome King For A Week Thanks To Asian and South American Popularity
From PC to Mac 10-Months Later
Once You Go Mac, Can Dell's XPS 13 Bring You Back?
Not Dead Yet: Acer, Asustek To Launch Netbooks With Upgraded Atom Processor In 3Q12
Can You Spend Hours On Facebook And Not Be A Narcissist?
Why You Might Be Disappointed By The Resolution Of Those New Retina Display Macs
Cult of Mac's John Brownlee asks: "How many does pixels does a Mac really need to qualify as Retina, anyway?" Brownlee notes that Macs with Retina displays are looking increasingly likely, with many expecting an iPhone or iPad-style resolution doubling. Ergo, the current 15-inch MacBook Pro has a 1,440 x 900 display so a Retina 15-inch MBP would purportedly have a 2,880 x 1800 display.
However, Brownlee observes that a disconnect in that school of thought is that there's no benefit to Apple handling a jump to Retina display Macs this way because its current Macs are already almost Retina quality.
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Capacity of Plate-Based HDDs Could Double by 2016
HardMac's Lionel reports that researchers from HIS Supply have been trying to model the storage capacity of plate-based HDD for the coming 4 years, and forecast that storage capacity should double by 2016, but also plateau as it would be the maximum performance offered by the current perpendicular recording technology, noting that In 2016, we could expect 8 TB 3.5" HDDs while 2.5" units should offer around 2 TB capacity.
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Mac Pro on the Way Out or Changing with the Times?
Low End Mac's Dan Bashur asks: "After two years with no update, where is the Mac Pro headed?," noting that according to much speculation, the desktop Pro may be headed for the chopping block.
He observes that while creative types and die-hard Mac tinkerers hate to think a day when Apple stops making a fully customizable machine, the harsh reality may be that just like the 17" MacBook Pro its demise may have arrived in the form of of Thunderbolt.
Bashur suggests that a special OS X Server/Client edition that could allow you to utilize the resources from as many Mini servers as you wanted chained together could render a Mac Pro be a thing of the past, noting that simply plugging these special Mac minis into the rack that would connect them by a single Thunderbolt port and power connector, and the possibilities just got enormous.
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iAntivirus Free OS X Virus Protection From Norton Symantec
Symantec's iAntivirus is virus protection built exclusively for your Mac. This simple yet powerful on-demand malware and virus scanner from Norton helps ensure you're protected from the latest malware threats. iAntivirus protects your iPhoto pictures, iTunes music and all of your Apple stuff, and also scans your Facebook wall for malicious links to keep you protected from online fraud.
Key features of iAntivirus:
• Award-winning technology blocks threats before they damage your Mac, iPhoto pictures, iTunes media and other important Stuff.
• Innovative carousel interfaces lets you use two fingers to swipe between your home folder and full system and other scanning options.
• Lets you quickly and easily scan files by simply dragging and dropping them onto iAntivirus.
• Built for speed from the ground up, so it won't get in the way of your Mac experience.
• Works seamlessly against Windows threats too, to make sure the documents you share are safe for everyone.
• Updates available regularly through the App Store to help detect the latest breaking threats.
Online threats targeting Macs are on the rise and iAntivirus can be your first line of defense.
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Chrome King For A Week Thanks To Asian and South American Popularity
The Register's Brid-Aine Parnell reports that Google's Chrome browser has overtaken Internet Explorer to become the world's most popular browser according to StatCounter's Global Stats, which calculates browser popularity on the basis of 15 billion page views a month from people all over the world with tracking code installed on over three million websites, noting that Chrome just moved above Internet Explorer in the rankings in the last week calculated (14 to 20 May) thanks to users in Asia and South America, altough it's still lagging in the US.
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Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Browser Market Share:
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From PC to Mac 10-Months Later
ZNet blogger Stephen Chapman recaps that 10 months ago he bought a Mac after 15 years of Windows usage. Did he switch permanently, sell the Mac, or something else altogether?
Chapman says he loves how passionate users are about their operating systems, but for OS X partisans who hoped to see hom switch after ~3-4 months, he's sorry to say that he still prefers Windows 7, but after 10 months things he still uses his MacBook Air for include:
iOS development
Most of his writing is done on the MacBook Air
Traveling
He enjoys walking around with the Air to impress the ladies.
On the other hand, Chapman still uses PCs for gaming, research, browsing, video editing, and far more, noting that there are just too many applications I use for those purposes that are PC-only, and there there are many ways he uses Windows that he's not sure he'll ever be able to on any other OS.
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http://zd.net/JMYbBE
Once You Go Mac, Can Dell's XPS 13 Bring You Back?
Forbes' Brian Caulfield says that since back on October 20, 2010 when Steve Jobs introduced the second generation MacBook Air he's wanted one - badly - resolving that his next personal laptop would be an Air.
But he says that rather than buying one, he waited. And waited. And then earlier this year, Dell introduced its XPS 13 Ultrabook - thin - light - quick, and while it's not as flashy as the Mac, Dell's designers have pulled off a number of clever tricks, eg: cramming a 13.3-inch screen into a ridiculously small package - with a smaller footprint than Apple's 13.3-inch MacBook Air. Even more impressive: the Dell is $300 cheaper. Its missing some features youll find on the 13-inch MacBook Air, although he concedes that there's no Secure Digital Card slot, and the screen is lower resolution, but that said, the Dell, which starts at $999 with a 128GB solid state drive, doesnt feel cheap, and soft touch plastics, metal highlights, and an aluminum lid give the XPS 13 a higher-end feel than some much pricier Windows machines.
But at the end of the day Caulfield finds the XPS 13 doesn't do enough to lure many people back from Apple, and while his next personal machine won't necessarily be a MacBook Air, it won't be the XPS 13 he tried out, either.
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Not Dead Yet: Acer, Asustek To Launch Netbooks With Upgraded Atom Processor In 3Q12
Digitimes' Monica Chen and Joseph Tsai report that Acer and Asustek Computer, with most other vendors having quit the netbook market and netbook shipments becoming more stable, plans to launch new netbook models with Intel's upgraded Atom N2600 and N2800 processors adding new function design to improve performance and a Windows 8-based model set to appear at the end of the third quarter, according to sources from notebook players.
Chen and Tsai note that while the netbook segment is fizzling in mainstream markets, demand still remains strong in emerging markets.
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http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120521PD221.html
Can You Spend Hours On Facebook And Not Be A Narcissist?
The Globe and Mail's Tralee Pearce reports that eecent studies have found that avid Facebook users exhibit narcissistic traits and that people with high levels of narcissism were more likely to spend more than an hour a day on the social-media site and tended to post digitally enhanced photos that made them look good, but what the research doesnt answer is whether Facebook just attracts narcissists or turns people into them.
Ms. Pierce adds: "If you really want to find narcissists, head over to Twitter. The same study found an association between tweeting about oneself and high narcissism scores."
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