News tagged ‘Retina’

Following the announcement that Photoshop CS6 and Illustrator CS6 provide support of the Retina display, Adobe announced the additional upgrades to Creative Cloud subscription service. The updates are currently available exclusively for the subscribers of Creative Cloud.

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Today Adobe released updates to Illustrator CS6 and Photoshop CS6 adding support for Retina displays. Now customers can see more detail in text and images in the user interface of these programs when working on computers with high-resolution displays such as a new MacBook Pro. Currently, the HiDPI feature in the Illustrator is available only on Mac OS, but in the future it is expected to be available on other operating systems.

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SlashGear reports on a publication from Chinese website DoNews, which claims that AU Optronics is working on a Retina-resolution display for the next iPad mini that is said to be released next year.

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The discussion about the new iPad mini has mainly revolved around its display, which is said to account for 43% of the total cost of manufacturing. The display is reportedly based on a new "GF2" technology which allows for thinner display, but it lacks Retina-level resolution to which users have become accustomed in the new iPad and iPhone.

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Today OWC announced that it launched a 480 GB Mercury Aura Pro SSD module for the new 13-inch MacBook Pro. OWC noted that $580 upgrade option will cost you about $220 less compared to Apple 512 GB build-to-order flash module, and will allow you to reuse your original factory flash module.

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John Poole from Primate Labs reports about fourth-generation iPad benchmarks appeared in their Geekbench database.

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iFixit has already torn down the new 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro, saying that there are several improvement in accessibility compared to the 15-inch model.

One of the interesting changes is a battery layout with space underneath the trackpad being free of battery cells. Instead of battery cells in that area, Apple has opted to mount the flash storage, thus allowing access to the trackpad if it needs to be replaced.

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Yesterday Apple introduced the new iPad mini which has the same resolution as iPad 2 in a smaller 7.9 inch form factor that's two thirds the price of the latest iPad. But last year, it was more likely that Apple would make the iPod touch larger than reducing the size of the iPad. Apple went far further and did both, expanding the Retina Display iPod touch (along with iPhone 5), and scaling the iPad down.

This effectively gives Apple two very different new devices with nearly the same pixel count and very similar prices: the 4 inch iPod touch ($299/32GB and $399/64GB) and 7.9 inch iPad mini (16GB/$329; 32GB/$429; 64GB/$529; each with a 4G LTE cellular option for $130 more).

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Apple has posted video of the October 23rd special event at which it announced the iPad mini, iPad 4, 13-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro, updated iMacs, and refreshed Mac minis.

You can watch it here.

Sorry, only in Russian here.

Apple will host a media event scheduled for October 23rd. Apple is expected to show us the new 7.85-inch iPad Mini, new iMac, new 13-inch Retina MacBook and new Mac Mini.

October 23 at 10:00 am PT Apple will introduce new devices. We expect the new 7.85-inch iPad Mini, new iMac, new 13-inch Retina MacBook and new Mac Mini.

Live coverage begins Tuesday, October 23 at 9:30 am PT.

9to5Mac reports that it has received information that Apple has refreshed Mac mini models that will likely launch today alongside the iPad mini. The website discovered before that Apple was planning two new standard configurations, as well as a third model running OS X Server. Moreover, the high-end models now move to quad-core processors. The new Mac mini models should retain the current pricing.

• 2.5 GHz dual-core, 4GB RAM, 500GB Hard drive
• 2.3 GHz quad-core, 4GB RAM, 1TB Hard drive
• Server: 2.3 GHz quad-core 4GB of RAM, 2TB Hard drive

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Apple has begun prepping the California Theatre for the upcoming media event where they are expected to reveal the iPad mini.

Along with the iPad mini, Apple Apple is expected to launch new iMacs, Mac minis and the 13" Retina MacBook Pro. Remember to join us during our live blog tomorrow.

Take a look at more photos:

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9to5Mac reports that it received pricing information on the forthcoming 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro. According to its sources, the entry-level MacBook Pro will cost approximately $1699, $500 more than the corresponding model without Retina display. The report said:

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According to 9to5Mac's report, Apple’s new Mac mini and iMac that will launch next week will retain the pricing of the current models, which almost certainly confirms that forthcoming iMac models will not include more expensive Retina displays.

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Apple has officially announced a media event for the much rumored iPad mini scheduled for October 23rd. Apple today sent out invitations to the press.

Apple is expected to show the new 7.85-inch iPad Mini, new iMac, new 13-inch Retina MacBook and new Mac Mini. We will certainly do online live blog from this event.