I was pleasantly surprised to drop by OWC's booth at CES to see a mechanical sample of its forthcoming LSI SF3700 based PCIe SSD. OWC plans on offering aftermarket SF3700 SSD upgrades for all Haswell Macs and the late 2013 Mac Pro. Unlike OWC's SF-2xxx based upgrades, I'm hoping/expecting the SF3700 drives will be competitive in idle power consumption with the drives you get directly from Apple. OWC will be producing these drives with the right proprietary connector for all of Apple's 2013 Macs with PCIe SSDs. We'll see x2 and x4 versions, just like what Apple offers today. As with other SF3700 vendors, we'll likely see Toshiba 19nm NAND used although OWC reminded me that they still buy some Micron NAND. It's too early...
The Mac Pro Review (Late 2013)
Until this month Apple's Mac Pro used a chassis derived from the old PowerMac G5, prior to the famous switch to x86 back in 2005/2006. Read on for our...
239 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/31/2013Best Tablets - Holiday 2013
We've covered quite a few laptop options last week for those looking for something mobile for the holiday season, but one area we haven't touched on yet is tablet...
104 by Jarred Walton on 12/19/2013iPad mini with Retina Display: LTE Hotspot Battery Life
As I promised in our iPad mini with Retina Display review, I put the new mini through our LTE hotspot battery life test. As connected tablets are effectively smartphones...
19 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/22/2013Apple iPad mini with Retina Display: Reviewed
I suppose there’s only one way to start this review, and that’s by looking back at last year’s iPad mini review. In that review I had a section dedicated...
343 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/16/2013iPad Air Delivers 24 Hours of Battery Life as LTE Hotspot
A year ago during my review of the LTE iPad 3 I decided to find out how long the iPad would last as a personal hotspot. With the display...
53 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/2/2013The iPad Air Review
It seemed like a foregone conclusion that the 10-inch tablet market was done for, with all interest and excitement shifting to smaller, but equally capable 7 or 8-inch tablets...
442 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/29/2013Promise Technology Announces Pegasus2 and SANLink2 Thunderbolt 2 Products
We’ve seen Thunderbolt products from Promise before, and we’ve even heard about some of their upcoming Thuderbolt 2 offerings. Today, Promise is formally announcing four upcoming Thunderbolt 2 products...
39 by Jarred Walton on 10/25/2013iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display include Qualcomm's MDM9615 baseband
We've had a few days to digest everything announced at Apple's recent event, and one of the remaining questions was whether the iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina...
10 by Brian Klug on 10/24/2013iPad Air: Hands On [video]
Brian also just finished up some hands on with the iPad Air. Check out the video below for his impressions and a comparison to the new mini. We just played...
44 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 10/22/2013iPad mini with Retina Display: Hands On [video]
Brian just spent some time hands on with the new iPad mini:
24 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 10/22/2013Apple Event (October 2013) - Live Blog
Brian and I are on the ground in San Francisco for Apple's event today. We're expecting to see new iPads introduced as well as the long-awaited Haswell rMBP refreshes...
101 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 10/22/201321.5-inch iMac (Late 2013) Review: Iris Pro Driving an Accurate Display
I have a confession to make. For the past year I’ve been using a 27-inch iMac as my primary workstation. I always said that if I had a less...
126 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/7/2013Apple Updates the iMac: Haswell CPUs, PCIe SSDs & 802.11ac WiFi
Earlier this morning Apple announced the next round of Haswell updates to its Mac lineup, this time focusing on the iMac. Both the 21.5-inch and 27-inch models see updates...
46 by Kristian Vättö & Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/24/2013Chipworks Provides First Apple A7 Die Shot
Hot on the heels of their Samsung 28nm confirmation, Chipworks just sent over the first die shot of a delayered Apple A7. An annotated version is following early next...
41 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/20/2013Chipworks Confirms Apple's A7 is Built On Samsung's 28nm HK+MG Process
Chipworks is in the process of delayering Apple's A7, but they just confirmed what we mentioned in our iPhone 5s review: Apple's A7 is built at Samsung using their...
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/20/2013The iOS 7 Review
There’s no doubt about it, this iOS update is one of the largest in Apple’s history. In the wake of the iPhone 5 launch, there was a considerable amount...
146 by Brian Klug & Saumitra Bhagwat on 9/19/2013The iPhone 5c Review
For years now Apple has followed a rather intelligent waterfall of its products down the pricing stack. With the arrival of every new iPhone, the previous generation gets a...
70 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/17/2013The iPhone 5s Review
For much of the iPhone's life Apple has enjoyed a first-mover advantage. At the launch of the first iPhone, Steve Jobs expected the device and OS would give it...
465 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/17/2013Some Thoughts about the iPhone 5S Camera Improvements
One of the big improvements that comes with the iPhone 5S is a new camera system, with a faster aperture for more light throughput, bigger 8 MP sensor with...
100 by Brian Klug on 9/13/2013