MacBooks Still Clicking in a Post-PC World
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Juicy details from the newly released Steve Jobs biography, including a quote from the late Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) cofounder suggesting he'd found a way to break into the TV market, fueled the never-sputtering rumor machine this week.
Talk of Apple's jump into television manufacturing seemed to overshadow the updates Apple made to its MacBook Pro line. Price points remain the same on the 13-inch, 15-inch and 17-inch laptops, but they will run on faster Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) processors. Storage space on the 13-inch model was upped to 500 GB for the lowest-priced model. All will run on Apple's latest OS, OS X Lion.
A Case of Cannibalization?
The updates come as questions are raised about whether the tablet market is cannibalizing the PC market. Personal computer and laptop sales have been down in general -- though not with Apple -- leaving some to ponder whether the traditional personal computer is getting phased out by the increasingly popular tablet.
Source: MacNewsWorld