It’s been reported many times lately at Apple’s Discussion Board in the U.S., Japan and other countries that MacBook shuts down all of a sudden. Apple officially acknowledged in September 1 that MacBook has a shutdown problem. And you are requested to contact AppleCare if your MacBook experiences such problem. A sudden shutdown + portable Mac implies that it’s a heat problem that must be causing the CPU to stop clocking. Especially if you can restart MacBook after its CPU has cooled down, the cause must be heat. Actually, the problem is not that simply. One German blog writes this article, and the following is its rough English translation: Continue reading →

Apple Computer, Inc released on Tuesday QuickTime 7.1.3 update. According to Apple, this update fixes numerous bugs and critical security holes. This upgrade will be required to play the contents that are newly available at iTunes store because of FairPlay, which decodes Apple’s copy protection restrictions. Furthermore, Apple notes that QuickTime 5 and 6 Pro users are required to purchase a new QuickTime 7 Pro key to use QuickTime Pro functions.

Apple Computer, Inc has announced today new models of iPod, iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano. Also announced today is iTunes 7. Apple also sells NFL football highlights, and the video resolution has been increased to 640 x 480 pixels. It has been speculated that Apple will sell Lions Gate and Walt Disney movies at iTunes online store. Apple indeed sells classic Disney movies for $9.99 to $14.99.

Announced also today by Apple Computer, Inc are two models of Mac mini. You can choose 1.66 GHz or 1.83 GHz models. Both models use 667 MHz frontside bus with 512 MB of pre-installed DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300). Apple notes that Core Duo 1.83 GHz can be 5 times as fast as 1.42 GHz G4 PowerPC model. Both models come with Intel GMA 950 graphics professor, which uses 64 MB of the main memory. These machines have one FireWire 400 port and four USB 2.0 ports.

Apple Computer, Inc has introduced a new line of iMacs today ranging from an entry-level machine to a semi-professional one. The entry-level machine (MA710LL) has 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo inside with a 17-inch monitor and Intel GMA 950 graphics processor (64 MB of RAM shared with the main memory). Another 17-inch model (MA590LL) comes with 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 1 GB of pre-installed DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300) memory + ATI Radeon X1600 (128 MB). Continue reading →