Between 2007 and 2008, some MacBook Pro models shipped with faulty Nvidia GPUs, which can cause blank screens or image distortions. Apple will fix the problem free if it can detect it, but a new report calls its diagnostic process into question. Read More »
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Generally speaking, if your not using your Apple computer for graphics-intensive purposes, that NVIDIA GPU that you have if you bought your computer recently isn’t doing much. Definitely not earning its keep, you might say. In fact, you could think of it like your unemployed cousin… Read More »
A tip of the hat to fellow TheAppleBlog contributor Clayton Lai in his recent column NVIDIA Killed My 2007 MacBook Pro, and the people who commented with similar tales of premature hardware failure woe, for finally convincing me to cross the late 2008 MacBook Pro… Read More »
In mid 2008, amid growing evidence, NVIDIA acknowledged that a significant number of its previous-generation GPUs (graphics processing unit) and MCPs (media and communications processors) for notebooks are failing at higher-than-normal rates. For readers who are not aware of this story, TheAppleBlog covered… Read More »
Apple has updated their laptop line (sans the “white MacBook”) with NVIDIA’s new GeForce graphics chips: the 9400M for the MacBook and MacBook Air, and the 9600M GT for the MacBook Pro. The 9400M contains 16 parallel graphics cores offering 54 Gigaflops of graphics… Read More »
Following NVIDIA’s July 2008 announcement that a number of their GPUs were experiencing higher failure rates than should be normally expected, Apple today finally released an official support article acknowledging the problem. The article claims that NVIDIA told Apple graphics cards in Macintosh computers… Read More »
A few days ago we posted a story about the much-sensationalized upcoming Apple mystery product, “The Brick.” While there is still no definite word regarding what it actually is, 9to5mac is now reporting that a “reliable” source has lead them to believe that… Read More »
