Rami Kayyali has compiled and compared the prices of products in the newly launched UAE Apple Store with the prices at the Apple US Store and Saudi Arabia's distributors. The results are interesting even though the comparison does not include taxes nor custom rates. UAE Apple Store vs Saudi Arabia Prices By comparing UAE Apple Online Store with Arab Computers and iPhone from Mobily, STC we notice: • UAE iPh ...

Apple has released some more Thunderbolt related updates. The first is Thunderbolt Software Update available for all Macs with Thunderbolt (2011 models). The update provides support for the Apple Thunderbolt Display and bug fixes for Thunderbolt device compatibility. Apple also released Macbook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.2 for MacBook Pro laptops (2011 models). This update enables Lion Internet Recovery whic ...

Apple has released a firmware update for Macs with a Thunderbolt connection. Thunderbolt allows for data transfer speeds up to 10 Gbps and is available in new MacBook Pro and iMac computers. Thunderbolt Firmware Update provides Thunderbolt performance and stability fixes. Please follow Apple's installation instructions: When your computer restarts a gray screen will appear with a status bar to indicate the ...

Arab Computers, ABM's distributor in Saudi Arabia, has announced a limited-time discount on MacBook Pro (2011 models with ThunderBolt). The offer is valid for 2 days only (Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23 June). The new prices are: • MacBook Pro 13-inch with Core i5 from 4,999 SR to 4,499 SR. (no such thing as core i3 macbook pro). • MacBook Pro 13-inch with Core i7 from 6,399 SR to 5,749 SR. • MacBook Pro 15 ...

Apple has released a couple of updates for this year's MacBook Pro models (with Thunderbolt). First update is MacBook Pro EFI Update 2.1 to update the firmware. The update "includes fixes that resolve an issue with Turbo Mode in Boot Camp, and improve performance and stability for graphics and Thunderbolt." The MacBook Pro EFI Update will update the EFI firmware on your notebook computer. Your computer's po ...

Apple released the following updates in the last few days: iPhoto 9.1.2 , iMac Hard Drive Firmware Update 1.0 , Apple FIPS Cryptographic Module v1.0 , MobileMe Control Panel for Windows , Mac OS X v10.6.7 Supplemental Update for 13" MacBook Air (Late 2010) , Boot Camp 3.2 Update for MacBook Pro (early 2011) and Canon Printer Drivers v2.5 for Mac OS X v10.6. iPhoto, Apple's image library application, was upd ...

Apple has introduced new MacBook Pro notebooks today. The new models feature faster CPUs and graphic processors as well as support for Thunderbolt data transfer technology. Thunderbolt is developed by Intel under the name Light Peak. The connector used is mini Display Port so current monitor adapters will still work. Thunderbolt allows up to 10Gbps transfer speeds. We expect that these models will arrive to ...

Arab Computers has announced new prices for a variety of Apple products including MacBooks and iPods in Saudi Arabia. Students get an additional %5 discount on Macs as well. The new prices, including Apple's US prices for contrast, are the following: MacBook Air 11-inch with 64GB for 4,290 SR (US price is $999) MacBook 13-inch 2.4Ghz from 4,490 SR to 3,799 SR (US price is $999) MacBook Pro 13-inch 2.4Ghz fr ...

Apple released an EFI firmware update for MacBook and MacBook Pro 13 inch models. The update is recommended and it resolves an issue where an attached external display may occasionally incorrectly show a purple coloration. This update is for the white MacBook released in May 2010 and MacBook Pro 13-inch released in April 2010 To download the updates directly from Apple's website: MacBook EFI Firmware Update ...

Macworld magazine ran some benchmarks on different MacBook Air configurations in addition to the default configs. Basically increasing the CPU of the 11 inch MacBook Air to 1.6GHz from 1.4GHz and 4GB DDR3 RAM from 2GB. As for the 13 inch MacBook Air it got upgraded to the 2.13GHz option (from 1.8GHz) and 4GB DDR3 RAM (from 2GB). Here are the speedmark results of these MacBook Airs compared to previous gener ...