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 ...

Apple has released MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.1 for laptops released in 2011 (with Tunderbolt). This update includes fixes that enhance the stability of Lion Recovery from an Internet connection, and resolve issues with Apple Thunderbolt Display compatibility and Thunderbolt Target Disk Mode performance on MacBook Air (mid 2011) models. The MacBook Air EFI Update will update the EFI ...

The new MacBook Air notebooks with ThunderBolt are available in the United Arab Emirates since August 11th. Unfortunately they are not available in Saudi Arabia from Arab Computers until the 27th of the month. The 2011 MacBook Air models’ features include faster processors, ThunderBolt port and a backlit keyboard. Base models ship with an Intel Core i5 processor but you ...

Apple has released the first Mac OS X Lion update. OS X Lion includes many fixes and as you can see from the screenshot it is the first official Arabic update notes from Apple. The 10.7.1 update is recommended for all users running OS X Lion and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability and compatibility of your ...

With the release of Mac OS X Lion Apple has also updated the MacBook Air. The new MacBook Air models include support for Thunderbolt (up to 10Gbps data transfer speeds), backlit keyboard, Core i5 and i7 dual core CPUs, Bluetooth 4.0 and other improvements. Prices start at $999. Here is Apple’s press release: Apple Updates MacBook Air With Next Generation ...

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 ...

Apple has released MacBook Air (Late 2010) Software Update 2.0. The update resolves an issue with some MacBook Air (Late 2010) systems that prevents the system from sleeping. The update is available via the Apple Software Update utility or from the company’s website: MacBook Air (Late 2010) Software Update 2.0. You can find the author of this post on twitter: ...

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 ...

Apple released EFI Firmware Update 2.0 for the MacBook Air. The update resolves a rare issue where MacBook Air boots or wakes to a black screen or becomes unresponsive. This update is recommended for all 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air (late 2010) models. The MacBook Air EFI Update will update the EFI firmware on your notebook computer. Your computer’s power ...

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 ...