Apple's OS X Lion USB sticks now available online, for $69

After more than a week's worth of rumors and speculation, Apple has finally released its OS X Lion USB thumb drive, available now at its online store. This little stick offers a physical media alternative to Cupertino's otherwise App Store-centric distribution model, providing access to OS X Lion for $69. One caveat, however, is that users who download the software via thumb drive won't be able to re-install it using the recently released Lion Recovery Disk Assistant, but will have to rely upon the USB stick, instead. The other caveat, of course, is price, as just $29 will get you the exact same OS, via the App Store. To grab one for yourself, hit up the source link, below.

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Apple's redesigned iPod shuffle hits 4GB

Apple just doubled the capacity of its iPod shuffle to 4GB while ditching the control wheel entirely. The new design keeps the clip and adds VoiceOver -- a new feature that gets around the lack of display by telling you which song is playing and who performs it at the touch of a button on the earbud cable. It'll also call out your playlists and let you navigate to others. Available in black or silver for $80 and your claim to what Apple calls the "world's smallest music player."

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iBook G4

Apple's been pretty resistant to putting out an OS X netbook, and we might have an inkling why -- according to benchmarks run on a hackintosh'd MSI Wind variant, Apple's OS runs just about as well on your average 1.6GHz Atom / 1GB RAM machines as it does on a four-year-old iBook G4. Sure, the Atom boots a bit faster and outperforms the G4 on simple tasks, but it slows way down when the going gets tough. Of course, the iBook was a much larger machine than most netbooks out there, but with numbers like this we'd say those of you searching for an OS X netbook can skip the EULA violations and just hunt down an old 12-inch PowerBook G4. Check out all the stats at the read link.

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APPLE MACBOOK PRO

Apple's new MacBook Pro notebook, launched recently, features a 17 inch widescreen, LED backlight display with a native resolution of 1920x1200 pixels. Powered by a 2.6GHz Intel Core@Duo processor, the device is equipped with 4GB RAM, 320 GB hard disk, slot-load superdrive, multi-touch trackpad, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a new battery that boasts of up to 8 hours of productivity on a single charge.
The laptop also features an onboard Nvidia 9400GM graphics chip for longer battery life, while the dedicated Nvidia 9600M GT graphics processor can be used for higher performance.
Encased in an aluminium unibody the gadget will be in market by end of the month.

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Apple white MacBook specs updated: better CPU & graphics, 2GB RAM

Apple have quietly updated the entry-level white plastic MacBook to bring its specifications further in line with the new-design unibody MacBooks, including an improved 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo processor now with 1,066MHz frontside bus. Also changed are the memory, which doubles to 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM as standard, and integrated graphics courtesy of NVIDIA’s GeForce 9400M. The price remains at $999.
Other changes are trickier to spot. Bluetooth has received a mild upgrade, from v2.0 on the previous-gen white MacBook to Bluetooth v2.1 on this new update, but otherwise connectivity remains the same and there’s no sign of the faster, DDR3 memory that was introduced on the unibody MacBooks.
The initial assumption is that Apple are attempting to bring their most basic MacBook in line with their own OpenCL GPU requirements for the upcoming OS X Snow Leopard operating-system. OpenCL will allow the MacBook to use the graphics processor not just for video work but for general processing as well.

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Apple Keyboard concept with iPhone induction charging & OLED keys

As concepts go, here’s perhaps an obvious one: take one of the slicker keyboards around - in this case Apple’s waif-like offering - add some Optimus-style OLED keys and a dock for everybody’s favorite cult smartphone, and settle back to reap the praise. The work of Cosmo Scharf (I’m really hoping that’s their real name), it would include induction charging for the iPhone 3G together with context-specific hot-keys.
According to the mocked-up product listing, the Apple Keyboard would go for a scant $79.99. Considering how much OLED keyboards go for, as well as how much induction charging systems will set you back, that seems mighty ambitious.
Still, it’s a neat idea and one that - minus perhaps the inductive charging, and its corresponding gripper magnets and rubber anti-vibration mount, replaced with a straightforward hinged or flexible docking connector - could certainly find favor among the Mac faithful. Check out the full (fake, obviously) product page in the gallery below.

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