During the Mountain Lion unveiling event at this year’s WWDC, Apple announced an Up-to-Date program providing a free upgrade to the new system once it hits the market for any customer who obtains a Mac on or after June 11th. Since the company is planning to distribute OS X 10.8 solely through digital download, the free upgrade is actually a redemption code for the online venue.
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Following Apple’s alleged threats to sue Ultrabooks makers over design patent infringement, Windows-based vendors are expected to spend more on research and development to avoid violating Apple’s technologies, DigiTimes reports. Some ultraslim PC designers are said to have already cast doubt on their Ultrabook projects, fearing to face a patent lawsuit.
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Horace Dediu with Asymco claims that the gap between PC and Mac sales has gradually been reducing over the past several years and is now at the level of 1985, not too long after Apple launched its first Mac. The analyst drew up a chart showing how the ratio of PC and Mac shipments has been changing over more than 25 years since 1984.
Following the debut of the first Mac, the ratio was roughly 20 to 1. For about 10 years, the ratio rose and fell several times until it was cemented at 15 to 1 in 1996 and subsequently started to increase steadily every year. Through the next few years, PCs continued to significantly outperform Macs, as the ratio peaked at around 55 to 1 in 2004.
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With the final Mountain Lion version thought to arrive in July, some have wondered if the existing OS X 10.7.4 will be the last maintenance Lion update. The release launched in early May, and Apple would have very little time to issue another update before OS X 10.8 debuts.
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Rumors about Mac Pro discontinuation have proved to be false. Instead, Apple has given the device a minor refresh, equipping it with faster variants of the same Westfield processors, which debuted two years ago. While the 12-core standard system now retails for $3,800, the base and server configurations offer up to 12GB or RAM at the same price.
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