New hexcore Mac Pros on Tuesday, March 16

Way, way back in November, the FairerPlatform.com brought you rumors about hexacore Mac Pros, brewing somewhere in the bowels of Apple’s 1 Infinite Loop campus. A fresh report indicates these new pro towers could be just around the corner.
A fresh rumor circulating on the interwebs posits that Apple refresh its Mac Pro on Tuesday, March [...]

How to: Securely erase a hard disk, erase free space

Simply dragging a file into the trash and emptying it doesn’t mean that it’s gone. In fact, the file itself is still exactly where it was — here’s how to make files go away.
When you delete an item by putting it in Mac OS X’s Trash and then empty it, the file remains. The only [...]

Suppliers say iPad on schedule, volume good

Rumors about the iPad delays and initial volume availability continue to swirl and circulate with component suppliers in Asia now whispering that everything’s as right as rain.
DigiTimes is reporting comments from unnamed iPad component suppliers that Apple’s latest creation is on schedule and that production volume is on target.
In response to reports that initial volumes [...]

iPad delay? Not so, says Apple

The web’s been alive with talk that Apple’s latest creation with either in short supply or arrive late due to manufacturing issues. At least, that’s what one analyst would have us believe.
Like a lot tech blogs and media outlets, Wired is reporting comments by Canaccord analyst Peter Misek in which he claims that iPad assembler [...]

MacTech’s Macworld 2010 video mashup

John Dvorak might not have seen much on the floor of this year’s Macworld that he liked, but as you’ll see in this video montage captured at this Apple-free event there was a lot to get excited about.
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And, don’t forget to check out David Pogue’s sometimes manic Macworld 2010 keynote video.
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Pre-order an iPad from February 25

It’s beginning to look like Christmas in February, for Apple at least. Though the rumored start date falls on an unApple-esque Thursday, it certainly makes sense that the company would want to start measuring demand ahead of the actual release.
AppAdvice, quoting a “reliable source,” reports that Apple will begin taking pre-orders for the wi-fi only [...]

Apple announces MacBook HDD repair extension

This is the latest endemic problem identified by Apple to affect the company’s popular entry-level portables. The other issue being the now infamous “crackbook” issue, which is also covered by a repair extension.
Apple has announced the MacBook Repair Extension Program for Hard Drive Issues, which is targeted at owners of Apple’s 1.83GHz, 2GHz, or 2.16GHz [...]