Apple : Rumored 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro resurfaces

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Rumored 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro resurfaces Posted: If you've been following along with the rumors, you'd know a 13-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro is supposedly hitting stores in September. At least, that's the buzz that was stirring at the end of last month, prompted by an analyst's projection and some benchmark sites' discoveries that an unknown configuration of Macbook was being put through its paces - one whose specifications and naming scheme line up fit the profile of what could be a 13-inch "RDMBP." Friday, a new set of benchmarks was uncovered for what many believe is this 13-inch mystery device – the "MacBookPro10,2." According to the benchmarks, many of the rumored device's the listed specifications for the laptop either remain similar to, or are markedly upgraded from, the specifications seen in July. Updating the unknown The mystery MacBook has popped up again in the database of results for the benchmarking site GeekBench. This second iteration - the "MacBookPro10,2" that many believe is the smaller version of the 15-inch Retina Display MacBookPro, presumably by name alone - achieves nearly the same Geekbench score as the first device. However, there are two major differences between this second mystery MacBook and the first. For starters, the memory's been bumped up from 4GB to 8GB. Second, the new MacBook runs an 12A2066 built of OS X 18.8.1 - a new version of the OS that Apple plans to, but has yet to, release to developers. The rumored new 13-inch MacBook Pro will run an Intel Core i7-3520M processor clocked at 2.9 GHz. As reported by AppleInsider, that gives the system a bit lower of an overall Geekbench score than the 2.3 GHz, Intel Core i7-3615QM-sporting 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro, but it appears to be a speedier system than the 13-inch MacBook Pros released in February of last year.

Supply concerns stifling Google Nexus 7 sales Posted: Though Google's Nexus 7 had a rather successful launch, the demand for the tablet may have actually stymied the growth of Nexus 7 users. Just a few short weeks ago, the 16GB Nexus 7 was sold out at nearly all retailers, prompting Google to suspend sales of the 16GB model in order to catch up to the demand. Google was finally able to get the 16GB tablet back to retailers last week, but according to new data from the Chitika ad network, the expansion of the Nexus 7 market has stalled thanks to the supply issues. Chitika's analytics monitor users through their online ad network, and the company is able to provide a picture of how many people are using a device based on the web browser being surfed. Nexus 7 can't keep up the pace In the weeks after the Nexus 7 launched, traffic from the device spiked upwards of 1000%, and averaged between 0.6-0.8 impressions for every 100 on the iPad. Comparatively, the current second place tablet is Samsung's Galaxy Tab, which earns 2.5 impressions for every 100 on the iPad. Prior to the sellouts, Chitika's analysis put the Nexus 7 on pace to surpass the Kindle Fire, but the recent unavailability of the tablet has kept Google from gaining on Amazon, let alone Apple or Samsung. The Nexus 7 currently counts 0.3 impressions, which is a staggering drop of 40 percent compared to when the device shipped. Still hope for a comeback Chitika reports that though there was a drop in usage, there's still a chance the device can compete with similar devices. "Although Nexus 7 experienced a huge initial surge in both sales and Web traffic, users don't seem to be surfing as much as one might expect them to," Chitika said. "Since shipments have only recently restarted, we may begin to see another rise in Nexus 7 Web usage in the near future." With the iPad having a seemingly insurmountable lead, it's highly unlikely any tablet, let alone the Nexus 7, will be able to surpass its user base. However, it will be interesting to see if Google's Nexus 7 can catch up to the Kindle Fire, and other contemporaries, now that it's back in stock.

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