Without fanfare, Apple has improved the specs of the white MacBook, the low-end $999 white polycarbonate laptop that remains in the product lineup alongside its shinier aluminum cousin. Most notably, the low-end laptop now features Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics, a dramatic upgrade from the Intel integrated graphics of earlier models.

Apple enjoyed its best quarterly revenue and earnings for the previous financial quarter, racking up a $1.6 billion profit on $10.2 billion in revenue.

You can download trial versions of software, but it's nearly impossible on the Web to fully appreciate physical objects - cases, peripherals, and the like. Here are a few of the things that caught our eyes while perambulating around the show floor.

Apple completes the transition to the new laptop unibody design with the new 17-inch MacBook Pro, but takes a risky move by switching to a non-removable battery.

In a recent report comparing U.S. computer makers, Macs were ranked as the most reliable, though the ranking may say more about Apple's support options than the reliabilty of Macs.

Apple has posted a support article explaining how to recover (by deleting partially downloaded files) if Software Update stops responding during its "Configuring installation" phase. The bug is fixed in Mac OS X 10.5.6, but can still affect the 10.5.6 update process.

For moving files around in the Finder, it can be handy to open two windows side-by-side or stacked vertically. A tiny application makes that task fast and easy.

Leopard gets another update just in time for the holidays, with Apple releasing Mac OS X 10.5.6 and a set of security fixes. This update would be less than notable, except that Apple slipped in a nearly instant sync option for calendar, contacts, and bookmarks for MobileMe subscribers.

Apple has released EFI and SMC firmware updates for the late 2008 models of the MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air to correct stability and other issues.

Readers have spoken, readers have voted, and we have the results in this year's TidBITS Gift Guide. Forget the stuff that jaded editors think you might want - these are the items that people really do want (or plan to give).

User discussion forums have been abuzz about grey lines that muddy the crispness of the displays of the recently updated MacBook Air. Here's a quick look at the issue, and what Apple appears to be doing about it.

In the switch to Mac OS X, what's the worst change, overall, that Apple made to the interface? It's clickthrough. At long last, here's a utility that blocks it.

Read on for a handy list of Macintosh-related sales for the Black Friday/Cyber Monday shop-a-thon.

Why wait for Black Friday, the notorious day-after-Thanksgiving retail bonanza in the U.S.? Retailer Best Buy is offering Apple computers at discounts ranging from $50-150 through Wednesday.

Apple releases Safari 3.2 to repair vulnerabilities and other problems in all versions of its flagship Web browser.