New and Noteworthy: MagSafe power adapter ablaze; Digit: Intel sends Mac to the future

MagSafe power adapter ablaze Macworld UK reports that Apple's engineering teams are furiously engaged in finding out what went wrong when a MacBook Pro's MagSafe power adapter caught fire. "In what appears to be an isolated case, Mac user Rogier Mulder returned home to find his MacBook Pro's hi-tech power adaptor had caught fire, reports Ars Technica. Mulder contacted Apple support, who moved fast to replace his pro-portable. He also posted images of the singed adaptor on an online photo-sharing website. He was impressed by how quickly Apple responded to his problem." More.

Digit: Intel sends Mac to the future Collecting reports from the Intel Developer Forum, Digit Magazine attempts a glimpse into the future of Apple's Intel processor roadmap. "Apple users need little introduction to QuickTransit: It?s the translation technology behind Rosetta, which enables Apple?s new Intel-based machines to run applications written for the PowerPC platform. Translation software earns its keep during transitions from one processor architecture to another, albeit with a performance hit. The announcement that Transitive will support Itanium 2 and Xeon has Apple watchers wondering: Can we expect Apple servers with either chip sometime in the near future?" More.

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