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Apple Will Fix MacBook Pros with Faulty Nvidia Chips (NewsFactor)

 
NewsFactor - When Apple released its MacBook Pro laptop, reviewers called it an evolutionary improvement and touted its new GeForce 8600 GT mobile graphics processor, made by Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia. Now some models may have faulty chips. (link)

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