Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is planning on launching a new MacBook Pro line of devices with a display resolution of 2880×1800 in Q2 2012 according to supply chain sources with DigiTimes. The current MacBook models have display resolutions that range from 1680×1050 to 1280×800. Acer and Asustek also plans on launching high-end Ultrabook models with a display resolution of 1920×1080 in the first half of 2012. [DigiTimes]

Rumors abound about a new Mac notebook in the works: is it a MacBook Air? Is it a Macbook Pro? MacRumors reports that the laptop is already in late-stage testing and is an ultra-thin, 15″ version of a MacBook. The new notebook follows a lot of Apple’s latest moves, from the tech update the newest MacBook Airs received to the new Mac Minis that don’t have optical drives.

G-Form has created a new product called the Extreme Sleeve. To prove how strong the case is, G-Form filmed a MacBook Pro sitting in an Extreme Sleeve case getting dropped 20 feet. The Sleeve is available in the forms of a case for the iPad, 11″ notebook, 13″ notebook, and 15″ notebook. [ZDNet]

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has announced a new generation of MacBook Pro laptops. The MacBook Pros have Thunderbolt I/O technology and a FaceTime HD camera. The laptops alThe so have the latest dual-core and quad-core Intel Core processors. The new MacBook Pros started at $1,199 for the 13-inch MacBook Pro. The 13-inch MacBook proce has Intel Core i5 and Core i7 dual-core processors up to 2.7GHz and Intel HD Graphics 3000. The 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro laptops have Core i7 processors with up to 2.3GHz and AMD Radeon HD graphics processors with up to 1GB of video memory. [MacBook Pro via Apple PR]

DigiTimes has a source that is reporting Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is refreshing their MacBook Pro and iMac line of products in the first half of 2011. Apple is planning to upgrade four MacBook Pros as well as the iMac. The iMac will have a new panel size and price point. The same report believes that Apple will sell about 10 million units in 2010. The new MacBook Pro notebooks will have a slight change in the chassis and will run on the Lion operating system. Quanta Computer and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) are expecting to share the orders. [DigiTimes]

Laptop batteries have a certain life-span. It is difficult to tell whether a battery is near dying just by looking at it, but the software gives it away. The System Profiler on a MacBook gives away the health information of the battery.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has released a new set of MacBook Pros. The two new MacBook Pros have the latest chips from Intel. The 15-inch MacBook Pros now either have a Core i5 or Core i7 CPU option. The 15-inch MacBook Pros also include 4GB of RAM and switchable graphics. The switchable graphics are between Intel HD Graphics GPU and an NVIDIA GT 330M video card with 256MB of RAM.

Below is a breakdown of the prices and models [Apple PR]:

Lily Sussman is a U.S. citizen that went vacationing in Israel to visit family and check out the attractions. When she arrived at the airport in Israel, there was no way that she would have expected to have her MacBook get shot three times.

Sussman was pulled aside from airport security and they read through her journal and looked through some of the pictures on her digital camera. One of the pictures in her digital camera was of graffiti. Some of the graffiti included the word “f**k” next to a Jewish star of David. After seeing that image, airport security took her things and left Sussman alone.

Shortly afterwards, an announcement at the airport was made: “do not to be alarmed by gunshots because the Israeli security needs to blow up suspicious passenger luggage.” Instead of blowing up Sussman’s luggage, they shot her MacBook three times and gave it back to Sussman.

Sussman panicked because she was worried about the files on her computer. Fortunately for her, the hard drive survived! What this proves is that a MacBook can get shot and survive, but they cannot stand the wrath of rapper and actor Ice-T.