At least two generations of MacBook Pros have come to market with faulty nVidia chips that caused many to suffer a premature death. Further, the Mac maker and to a lesser extent chip giant have backstopped these losses with extended warranties, repairs and replacements. Why would anyone think these two are anything but the bestest of buds?

Apple’s recent product line and price adjustments, as well as an encore performance of last year’s aggressive “Buy a Mac for College, Get a Free iPod touch” back-to-school promotion, are said to be driving a sustained return to positive unit volume growth.

I’ve always admired the guy, but this series of quips and quotes have only deepened my appreciation for his art. Also, chalk up another cultural milestone for Twitter as the design guru’s comments were broadcast live.

How cool is the Mac? Only as cool as the people using it. Or, alternately, as cool as the stuff people are inspired by Apple’s stylishly fast computers to create.

The usage specifications of Apple’s new batteries are causing a lot of buzz in the industry. They are long-lasting, powerful, and exactly what everyone has been looking for in batteries.

The system requirements are fairly steep to support H.264 hardware acceleration or play in Apple’s OpenCL sandbox. As you might expect, the great majority of Mac users won’t be able to take advantage of either of these breakthrough technologies.

Watch Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, unveil the new iPhone 3G S, the new MacBook Pro family, and Mac OS X Snow Leopard. See the video-on-demand event right here, exclusively in QuickTime and MPEG-4 and, now, Apple’s posted the downloadable podcast, as well.

Although few expected major hardware announcements at this year’s show, Apple has once again proven its ability to surprise with updated configurations and greatly reduced prices across its hot-selling MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air product lines. For Snow Leopard, Apple’s baking in Exchange Support and pricing starts at $29 for OS X 10.5 users (i.e. upgrade) and the family pack going for $49.

Earlier this week Apple’s white $999 MacBook got a slightly faster CPU and RAM, as well as the larger hard disc drive. Today, we learn that the company has also recently upgraded the displays used in its unibody MacBook.

Apple is advertising to fill a range of engineering positions—from hardware design to testing to manufacturing 3G equipped MacBooks -  which might lead one to believe the company is preparing to sell something like that in the near to mid-term future.