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This update is recommended for all 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro mid 2010 models. The update resolves a rare issue that may cause the system to freeze during startup or intermittently stall during operation, and it improves compatibility with external displays.
The MacBook Pro EFI Update will update the EFI firmware on your MacBook Pro. Your [...]

Excel: Smarter, sharper ways to visualize and present your data.
In Excel 2011, Sparklines give you the ability to easily create charts and graphs that quickly summarize your data. With Sparklines, also available in Windows-based Office 2010, you can see—and show—the story your data is telling, in a compact space. And Excel 2011 PivotTables are easily [...]

This update contains improvements to stability and compatibility. In addition, it includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.
This update applies to: Office 2008, Office 2008 Home and Student Edition, Office 2008 Special Media Edition, Word 2008, Excel 2008, PowerPoint 2008, Entourage 2008, [...]

Introducing the fastest Mac ever. The Mac Pro features the both latest Quad-Core and 6-Core Intel Xeon ‘Nehalem’ or ‘Westmere’ processors and a faster 1333MHz system memory is offered with certain processor configurations.
The Mac Pro includes all-new graphics options from ATI bringing new levels of performance graphics. As standard the Mac Pro will ship with [...]

The Adobe® Illustrator® 15.0.1 update addresses a number of issues related to stability, including the following:

Out of memory problems specific to Macs with RAM exceeding 4gb, including failure of shortcut keys, rulers, or file open have been addressed.
Glyph Panel issues have been addressed.
Several crashes occurring at launch or quit have been addressed.
A crash when traversing [...]