MacBook
The new MacBook Pros are cool but not really the highlight of Apple’s new releases. No, this time its theMacBook!
The New MacBooks look wonderful and run flawlessly. A huge Improvement over the last models!
For the same $1,299 price of the “middle” MacBook, you get:
That Cheap Plastic Case has vanished! Instead you get the cool aluminum. And yes, the aluminum is in one solid piece = “unibody” as Apple calls it. This does two things: Provides for a more solid construction and less room for manufacturing error.
Size:
- A less than one inch laptop (0.95 inches)
- Height: 0.95 inch
- Width:12.78 inches
- Depth:8.94 inches
- Screen size = 13.3 – nothing too impressive
Expansion and Connections:
- MagSafe power port
- Gigabit Ethernet port
- Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps)
- Mini DisplayPort
- Audio line in
- Audio line out
- Kensington lock slot
- A full half-hour more battery life – 5 hours
- 45-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery
- 60W MagSafe Power Adapter with cable management system
- MagSafe power port
- Graphic Card = Nvidia Geforce 9400M. Apple claims 5x performance , and with the relative “lightweight” performance of the Intel graphics in previous models, this seems likely.
- Aside from video, the system bus bumps from 800 to 1066MHz.
- LED screens with “instant on” .
- 2.0GHz or 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache running 1:1 with processor speed
- 1066MHz frontside bus
- 2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB (Which you don’t really need, but its still a nice available feature for those planning on further upgrading this already amazing machine)
- Full track pad touch gestures (including new ones added today). Previously the full set of gestures was only available on the Pro and Air models.
- The same glass track pad as the Pro models.
- And no “click” button, the actual pad can be pressed down to “click”
This is clearly an amazing upgrade. For the high end MacBook you spend $100 more than yesterday, but compared to the old laptop at that price you get all the above plus a back lit keyboard. Also, both models now have Hard-drive Extension options for a 320GB drive ).
Yes, there is no Fire-Wire but then again…. not that many people really use it. Still, I wished they would have put that in there just for those who do utilize it (Something to separate the MB from the MBP).
Other Cool things:
- Built-in iSight camera
- Built-in omnidirectional microphone
- Blue-tooth
- Wireless:The latest 802.11n wireless technology
Also…. its Green:
- Highly recyclable aluminum and glass enclosure
- Mercury-free LED-back lit display
- Arsenic-free glass
- BFR-free internal components
- PVC-free internal cables
- Meets ENERGY STAR requirements
- EPEAT Gold rating
Overall: Another great Apple release. Let’s see, much more solid and professional looking. More durable. Better screens. Pretty much all the Pro features except Fire-Wire. Faster performance (especially in graphics). Thinner. Lighter. Same price.
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