Apple Announces New Aluminum MacBooks
At their Notebook Media event today, Apple announced two new MacBook models which have adopted new all-metal enclosures, improved graphics performance, and glass Multi-Touch trackpads.
Apple has invented a whole new way of building notebooks from a single block of aluminum. And, just as important, they are the industrys greenest notebooks, said Steve Jobs, Apples CEO. The new MacBooks offer incredible features our users will love like their stunning all-metal design, great 3D graphics and LED backlit displaysat prices up to $700 less than before.
Features include:- Unibody enclosure
- Mini DisplayPort for Video out
- NVIDIA graphics
- Instant-on LED-backlit displays
- Glass Multi-Touch trackpad with new Multi-Touch gestures
The old low-end $1099 MacBook will remain in Apple's product line, add a SuperDrive, and fall to $999, while the new MacBooks will provide the following price points:
- $1299. 13.3" Glossy Display, 2.0GHz, 2GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, 160GB HD.
- $1599. 13.3" Glossy Display, 2.4GHz, 2GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, 250GB HD.
There appears to be no Firewire port as previously discussed. More details available at http://www.apple.com/macbook/. The new MacBook is currently shipping in 1-3 business days from the online store and should be available in retail stores tomorrow.
Photos and Updates
- MacBook photos/hands on: one, two, three
- Glass Trackpad impressions: "You'll never accidentally click it while moving your fingers around the trackpad to navigate across your computer. It's resistant enough to not click while you're using it for tracking, but easy enough to click while deliberately clicking."
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43 months ago
Nice updates to the MacBook with the 9400M on the chipset but it's still a far cry from $800. The $999 MacBook is the old 2.1 GHz white one. That's sad Apple. The education discount is now only $50 as well when it was $100.
I'll keep waiting for Snow Leopard.
Forum Spy barely survived all the posts per minute as well. :D
I'll keep waiting for Snow Leopard.
Forum Spy barely survived all the posts per minute as well. :D
43 months ago
i like the technology massively but I' not sure about the 2-tone doesn't look as good as the imac
43 months ago
Nothing amazing, but it's enough to likely sell over a million units by the end of this year and four or five million next year, so Apple (nor their stockholders) will be whining about it. :cool:
43 months ago
The 4GB memory upgrade option is now only $150. That's a serious improvement.
43 months ago
No FireWire!!!
Seriously do they think it's funny to do this to people?
There is plenty of room!?!
Seriously do they think it's funny to do this to people?
There is plenty of room!?!
43 months ago
They look so awesome. But I don't know why I feel so disappointed. If I look at the price it has a worse processor and lost a FireWire.
43 months ago
Not happy. Prices far too expensive, seems like Apple are trying to sell even less for the money.
I was hoping for a cheaper MB in the UK, not so. The old one was reduced from $1099 to $999, so you'd think they'd knock £50 off in the UK. But no, they charge £20 MORE for the same product. The cheek of it. I am not happy.
I was hoping for a cheaper MB in the UK, not so. The old one was reduced from $1099 to $999, so you'd think they'd knock £50 off in the UK. But no, they charge £20 MORE for the same product. The cheek of it. I am not happy.
43 months ago
They've always got to have something to keep the Macbook Pros selling.
Before, it was the video card difference that kept the Pros going for the MBP.
Now that the cards are much closer to each other, they had to find something else to take away from the Macbook.
That something was firewire.
Kind of a lame choice. Why can't screen size and processor speed be enough to fulful that mission?
Before, it was the video card difference that kept the Pros going for the MBP.
Now that the cards are much closer to each other, they had to find something else to take away from the Macbook.
That something was firewire.
Kind of a lame choice. Why can't screen size and processor speed be enough to fulful that mission?
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