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Apple ships shiny new MacBooks: thinner, sexier, and one's cheaper
Steve Jobs introduced a new line of MacBooks today, saying that the $1299 flagship of the lower-priced laptop line is the same as the MacBook Pro, but smaller (well, almost, Steve — except for those faster processors and graphics in the MacBook Pro — compare them here).
The upgraded 4.5-lb MacBook will have a 13.3-inch LED-backlit display, faster NVIDIA graphics, a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a 160GB hard drive, aluminum enclosure, and a glass multitouch trackpad like its larger bro. There's also a higher-end 13.3-inch MacBook ($1599), [corrected] also with 2GB of RAM, a 320GB 250GB hard drive, a backlit keyboard, a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, and an optional a 128GB solid-state drive for an extra $600.
Update: An optional 320GB drive is $100 more, and an extra 2GB or RAM will cost you a steep $150. (thanks, Aswitz!)
At the lower end of the MacBook line, Jobs announced a price reduction of the white plastic MacBook, now selling for $999 instead of the former entry-level price of $1099.
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By CJW at 12:29 PM ON 10/15/08
I can't be the only one stypmied by the lack of firewire can I? I definitely love the new case, keyboard, trackpad and graphics, but if I can't access my external drives, what's the point?
Bye bye greasy black plastic.
By aswitz at 2:27 AM ON 10/16/08
Thanks for the write-up, but your listed specs on the 2.4GHZ MacBook model are wrong. It comes with 2GB RAM (either model can be upgraded to 4GB for $150) and the included hard drive is 250GB - the 320GB mentioned above is an extra $100 option.
By Podles at 4:33 AM ON 10/16/08
Black keyboard? :(:(:(:(
By Chaos at 10:36 AM ON 10/16/08
Im sick of people telling me the mac is better for video/audio and its worth the money. For 500 dollars I get a toshiba, dell, hp or almost nay other pc and it will be almost the same, for 1000 dollars I can get an IBM with a 17 in screen DDR3 and a faster cpu. I just dont understand the draw of macs for some people.
By Darynlxm at 7:40 PM ON 10/16/08
Chaos: Not sure if you will read this or not, however I find it worth mentioning that most Mac users like the fact that when you Buy a Mac, it comes bundled with iLife, which has Video editing, wed-design, Photo-editor-viewer, and so on.
There is also the fact that a lot of users like the Mac user interface, and like the design and feel of a Mac.
No matter how you look at it, its just preferance. I myself am looking into getting a Macbook, though I am sticking to my Desktop PC as my primary computer.
By clgbutterfly at 12:50 PM ON 10/17/08
I like Macs because they last longer, are more reliable and used to stay competitive with the new PCs that continually came out. I don't know about the new Macs since they switched to the intel processor. Because of this I am 50/50 on switching.
By bry3cpo at 9:34 PM ON 10/19/08
Where the firewire? What were they thinking? Hello even when using imovie you need to plug in an external drive to hold your materials!! USB is not good enough for that purpose. It's just mind blowing to me how frequently Mac makes hardware connector changes on their machines. I love you Mac! Please bring the firewire back.
By x-gen at 10:15 AM ON 11/01/08
The fire wire deal is marketing 101 boys. They want you to buy big brother. Its that simple. Mac has never been in the biz of better machines for less.
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