Well, the day arrived! Sure enough, Apple has released new aluminum MacBooks and MacBook Pros. As is obvious from the pictures, these are beautiful machines with a stunning design. The MacBook Air has also been ramped up a bit. Here are the highlights:
- The new MacBooks and MacBook Pros are now equipped with glass Multi-Touch trackpads, and as a unique design change, the entire trackpad is clickable with no separate buttons.
- The graphics chip is upgraded to a 256 MB GeForce 9400M on the new MacBook and Air and a 256 MB 9400M or a 256 or 512 MB 9600M GT on the Pro.
- The displays are now all LED-backlit glossy displays.
- The processors have been ramped to 1066 MHz frontside buses, with a 3MB shared L2 cache on the MacBook, 3 or 6 on the Pro, and 6 on the Air. Also, the new MacBook Pro is upgradeable to 2.8 GHz.
- The MacBook Pro 17″ (still the old design) comes standard with 4GB of memory.
- Battery life is improved to 5 hours for the MacBook line
- Pricing: $999 for an old-style white MacBook, $1299 for a 2 GHz MacBook, $1599 for a 2.4 GHz. $1999 for a 2.4 GHz Pro, $2499 for a 2.53 GHz.
Another announcement I don’t think anyone was expecting was the 24″ LED Cinema Display for the MacBook. At the moment, it appears that it is ONLY compatible with the MacBook, but hopefully Apple will release additional models and this will change. The display is beautiful, with the same design as the current iMac but with no “chin” and white Apple logo. The back is solid aluminum instead of black plastic, and the stand is has a taper so the front edge of it is almost like a wedge. It includes 3 USB ports.
Go check them out on the Apple site!
Posted by macfan777 
