OK! We must admit that we are sorry for not reporting about the New MacBook Buzz sooner. We all have been hearing about the new cheaper MacBooks coming for about a month now and since then, we have been waiting and watching the Apple’s site for the final launch. At last Apple has launched the New MacBooks and has not failed to surprise us yet again with new features. While the MacBook Pro is not a Sub $1000 Laptop, it does have some features that justify its price. Meanwhile they have reduced the Price of previous MacBooks to $999. So, if the Old MacBook is your cup of tea, be sure to buy it. However the features on new Macbook will temp anyone to shell out more money for it.
The New MacBook Pro has a multi-touch glass trackpad, a 15.4-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display, and a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache running 1:1 with processor speed; or 2.53GHz or 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB shared L2 cache. The New Macbooks have got 2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) or 4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM and two SO-DIMM slots which support up to 4GB of DDR3 RAM.
These MacBooks are running NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics processor with dual-link DVI support and 256MB of GDDR3 memory on 2.4GHz configuration while as 512MB of GDDR3 memory on 2.53GHz and 2.8GHz configurations. The other features include 250GB or 320GB 5400-RPM Serial ATA hard drive, Dual display and video mirroring which supports running full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display Simultaneously. The me too glass trackpad adds new gestures like app switching capability to the MacBook Pro.
Apple has reduced the thickness of the Macbook to a mere 0.95-inches thick and the weight has been reduced by .5 pounds to 5.5 Pounds. The New MacBooks sport MacBook Air like aluminum stylings and are made much tougher and slimmer than the previous counter-parts. The 15.4-inch base model of the MacBook Pro retails for $1999 while as the faster one having 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 4GB of RAM and a 320GB HDD costs $2499. The Specifications of the New MacBooks Pros are below:
2.4GHz MacBook Pro (MB133LL/A) – $1,999
* 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 3MB L2 cache, 1066MHz System Bus
* 2GB 1066 MHz DDR3 memory
* 250GB 5400 rpm HDD
* NVIDIA GeForce 9600M graphics processor, 256MB GDDR3 memory
2.53GHz MacBook Pro (MB134LL/A) – $2,499
* 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 6MB L2 cache, 1066MHz System Bus
* 4GB 1066 MHz DDR3 memory
* 320GB 5400 rpm HDD
* NVIDIA GeForce 9600M graphics processor, 512MB GDDR3 memory
Shared Specs:
* Precision aluminum unibody enclosure, 14.35 x 9.82 x .95-inches, 5.5 pounds
* 15.4-inches LED-backlit display, 1440 x 900 resolution
* 8x Slot-loading SuperDrive
* Multi-Touch glass trackpad
* NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor
* Mini DisplayPort output port with support for DVI, VGA, and dual-link DVI
* Built-in iSight camera, stereo speakers, microphone
* Optical digital input / analog line in/out
* Built-in AirPort Extreme WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1
* 2 USB 2.0 ports
* Gigabit Ethernet Port, 1 FireWire 800 port
* ExpressCard/34 slot
* Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard & iLife ’08
* 5 Hour Battery life
