The Redesigned Apple MacBook_4956

The Redesigned Apple MacBook The better MacBook

For a certain period of time Apple was keeping their new lineup of MacBooks secret. There have been blurry spy photos and leaked price lists that gave us some information in advance.

First impressions and technical parameters

The fog around them is now gone. The 13” notebooks from the new generation have lots of new features including: new visual look Dell Vostro 2510 battery, better graphic controller from nVidia, Display Port interface and a touch pad with MultiTouch support. Their new design reminds me of MacBook Pro. The construction is also partially taken from the Pro series; they are now stronger and not susceptible to physical deformations. The body is 2.4 cm thick and the weight is only 4.4 pounds or 2 kilograms. The Gigabit Ethernet toshiba laptop adapters, Dual USB 2.0, MagSafe, MiniDisplay port and audio connectors are on the left side next to the battery state indicator. We have to point out that the hard drive now has better access – by only removing the battery you can reach it. We also enjoy a new touch pad with 38% increased size and support of virtual programmable buttons.

As I've mentioned above, there are changes in the graphical system. The old built-in graphical controller is replaced by a nVidia GeForce 9400M with 16 computing cores. Depending on what the laptop is used for, this change provides five times better performance compared to previous laptops. This fancy upgrade is a result of the co-work between Apple and nVidia, and we can see that the 9400M was never used in any other provider's notebooks.

The optical device of the new series is a regular DVD-ROM. There is no Blu-Ray because it causes only additional problems. The technology is good indeed, as stated by Steve Jobs – one of the Apple founders Ibm Thinkpad T43 Battery, but the process of licensing it is complicated (the problem).

Distribution and available configurations

The new MacBook is distributed in two configurations. The first one includes an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU (Central Processing Unit) with a processor frequency of 2GHz and 3 MB L2 Cache. The rest of the configuration consists of a 160 GB SATA hard disk, Bluetooth adapter and 2GB of operating memory. Price is fixed at $1300.

In contrast, the second configuration is with a 2.4 GHz CPU and 250GB hard drive, but the memory is the same. You can buy it for $1600, a bit more expensive.