Okay, so the just-announced new MacBook line doesn’t have the OLED displays that Jobs mentioned Apple would have sometime this year, or the Santa Rosa chipset. You still get a lot of bang for the buck, which includes:
- Faster processors, with 2.0GHz now being the slowpoke of the bunch
- Bigger hard drives, with 80 gigs being the minimum (That’s just okay —
I’ve always felt that Apple was stingy with drive space) - More beaseline RAM — 1 gig — which really should’ve been the bare
minimum in the first place. OS X can be a hungry beast.
Apple does list the specs in their news release, but I’ve rearranged them into a nice matrix to make comparison shopping easier for you. You can’t say we at Global Nerdy ain’t never done nuthin’ for ya!
| System | 2.0 GHz 13″ White MacBook | 2.16 GHz 13″ White MacBook | 2.16 GHz 13″ Black MacBook |
| Price | US$1,099 | US$1,299 | US$1,499 |
| Display | 13.3-inch glossy widescreen 1280 x 800 display | ||
| Processor | 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor | 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor | |
| Bus | 667 MHz front-side bus | ||
| RAM | 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 2GB | ||
| Hard Drive | 80GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor | 120GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor | 160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor |
| Optical Drive | Slot-load Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) optical drive | Slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD+RW/DVD-RW/CD-RW) optical drive | |
| Graphics System | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 | ||
| Video Out | Mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately) | ||
| Video In | Built-in iSight video camera | ||
| Wired Networking | Gigabit Ethernet port / 2 USB 2.0 ports / FireWire 400 port | ||
| Wireless Networking | Built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking / Bluetooth 2.0+EDR | ||
| Audio In/Out | One audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analog | ||
| Input Devices | Scrolling TrackPad / Apple Remote | ||
| Power Adapter | 60 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter | ||