Apple has unveiled the newly designed MacBook, featuring the Intel Core Duo processor and a gorgeous new 13-inch glossy widescreen display, all in a sleek design that is up to five times faster than the iBook and up to four times faster than the 12-inch PowerBook.
Together with the 15-and 17-inch MacBook Pros, the new MacBook completes Apples Intel-based portables lineup and replaces both the iBook and the 12-inch PowerBook.
Apples entire portables lineup now offers Intel Core Duo processors; a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing on-the-go; breakthrough Front Row media experience with Apple Remote; and several advanced features including DVI with dual display support, optical digital audio input and output, Gigabit Ethernet, Sudden Motion Sensor, Scrolling TrackPad and MagSafe Power Adapter.
Apple began the transition to Intel Core Duo-based notebooks in February with the 15-inch MacBook Pro, and now just 90 days later we have completed the transition with the release of the all new MacBook, said Philip Schiller, Apples senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. The complete MacBook lineup leads the industry with Apples trademark innovative design and advanced mobile features - from top to bottom it is the best notebook line that we have ever offered.
With prices starting at just £749 (inc. VAT), the MacBook lineup includes three models: a 1.83GHz and 2.0GHz MacBook in a newly designed, sleek white enclosure and a 2.0GHz MacBook in a stunning new black enclosure.
The new MacBook offers performance up to five times faster than the iBook and up to four times faster than the 12-inch PowerBook with a completely new system architecture including a 667MHz front-side bus and 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory expandable to 2GB.
At about 1-inch thin, the new MacBook is 20 per cent thinner than the iBook and features a gorgeous new 13-inch glossy widescreen display. With a display that is 79 per cent brighter than the iBook and the 12-inch PowerBook, the MacBook provides incredibly crisp images with richer colours, deeper blacks and significantly greater contrast. At a resolution of 1280x800 pixels, the MacBook display provides 30 per cent more viewing area than the iBook and the 12-inch PowerBook.
Every new MacBook comes with a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing on-the-go using Apples award-winning iChat AV, or recording a video Podcast or iMovie using iLife 06. MacBook also includes Photo Booth, Apples fun-to-use application that lets users take quick snapshots with the built-in iSight video camera, add entertaining visual effects and share their pictures with the touch of a button.
The new MacBook gives customers a simple way to enjoy their digital lifestyle content wherever they goincluding music, photos and videos from across the room using the Apple Remote. With Front Row, users can effortlessly access shared iTunes playlists, iPhoto libraries and video throughout their home via Bonjour, Apples zero configuration wireless networking built into Mac OS X.
Designed to withstand the rigours of life on the go, every MacBook comes with Apples MagSafe Power Adapter, created especially for mobile users that makes charging the notebooks battery easier than ever by magnetically coupling the power cord to the MacBook. The MagSafe Power Adapter safely disconnects from the notebook when there is strain on the power cord, helping to prevent the notebook from falling off its work surface. Every MacBook also includes Apples Sudden Motion Sensor that is designed to protect the hard drive in case of a fall, and all MacBooks include a Scrolling TrackPad to easily scroll through long web pages or pan across large photographs.
With the latest high-performance connectivity options, every new MacBook includes built-in 10/100/1000 Base-T Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed networking, built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11g Wi-Fi for up to 54Mbit/s fast wireless networking, built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), two USB 2.0 ports, combination analogue and optical digital audio input and output ports, and a mini-DVI video output to connect up to a 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display.
Every MacBook includes iLife 06, the next generation of Apples suite of digital lifestyle applications featuring iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, GarageBand and iWeb, a new iLife application that makes it super-easy to create Web sites with photos, blogs and Podcasts and publish them on .Mac for viewing by anyone on the Internet with just a single click. All the iLife 06 applications run natively on the new Intel-based MacBooks for maximum performance.
Every MacBook also comes with the latest release of Mac OS X version 10.4.6 Tiger including Safari, Mail, iCal, iChat AV, Front Row and Photo Booth, running natively on Apples Intel-based notebook line. Mac OS X Tiger includes an innovative software translation technology called Rosetta that lets customers run most Mac OS X PowerPC applications seamlessly.
Intel-based Mac customers have more than 1700 Universal applications to choose from and the list is growing each day with hundreds of developers including Adobe, Quark and IBMs Lotus division announcing support for Mac OS X Intel-based applications. An updated list of Universal applications for Mac OS X is available at
guide.apple.com/uk/universal.
The new MacBook is available immediately through the Apple Store, Apples retail stores and Apple Authorised Resellers. Apple today also increased processor speeds on both models of the 15-inch MacBook Pro, delivering even greater performance at no additional cost. The £1699 (inc. VAT) model now includes a 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, up from 2.0GHz, and the £1399 (inc. VAT) model now includes a 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo processor, up from 1.83 GHz. Beginning today, the MacBook Pro also offers the new glossy widescreen display as a CTO option on both the 15-and 17-inch models at no additional cost.
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