Editors’ rating: 8.0

Apple MacBook (June 2009)

By Scott Stein on 11/06/2009 Tagged with: 13.3-inch, apple, macbook

The bottom line: For AU$1599, it's hard to beat this MacBook's nearly Pro-level specs if you're in the market for a budget Apple laptop.

RRP: TBA

Battery

  • Battery type included
  • Lithium-polymer
  • Claimed battery life
  • 5 hours

Connectivity

  • Network interface
  • 10/100/1000 LAN, Bluetooth, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
  • Dialup modem
  • No
  • USB ports
  • 2
  • Firewire ports
  • 1
  • Firewire type
  • 400
  • VGA
  • Yes
  • HDMI
  • No

Display

  • Natural resolution (max)
  • 1280 x 800 pixels
  • Diagonal screen size
  • 13.3 inch

Drives

  • Primary hard drive
  • 160 GB
  • Optical drive
  • DVD-RW

General

  • Dimensions (H x W x D)
  • 275 x 325 x 227 mm
  • Weight
  • 2.27 kg
  • Laptop type
  • Midweight

Graphics

  • Amt of video RAM
  • 64 MB
  • Graphics hardware
  • GeForce 9400M

Memory

  • Amt of RAM
  • 2GB
  • RAM type
  • DDR3 SDRAM
  • Memory card reader
  • No

Other

  • Integrated webcam
  • Yes

Processor

  • Processor type
  • Intel Core 2 Duo
  • Processor speed
  • 2.13 GHz

Software

  • Operating system
  • Mac OS X
  • Other software included
  • Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard (includes Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools) and Life ’09 (includes iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, iDVD)

Sound

  • Embedded stereo speakers
  • Yes