Apple updates MacBook, MacBook Pro lineups
February 27th, 2008 by Mike RicciutiApple updated its MacBook and MacBook Pro lineups today with Intel's Penryn processors, while bringing multitouch trackpads to MacBook Pros.
The MacBook Pro is available with Core 2 Duo (Penryn) processors at up to 2.6GHz and up to 6MB of cache memory. Storage options have been revised to include up to a 300GB hard drive. In addition, Apple has added Nvidia's GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor with up to 512MB of video memory. The 17-inch model now gives you the option to upgrade the LCD to an LED-backlit unit for AUD$150. That feature is still standard on the smaller 15-inch model.
The MacBook Pro will also now include the multitouch trackpad, first introduced with the MacBook Air. The trackpad lets users rotate photos and browse Web pages using gestures such as pinch, rotate, and swipe.
A MacBook Pro with a 15-inch display, 2.4GHz processor, 3MB of L2 cache, and a 200GB hard disk lists for AUD$2,699. The 17-inch model, with a 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo chip, 6MB of L2 cache, and a 250GB hard drive is priced at AUD$3,799, Apple said.
The MacBook misses out on the multitouch trackpad, but the prices of the three baseline models stay the same while the configurations get CPU and hard-drive bumps. The AUD$1,499 and AUD$1,799 models now come standard with 2GB of RAM. Previously, doubling the standard 1GB of RAM set you back more money. The AUD$1,499 MacBook includes a 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo (Penryn) processor, 1GB of memory, and a 120GB hard drive (up from 80GB). The $1,299 model gives you a 2.4GHz chip, 2GB of memory, and a 160GB drive (up from 120GB). The AUD$2,099 black model now comes with a 250GB drive (up from 160GB).
One thing Apple did not announce Tuesday--at least not yet--is an iPhone software developer kit that it had promised for sometime in February.
CNET Reviews' Matthew Elliott contributed to this report.
James
March 4th, 2008 at 9:44pm
I hate how apple don't announce this stuff a few months in advance. I bought a now older spec macbook (2.2 Ghz processor, 120 hd, 1g ram) literally a week to the day the new spec one came out at Apple online store with no idea an updated version would be out a week later (having tried to research this fact on the internet as well) for the same price. I even have a friend who works for Apple and he said he had not idea a new Macbook was arriving. The same thing happened when I bought an ipod last year. Buy one, a few weeks later a new one is announced the day it's available. If I had only known a new Macbook would have been out a week later, I would have waited, and I feel ripped off. I like Apple gear, but they do have a poor attitude to their consumers. This Macbook will be the last Apple product I purchase.
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April 9th, 2009 at 7:37pm
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Andreas Lee
June 19th, 2009 at 9:42pm
Its VGA memory is really fast. The only weakness of MacBook Pro is the buffer cache which doesn't deserve to work together with core 2 duo.