MacBook Pros, MacBook Air and Powerbooks have long boasted a premium silver finish, and as for iBooks and MacBooks - classic white was the standard.
But as of Today, October 14, Apple has released a whole new line of notebooks at their press event (which you can see
HERE) that are breaking tradition.
The unveiling turned the rumored
Brick" technology, cutting one computer out of a single brick of aluminum, into reality. Apple's new lineup of MacBooks, along with the 15" Macbook Pro, will be outfitted with the innovative "unibody enclosure" technique.
The refreshed MacBooks and 15" Macbook Pros share a bevy of new features: large glass trackpad, shiny black frame and unique feel, but if you look closely you can see the two are still different. There's the obvious - one says MacBook and the other says MacBook Pro, but internally the MacBook Pro is still far superior.
Using the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processor, which runs up to 2.8 GHz, user-accessible hard drive, and a new graphics setup, that allows users to toggle between the integrated graphics processor (for better battery life) and the potent NVDIA GeForce 9600M GT (for better performance), the 15" MacBook Pro was given quite the makeover - inside and out.
Apple's new glass trackpad, which is buttonless, allows for one finger clicking and four finger awareness, bringing more gesturing capabilities to users.
The newly designed LED screen is also made out of glass, and will now be the only display option available (goodbye matte).
So has Apple released a sub-$1000 laptop? Well yes, but barely. The newly released bottom-tier MacBook will sell for $999, while the latest 15" MacBook Pros start at $1999. Not much of an improvement from $1099, but it is something.
The main features to look for in the new MacBooks are the aluminum unibody enclosure, LED-backlit display, outstanding graphics (NVIDIA chip), a multi-touch glass trackpad, mini display port connector - and finally, it's an environmentally responsible machine - way to go Steve!
The bigger MacBook Pro (17" model) also received some subtle upgrades, receiving the new LED-backlit display and a bigger 320GB hard-drive (or optional 128GB solid state HD).
