As you all probably know Apple has announced their whole new Macbook line up, and they are better than ever! The processors are faster the hard drives are larger, they give you even more RAM, and most importantly the graphics cards have been updated! They have a whole new look as well the Macbook has now adopted the aluminum chassis of the older Macbook Pro, and both their displays have been changed to sleek glass to bring them visually closer to the already popular iMac.
The Macbook has been upgraded both visually and internally; the whole body is now a mixture of aluminum and glass. The new body is toxin free, and is much more durable than the older plastic body. The body is now machined out of a single block of aluminum, and the screen is now glass and the design is similar to the iMac. Every hate not having enough room on the touch pad because the button gets in the way? Apple has solved your problem, the touch pad is the button and is ‘clickable’ anywhere, and it is manufactured out of etch-proof glass. Now we have covered the exterior lets look under the ‘hood’, First thing one will notice is the simplicity in the design of the components to decrease the margin of error. Also there is a new graphics card, the old graphics card (Intel GMA X3100) would be comparable to say a old Ford, the new Nvidia 9400M is comparable to a Porsche. Catch my drift? The graphical capabilities have been upgraded (5x to be exact). And the new 13.3-inch display is back lighted by an LED, that means instant turn on and less power usage. And the miniDVI is now a Mini DisplayPort where one can use several adapters for use. However one thing has been subtracted the FireWire slot. All in all the additions far outweigh the subtractions leaving us with a surplus.
The New and Improved Macbook
And the second new Macbook is the Pro, and it truly is Pro. The old aluminum chassis has been updated with the same upgrades as the base MacBook, and the display is available in a 15-inch size. However there are 2 differences under the hood, the graphical capabilities have not just been upgraded they’ve been professionalized, the new graphical cards are an Nvidia 9400M and an Nvidia 9600M GT with 256MB-512MB depending on which graded you buy. Also the FireWire has not been left out unlike the base MacBook. This time there have only been additions and that’s just plain awesome.
The New and Improved MacBook Pro
The prices for the Macbook start at $1 399CDN and the prices start for the MacBook Pro at $2,149.
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