[Kyle Matthews]

Apple today released their new lineup of MacBooks - and they're aluminum. At the bottom of the lineup is the Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1 GHz white MacBook, which is still polycarbonate (plastic ). The previous black MacBook pricepoint ($1299 and $1599) now have an aluminum MacBook (still 13.3 inches) with an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz and 2.4 GHz, respectively.

Both the upper models come with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card, which gives you a decent boost in graphics processing over the previous black MacBooks. Turns out that "brick" case rumor was true - the body of the MacBooks are formed from a single piece of aluminum.

The MacBooks will also now have the new glass MultiTouch trackpads which allow for gestures within apps, and also is the mouse button - so you just tap to click.


store.apple.com

[Bluprint]

The new Macbooks look nice but they are way too pricey. I really like the independent video card upgrade it's about time hopefully it's upgradable unlike the old macbooks.

[dazed87]

I wonder if we can upgrade the case on our plastic macbooks by ourselves

EDIT: negative

[Cocchiararo]

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why the heck did the use the retroiluminated kb only on the 1599 one ?

[epiksol]

Why is it the 17" gets stuck with the inferior 8600M GT graphics card....??

Correct me if I'm wrong, but any professional (myself included), would opt for the 17" for greater workspace to make room for menus and what not. That being said, why am I not able to include the new nVidia cards with the 17"... Just makes no sense at all...

Am I missing something? I sure hope so...

[Cocchiararo]

i think that the 17 inches one was not refreshed yet.

thats why :P

[bluaeon]

great... my less than 4 months old blackbook is now obsolete. wonder if they take trade ins with my 3 year warranty. LOL!!

[rxmxsh]

Originally Posted by bluaeon

great... my less than 4 months old blackbook is now obsolete. wonder if they take trade ins with my 3 year warranty. LOL!!

lol - i can beat that! My last day to return mine was 11th (this past Saturday) on my blackbook. I bought mine knowing the refresh was coming. I wanted Black, not aluminum. Also, spec-wise our machines are still in line w/the MB and low end MBP...

[sziklassy]

the $1600 version is the MBP weighing 1 pound less and a litt;e bit smaller screen... this is the one to get IMO... the base model is too much like the white one they still sell which is 400 bucks cheaper. Seems like a silly move to me... now I gotta decide whether I want the white one or if I want to fork out the 1600 bucks for the high-end version

[haibane]

I guess they don't want students to buy this. Go figure. Would have really enjoyed a price drop below 1000 not an increase.

[sziklassy]

Originally Posted by haibane

I guess they don't want students to buy this. Go figure. Would have really enjoyed a price drop below 1000 not an increase.

Well, they did drop the old model from 1100 to 1000... all of the sudden it's not enticing since there is something better on the horizon, huh?

[haibane]

Originally Posted by sziklassy

Well, they did drop the old model from 1100 to 1000... all of the sudden it's not enticing since there is something better on the horizon, huh?

Yeah that's a joke of price drop though. I don't understand why they choose not to be price competitive with Dell and other companies

[sziklassy]

Originally Posted by haibane

Yeah that's a joke of price drop though. I don't understand why they choose not to be price competitive with Dell and other companies

Now, you know me, I am not an Apple advocate, BUT...

100 bucks drop is a 10% drop AND

They can;t compete with Dell and the other companies (unless you want them to preload a bunch of trial software and other such rubbish, which I would be fine with but most people would cry until the sun comes up)

[r1994augusto]

nice
love it

[Gray Fox]

Originally Posted by sziklassy

the $1600 version is the MBP weighing 1 pound less and a litt;e bit smaller screen... this is the one to get IMO... the base model is too much like the white one they still sell which is 400 bucks cheaper. Seems like a silly move to me... now I gotta decide whether I want the white one or if I want to fork out the 1600 bucks for the high-end version

The loaded MacBook is the base MacBook Pro minus the 1pound, 15.4" screen, video card, firewire 800 and ExpressCard/34. I think that should be all. If I'm wrong please correct me.