Apple Updates $999 MacBook

Charles P. Jefferies · 10-20-2009, 07:08 PM

Apple Updates $999 MacBook

Apple today updated its base $999 MacBook with a shiny white unibody chassis. Other features include an LED-backlit display, Core 2 Duo 2.26GHz processor, a non-replaceable battery with a claimed seven hours of life, and a glass multi-touch trackpad.

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coldmack · 10-20-2009, 08:51 PM

The one place(well actually two) that would have been nice to upgrade is the 9400m as its getting a bit stale, IMHO, these days. They should have gone at least with the 150m or something. The CPU also would have been a bit nice if they made the 2.5ghz standard, but not too big of a deal. The rest of the package does look like a pretty solid upgrade.

Darwin11 · 10-20-2009, 10:07 PM

Agree on the 9400M. I did order myself a nice 27 inch iMac with Core i7 and 8 GB of ram though...:-)

coldmack · 10-20-2009, 10:53 PM

I would love to get the new iMac, but I don't have the space in my room for anything larger than the older 17in model. Mac Pro would be perfect except it a bit on the pricey side, and a bit large for my taste. Now an i5 Mac Mini with a nvidia 210m gpu would be nice 1k, if they only made one. But, again I don't see why there is all this love to the nvidia 9400 when there are better/updated gpus out now.

Angelic · 10-20-2009, 11:04 PM

So...not much. O well. I'd love to try the glass touchpad at least.

Ishbar · 10-21-2009, 12:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coldmack

I would love to get the new iMac, but I don't have the space in my room for anything larger than the older 17in model. Mac Pro would be perfect except it a bit on the pricey side, and a bit large for my taste. Now an i5 Mac Mini with a nvidia 210m gpu would be nice 1k, if they only made one. But, again I don't see why there is all this love to the nvidia 9400 when there are better/updated gpus out now.

You do realize the cost to redesign their boards for the product line would result in a cost being placed on the user?

The 9400 isn't THAT old.
By your logic, there is NO point in buying hardware unless one owns a time machine, in which case one can GO to the future and just buy the latest and greatest then and laugh as everyone else plays catch-up.

Huskerz85 · 10-21-2009, 08:51 AM

Am liking the new lines......also like the fact that Apple piled in a few of the more notable features from the Pro line. Now if they only offered that in black.....

Andrew · 10-21-2009, 09:58 AM

I saw this yesterday in the local Apple Store. Not really digging the shiny, shiny super slippery white surface around the keyboard. It'd be great as a skating rink for ants though. I hope to see Apple drop the price to $899, frankly if I'm spending $999 and see I can get an MBP for $1199 I spend the extra $200 to be that much cooler. But maybe that's their plan.

Xirurg · 10-21-2009, 02:20 PM

They will drop prices if the sales are bad... BTW, are you guys going to review the new magic mouse?