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Apple Macbook (note no pro) replaces the iBook laptops
Newsflash: New Apple iBook replacements is OUT
The new MacBooks will replace the iBook consumer notebooks as well as
the 12-inch PowerBook, which was the last PowerBook model to run on
the PowerPC platform.
With the addition of the MacBook consumer line, Apple has moved all of
its Macintoshes to Intel microprocessors, except for its PowerMac G5
high-end professional computers.
The new models come with many of the same features of Apple's
professional line of MacBook Pro notebooks, such as a built-in iSight
video camera, the Front Row media-management software package and a
scrolling trackpad.
"We saw the opportunity to make one seamless product family," said
Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product
marketing. "When you get a MacBook, you don't have to feel like you're
trading anything off."
The new MacBooks come in three versions, each of which has a 13-inch
glossy-widescreen display. The lowest-priced model starts at $1,099,
runs on a 1.83-gigahertz Intel Core Duo processor, has a 60GB hard
drive and a combination DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive
A 2-gigahertz model with a 60GB hard drive and DVD and CD-burner will
start at USD$1.299 and a black-finish, 2-gigahertz, 80GB drive model
with a DVD and CD burner starts at USD$1,499. All models will begin
shipping immediately, according to Apple
Apple Macbook (note no pro) replaces the iBook laptops
Newsflash: New Apple iBook replacements is OUT
The new MacBooks will replace the iBook consumer notebooks as well as
the 12-inch PowerBook, which was the last PowerBook model to run on
the PowerPC platform.
With the addition of the MacBook consumer line, Apple has moved all of
its Macintoshes to Intel microprocessors, except for its PowerMac G5
high-end professional computers.
The new models come with many of the same features of Apple's
professional line of MacBook Pro notebooks, such as a built-in iSight
video camera, the Front Row media-management software package and a
scrolling trackpad.
"We saw the opportunity to make one seamless product family," said
Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product
marketing. "When you get a MacBook, you don't have to feel like you're
trading anything off."
The new MacBooks come in three versions, each of which has a 13-inch
glossy-widescreen display. The lowest-priced model starts at $1,099,
runs on a 1.83-gigahertz Intel Core Duo processor, has a 60GB hard
drive and a combination DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive
A 2-gigahertz model with a 60GB hard drive and DVD and CD-burner will
start at USD$1.299 and a black-finish, 2-gigahertz, 80GB drive model
with a DVD and CD burner starts at USD$1,499. All models will begin
shipping immediately, according to Apple