Biggest news of the week has to be Apple’s MacBook event on Tuesday, where Steve Jobs announced the new MacBook and MacBook Pro – complete with slick unibody aluminum casings – together with a MacBook Air upgrade and a brand new 24-inch Cinema Display. Check out our full summary of all the news, then stop by the MacBook and MacBook Pro video unboxings.
With Apple's old white MacBook still on sale as the "budget" option, the assumption has been that it's the end of the line for the plastic-shelled versions. However a new Best Buy SKU listing has led to suggestions that Apple is planning a last-ditch alternative color for the laptop: records for an "INTEL - Apple sku red", with an image of the white plastic MacBook and the $999.99 price tag, have appeared.
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The new Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro are just crying out to be used with the equally new 24-inch Cinema Display, but what if you're perfectly happy (and who wouldn't be?) with your existing 30-inch Cinema Display? Apple has switched to Mini DisplayPort on their latest computing hardware, but the older LCD uses a DVI port. No problem, Apple has your back... as long as you give them $99 for the adapter cable.
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Some people, in the excitement of unboxing a new tech-toy, forget to stop until they're down to bare metal. That seems to be the continual problem over at iFixit, where they've been dissecting the latest MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops. You can check out our video unboxings of both machines here; more internal shots and analysis of the two unibody Apples after the cut.
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Even though Apple's new MacBooks and MacBook Pros were just announced yesterday, they are already selling out at various retail locations. Apparently, a lot of people want a piece of that glossy screen and glass touchpad!
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NVIDIA have officially announced the GeForce 9400M graphics chipset, the same found in the new MacBooks that Apple unveiled at yesterday's event. The chipset differs from existing integrated graphics by virtue of incorporating both the full mainboard chipset, including memory and bus controllers, with the GPU; it promises 5x speed increases on both MacBook and Windows systems.
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Another Apple event has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean the excitement has to wane. In fact, our very own Vincent got some hands on time with two of Apple’s newest products: the MacBook and the MacBook Pro. He even made a couple of unboxing videos for us to drool over.
More information and two unboxing videos, after the cut.
Apple’s MacBook event this morning was all about, you guessed it, the MacBook. And even though things started out slow, the event built up momentum and soon we were having trouble keeping up with all the news. The MacBook Pro was the real highlight, though a new Apple Cinema Display and MacBook refresh are notable as well. In case you missed our live blog, or merely wanted the highlights, we’ve got the whole thing distilled down to the essentials for you.
You can find more details, photos, plus the full Live Blog transcript, after the cut.
Apple has been talking with NVDIA in regards to a new graphics product the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 M. Apple wanted to know if it could be used in a mobile device. The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 M is a single die with both chipset and GPU, the bulk of which takes up 70%.
After revealing the new MacBook Pro, Steve Jobs showed off the new MacBook line as well. And it is quite literally a mini MacBook Pro. Coming to the MacBook is a metal enclosure, faster graphics and a LED backlit display.
Rumors ran right up until a few hours before the Apple notebook event today and it seems most are being proven true. We got our first look at the new MacBook Pro today and as Steve Jobs said, “It’s just gorgeous.”
After a rather lengthy discussion of where the Mac has been, Steve Jobs got back on stage and revealed a rumor to be true. All of those “brick” rumors we’d been hearing about were confirmed. The new Apple notebooks are to be carved from a solid brick of aluminum for a lighter and stronger product.
