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White Macbook gets 2.4Ghz processor in refresh, 10-hour battery

The little white Macbook that could is never leaving the Apple Store, that’s for sure. Starting at the wonderful price of $999, the unibody plastic Macbook comes with a newer and faster 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 250GB HDD, Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics card and a newer longer-lasting 10-hour battery. It will be available worldwide; you’ll just have to wait for Apple to get all of its Apple Stores in order.

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An Exclusive: Why Core i5 Is Not In The New Macbook Pro 13-inch

With today’s announcement of the new Macbook Pro line, the 15-inch and 17-inch models now either sport new Core i5 or Core i7 processors, but the Macbook Pro 13-inch, which is in fact the most popular Mac sold by Apple is still sticking to a 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo. You might be asking yourself, “Why”? After speaking to Tim Bajarin from Creative Strategies at Apple, we have the full scoop as to how it’s excluded from the new Macbook Pro, as well as how Apple engineers could actually do it in the future. Read on past the break!
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New Macbook Pro lines get spec’d up with Core i5 and Core i7, plus extras

Finally! Jumping the gun and going straight to the news: the Macbook Pro line has been refreshed featuring Core i5 and Core i5 processors. The basic Macbook Pro 13-inch comes with 4GB of RAM, 320GB, and a 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, but the 15-inch and 17-inch models are Core i5 and Core i7 for the record. Also, the higher-end models grab the Nvidia GeForce GT 330M graphics with Optimus switching, meaning that web browsing will be the lightest load of all time, and graphics speed will only be called in when you actually need it. While the 2.4Ghz and 2.66 Ghz Core 2 Duos with a claimed 10 hours of battery life in the 13-inch model definitely are to impress (hey, no Core i5 in the 13?), it’s the 15-inch and 17-inch ones that really count: Core i5 2.4GHz (520M), Core i5 2.53GHz (540M), and Core i7 2.66GHz (620M) processors come in the larger models, as well as the faster Nvidia 330M instead of the 13-inchers 320M. Also, Apple claims that you’ll get between 8 and 9 hours of battery life on these bad guys.

All models come with 4GB of sweet DDR3 RAM, 320GB hard drives and 500GB in higher-end ones, you have the stellar and tempting option of a 512GB SSD for $1,300. So to shoot it all down, the 15-incher gets the Core i7 and the 17-inch gets the Core i5. But let’s go to what this will all cost you, right? It’s $1,799 for the 15, $2,299 for the 17, and $1,199 for the 13. And Apple’s not done with you yet: a 1440 x 900 “glossy” display comes basic on the 15, a 1680 x 1050 glossy display goes for $100 more, and an anti-glare hi-res display for another $50 on top of that (making it $150 for a matte display). Everything’s up at the Apple Store with a shipping date of “24 hours” while the 13-inch model is delayed “2-4 days”. Awesome stuff, if you ask us. (Sans not having Core i5 in the 13, but still a great refresh).

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Just in: WSJ reporting Apple Tablet shipping in March

More tablet news, huh? This is killing me. Now the WSJ is reporting that the Apple Tablet will ship in March, but will be announced later this month (the 27th or 28th), according to various sources.

Apple Inc. plans to unveil a new multimedia tablet device later this month, but doesn’t plan on shipping the product until March, people briefed by the company said.

The tablet should sell for $1000, and will (could is more like it) come in different colors, as well as a screen size of 10 to 11-inches, and possibly a nationwide Wi-Fi subscription would also be offered. This post will be updated with any new info as it comes in.

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Israeli airport security shoots laptop — for no reason

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Talk about Israel acting like a bully. Young traveler heads to Jerusalem, gets questioned, then waits and hears gunfire, which hit her 13-inch Macbook Pro. Fortunately she was able to retreive her hard drive, and is currently being told she will be compensated. According to airport security, it was “suspicous passenger luggage” that they were shooting. Here’s a tip by the way: Backup your data and be careful with your laptop in Israel. Blockquote and more destruction pics after the break.

[Via Lily Sussman]

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New Plastic Unibody Macbook resembles Macbook Pro

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Well, here you have more product releases. In this case it’s the new plastic Macbook, which looks alot like the Macbook Pro. Same price, but better specs for the white plastic Macbook. Same processor as the 13-inch Macbook Pro, which is a 2.26 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of DDR3 RAM, 8x double-layer SuperDrive, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, a built-in 7-hour battery, and what Apple calls a “polycarbonate unibody enclosure “. Then there’s the MagSafe power port, a Gigabit Ethernet port, Mini DisplayPort, 2 USB ports, 1 Audio in/out port, and a Kensington lock slot. And no more FireWire folks. Oh well.

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Macbook Pro 13″ Hands-On

Macbook Pro 13-inch Hands-on

Specs:

  • Mac OS X v10.5.7 (9J3032)
  • Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz (3MB L2 cache, 1066MHz frontside bus)
  • 2GB 1067MHz DDR3 SDRAM
  • 160GB 5400rpm SATA hard disk drive
  • 13.3″ glossy widescreen TFT LED backlit display (1280 x 800)
  • NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics (256MB of DDR3 shared memory)
  • 8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
  • iSight webcam
  • AirPort Extreme WiFi (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n)
  • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
  • Mini DisplayPort, Ethernet, two USB 2.0 ports (480Mbps), FireWire 800, Audio out and microphone in, SD-Card reader
  • Dimensions : 0.95″ x 12.78″ x 8.94″ (H x W x D)
  • Weight: 4.51 pounds
  • Integrated 58-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery
  • 60W MagSafe power adapter with cable management system

Last year, the Macbook Unibody was announced, this year it has been removed to the Macbook Pro Line. It uses the same unibody enclosure, but when I held it, it felt much more solid than the previous version. An SD card slot has been added and Firewire 800 is back ( who uses Firewire??)  The screen quality is much better, but the pictures don’t show it, dumb iPhone 3G camera! Thankfully the new iPhone will have a 3.0 megapixel camera.

Back to the laptop, it’s very fast, with a boot time of less than a minute. Keyboard feels softer than previous generation. Overall everything else except the processor, screen, and price remains the same.

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