Apple has updated its MacBook with a new polycarbonate unibody design featuring a LED-backlit display, a glass Multi-Touch trackpad and its built-in battery for up to seven hours of battery life.
The new MacBook weighs 4.7 pounds and comes with the same wide-angle viewing technology used in the MacBook Pro line. The new MacBook has a 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics.
The new notebook comes with Mac OS X Snow Leopard and iLife, Apple’s suite of applications for managing photos, making movies and creating and learning to play music. iLife features iPhoto, to organise and manage photos; iMovie with new features such as Precision Editor, video stabilisation and advanced drag and drop; and GarageBand which helps user learn to play piano and guitar in a new way.
Philip Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide product marketing at Apple, said: “The iMac is widely praised as the best desktop computer in the world and today we are making it even better. With brilliant LED displays and the revolutionary Magic Mouse, the new iMac delivers an amazing desktop experience that we think customers will love.
According to the company, the new MacBook is suitable for students and new Mac users, and is available for $999.
