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    Apple Updates $999 MacBook

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Oct 20, 2009.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Apple Updates $999 MacBook
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    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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    Charles P. Jefferies, Oct 20, 2009
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  2. coldmack

    coldmack Notebook Virtuoso

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    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.
     
    coldmack, Oct 20, 2009
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  3. Darwin11

    Darwin11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Agree on the 9400M. I did order myself a nice 27 inch iMac with Core i7 and 8 GB of ram though... :)
     
    Darwin11, Oct 20, 2009
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    coldmack Notebook Virtuoso

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    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.
     
    coldmack, Oct 20, 2009
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  5. Angelic

    Angelic Kickin' back :3

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    So...not much. O well. I'd love to try the glass touchpad at least.
     
    Angelic, Oct 20, 2009
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  6. Ishbar

    Ishbar Notebook Guru

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    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.
     
    Ishbar, Oct 21, 2009
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  7. Huskerz85

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    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..... ;)
     
    Huskerz85, Oct 21, 2009
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    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.
     
    Andrew Baxter, Oct 21, 2009
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  9. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    They will drop prices if the sales are bad... BTW, are you guys going to review the new magic mouse?
     
    Xirurg, Oct 21, 2009
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