Core 2 Duo MacBooks Announced

[MacRumors]

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Apple announced the new Core 2 Duo MacBooks today...

Apple(R) today unveiled its new line of MacBook(TM) consumer notebooks that now include Intel Core 2 Duo processors. Just one-inch thin, the new MacBooks are up to 25 percent faster than the previous generation and feature a built-in iSight(R) video camera for on-the-go video conferencing, Apple's MagSafe(TM) Power Adapter that safely disconnects when under strain, and iLife(R) '06, Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications.
Three models: white 1.83 GHz and 2.0 GHz MacBook models, and a black 2.0 GHz MacBook model.

$1099: 13.3", 1.83GHz, 512MB, 60GB, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
$1299: 13.3", 2.0GHz, 1GB, 80GB, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
$1499: 13.3", 2.0GHz, 1GB, 120GB, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950

Additional build to order options: upgrade to 80GB, 120GB, 160GB or 200GB drive or up to 2GB RAM. The new MacBooks are available immediately through the Apple Store.

The 1.83 GHz, 13-inch white MacBook, for a suggested retail price of
$1,099 (US), includes:
-- 13.3-inch glossy widescreen 1280 x 800 display with 250 cd/m2
brightness;
-- 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor;
-- 667 MHz front-side bus;
-- 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 2GB;
-- 60GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion
Sensor;
-- a slot-load Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) optical drive;
-- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950;
-- Mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold
separately);
-- built-in iSight video camera;
-- Gigabit Ethernet port;
-- built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
-- two USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire 400 port;
-- one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both
optical digital and analog;
-- Scrolling TrackPad;
-- the infrared Apple Remote; and
-- 60 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.
The 2.0 GHz, 13-inch white MacBook, for a suggested retail price of
$1,299 (US), includes:
-- 13.3-inch glossy widescreen 1280 x 800 display with 250 cd/m2
brightness;
-- 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor;
-- 667 MHz front-side bus;
-- 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 2GB;
-- 80GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion
Sensor;
-- a slot-load 6x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R
DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
-- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950;
-- Mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold
separately);
-- built-in iSight video camera;
-- Gigabit Ethernet port;
-- built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
-- two USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire 400 port;
-- one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both
optical digital and analog;
-- Scrolling TrackPad;
-- the infrared Apple Remote; and
-- 60 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.
The 2.0 GHz, 13-inch black MacBook, for a suggested retail price of
$1,499 (US), includes:
-- 13.3-inch glossy widescreen 1280 x 800 display with 250 cd/m2
brightness;
-- 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor;
-- 667 MHz front-side bus;
-- 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 2GB;
-- 120GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion
Sensor;
-- a slot-load 6x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R
DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
-- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950;
-- Mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold
separately);
-- built-in iSight video camera;
-- Gigabit Ethernet port;
-- built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
-- two USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire 400 port;
-- one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both
optical digital and analog;
-- Scrolling TrackPad;
-- the infrared Apple Remote; and
-- 60 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.

Digg this

[spicyapple]

Wow! Thanks for the quick scoop!

And I thank myself for the quick response. heh

[daneoni]

No wonder the store is down

[deputy_doofy]

And.... Monday wasn't even a holiday.

[jimN]

How do they know these things? At any rate the stores are down. Exciting stuff but i bet this thread gets more negatives than positives.

Happy to be made to eat my words!!

[deputy_doofy]

Originally Posted by jimN

How do they know these things? At any rate the stores are down. Exciting stuff but i bet this thread gets more negatives than positives.

Happy to be made to eat my words!!

You can thank places like yahoo...

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061108/sfw052.html?.v=82

[Chimera]

A nice update for the MacBooks, I wonder if there are any currency conversion changes for the UK like the MBPs

[DRewPi]

THe wait is finally over !!!!!

where is my credit card and much is in there !!! OOOO well ... just waiting for the specs !!! but that sounds so good for today !!!!

Thx for all those waiters out there.... the wait must be good... let' wait and see !!!!

[jimN]

Looks like nothing has changed but the processor. Gentlemen, commence your bitching.

[weiss]

Yeaaaaaaaaah!!!

The waiting drove me mad, but it's over!

[sierra oscar]

Have the physical dimensions changed from the older Macbook? the prnews article mentions more than once that it's '1 inch thin'' - is this something new? I can't recall...

[Kolind]

According to Yahoo they've been upgraded in regards to CPU (obviously), RAM and HD... so pretty much the same as the MBP's two weeks ago.

Edit: And double layer superdrive too...

[XCool]

http://www.apple.com/macbook/specs.html is still not updated though...

[Jimmieboy]

Yippee! If only they had an improved video card.

[darkwing]

I bet they'll ship these before they ship us our 17" C2D MBPs that they waited until the last minute to tell us could not ship due to "high demand" even though they haven't shipped any.

What a horrible company.™

[w8ing4intelmacs]

At least you get 40GB of hard drive space now along with your black color for $200.

[jimN]

Originally Posted by Kolind

According to Yahoo they've been upgraded in regards to CPU (obviously), RAM and HD... so pretty much the same as the MBP's two weeks ago.

Edit: And double layer superdrive too...

Isn't the RAM the same? Unless they are putting single chips in as opposed to double to make store bought upgrades simpler.

[Hls811]

Originally Posted by jimN

Looks like nothing has changed but the processor. Gentlemen, commence your bitching.

Ha Ha.. first thing I thought of too...

[iMeowbot]

Originally Posted by sierra oscar

Have the physical dimensions changed from the older Macbook? the prnews article mentions more than once that it's '1 inch thin'' - is this something new? I can't recall...

The old model was 1.08 inches (2.75 cm), so it appears not.

[hooch]

Awesome! My friend will be stoked!

[Hls811]

Originally Posted by jimN

Isn't the RAM the same? Unless they are putting single chips in as opposed to double to make store bought upgrades simpler.

The 2.0Ghtz versions were upgraded to 1GB Ram minimum (up from 512).

the 1.83ghtz version is still 512MB

[deputy_doofy]

Originally Posted by darkwing

I bet they'll ship these before they ship us our 17" C2D MBPs that they waited until the last minute to tell us could not ship due to "high demand" even though they haven't shipped any.

What a horrible company.™

Don't feel bad. I received my MBP15 on 10-31 and it had a bad left speaker. I had to send it back for repair/replacement (whichever they do is fine with me). I got mine and had to let it go.

[naraic]

About time...but at this stage should i wait for the Santa Rosa platform with the ram drives and all that??

Naaaahhh

[Kolind]

Originally Posted by jimN

Isn't the RAM the same? Unless they are putting single chips in as opposed to double to make store bought upgrades simpler.

Looks the same to me now that I see the detailed specs - I was just quoting from Yahoo before...

[sluthy]

I love this temporary state of chaos, when you know it's fresh from the table, because only half the site has been updated (MB page itself, press release, store have been updated, but front page, product list page etc. hasn't)

EDIT: And it's that fresh that everything was updated in the time it took me to type that sentence and click 'post'