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White MacBook Gets NVIDIA, Better Specs
TheAppleBlog —
... They didn’t cry it from the mountain, but Apple this week did indeed update some hardware. Specifically, the 13-inch white MacBook, a holdover from previous models, now ships with the same NVIDIA GeForce 9400M of its bigger, aluminum unibody siblings. Not only that, but it also gets a processor bump up to the 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 1,066MHz frontside bus that’s found in the next model up, and a boost in the base ram up to 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 instead of just one. ...
$999 MacBook hardware updated to near-unibody specs
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... The CPU speed still remains at 2.0 GHz, and there's no backlit keyboard option, but the upgrades make an already attractive MacBook even more delicious. You can check out the new specs and order the MacBook at your local Apple Store or by clicking here. The online Apple Store is showing availability in the next 4 to 6 days. ...
Apple's White MacBook Gets a Boost
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... very similar to the low-end aluminum MacBook ($1,300), there still remain a few differences. The white MacBook's RAM is DDR2 — slower than the DDR3 memory in its aluminum siblings.
Also, the white MacBook ships with a 120GB hard drive, while the low-end aluminum MacBook ships with a 160GB hard drive.
Nonetheless, those differences are very minor, so this is a great upgrade if you're looking to save some cash and the new aluminum look doesn't do it for you.
Product Page [Apple via Engadget]
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Microsoft Does the Math on the “Apple Tax.” Badly.
Technologizer —
... Pretty compelling. Except that the $999 MacBook doesn’t come with 1GB of RAM. (It has 2GB.) It doesn’t have a 120GB hard disk. (It’s 160GB.) And it doesn’t have X3100 graphics. (It has the considerably more potent NVIDIA GeForce 9400M.) Here, look for yourself. The analysis is based on the old MacBook configuration that Apple refreshed ...
