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Apple launches new MacBooks
Ben Furfie Oct 15 2008, 11:39am
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Apple has taken the wraps off the biggest change to its MacBook range since it switched to Intel-based processors, with the vendor not only fundamentally changing the design of its products, but also the components contained inside them.
The new MacBooks, both 13-inch MacBooks and 15-inch MacBook Pros, come with new aluminium unibody enclosure, which both models share; leading Apple to claim that the new models are the most environmentally friendly in the industry.
Apple has also changed – as expected – the chipset that its laptops use, from the Intel-based ones that it has used since its move over from Power PC-based models, to new Nvidia-based ones.
Steve Jobs described the move to Nvidia as giving the new units had five times the graphical power thanks to the new GeForce 9400M integrated graphics included in the new base level MacBooks. The new MacBooks also benefit from improved graphics, with Nvidia's new GeForce 9600M included.
The MacBooks also now benefit from mutlitouch, which both the Air and MacBook Pro have had since the beginning of the year.
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“Macbook Pro”
Posted by: Hannah - Oct 15, 5:04pm
Are the new version of the MacBook Pros affected by the faults with the graphics cards? Or are these models ok?
Thanks
Hannah
“Re: Macbook Pro”
Posted by: Ben@PCR - Oct 15, 5:26pm
The cards that are known to be affected are those that were in certain models of the MacBook Pro manufactured between May 2007 and September 2008, so the new models should be fine, especially since they use a different GPU.