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This past fall, when the 15-inch Macbook underwent its stunning unibody redesign that added an edge-to-edge LED-backlit display, a multitouch-enabled touchpad, and dual graphics cards, we heaped plenty of praise upon it; but lamented its lack of a memory card reader, and its hefty price tag. Apple has seemingly taken our gripes to heart, and has re-introduced the 15-inch MacBook with a number of noteworthy changes, including a lower starting price ($1,699 vs. $1,999), an SD Card reader, and a long-lasting lithium-polymer battery that delivers more than 8 hours on a charge. We wish there were more USB ports on board, but you won’t find a more powerful 15-inch notebook that’s this easy to carry.

Design

Measuring 14.4 x 9.8 x 1.0 inches and weighing 5.4 pounds, the revamped 15-inch MacBook Pro is spacious enough for long, comfortable computing sessions, yet won’t weigh you down when it’s time to go mobile. It sports the same carved-from-a-single-chunk-of-metal unibody design as its MacBook Pro brethren, retaining the sturdy aluminum chassis and rounded edges. The overall look is classy and modern.

Keyboard and Touchpad

Similar to other MacBook Pros, this unit features a shallow keyboard with black, isolated keys that provide adequate feedback when quickly typing URLs and crafting e-mails. It also has an ambient light sensor that backlights the keys when typing in low-light situations (such as a darkened plane cabin). While typing in a dark room, the soft glow enabled us to see the keys clearly.

A very large touchpad made navigating the desktop a snap, and its built-in multitouch functionality will have iPhone and iPod touch users feeling right at home as they swipe through photos and pinch and zoom Web pages. Falling in step with other MacBook Pro models, the 15-inch lacks dedicated mouse buttons; the entire pad doubles as one.

Display and Audio

Once again, Apple wows with a gorgeous edge-to-edge, glass 15.4-inch LED display (with a 1440 x 900-pixel resolution). The panel offers a 60 percent greater color gamut than its predecessor, and it really brought out skin tones and made other details pop while watching episodes of 30 Rock on Hulu or when we popped a DVD of There Will be Blood into the optical drive. Our only gripe with the display is that it kicks back too much reflection, especially when viewing content that has a dark background, or if you’re anywhere but directly in front of it. Its attractive black bezel border easily picks up fingerprints and smudges, but that’s nothing a cloth can’t remedy.

Flanking the keyboard are a pair of speakers that deliver solid (if unspectacular) sound. When we streamed Lyn Collins’ “Think” from Slacker, we enjoyed loud and clear audio, although funk classic lacked a robust bottom end.
Ports and Webcam

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Apple’s New Magic Mouse

Apple’s signature touchpad is now available on both their MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops. Now, let’s say you love the features that the touchpad provides you, but you just prefer to control the movement of your cursor with a mouse instead of a touchpad. Unfortunately, you had to choose one or the other — until now. Apple has found a solution for those of you with mouse-separation anxiety: the new Magic Mouse.

Upon first glance, the Magic Mouse is truly an odd-looking creature. It doesn’t seem like something this simple could do anything besides move a cursor. It has no buttons or wheels on it whatsoever. But–and here is where your eyes deceive you–the top of the Magic Mouse has a multi-touch area, and the entire mouse functions as a large button. So, all of the features available on the trackpad are now available to laptop users who prefer a mouse–even iMac users. These features include standard clicking, right clicking, scrolling, zooming, and a few others. Finally, if things get a little too complicated and you would prefer to disable some features, you can easily go into the settings and do as you please.

Apple has also added a few other upgrades, such as Bluetooth wireless connectivity and a more sensitive laser-tracking engine, giving you more control. Also, the technology outfitted in the Magic Mouse can easily differentiate between zooming, swiping, scrolling, and every other action you can perform. So, don’t worry about the mouse not being able to perform exactly as you wish. Priced at $69, this is definitely an accessory that Mac users and even those considering purchasing a Mac, should check out.

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Apple’s New MacBook

Last week was a big one for Microsoft, with the Windows 7 launch, but it looks like Apple wants to steal away some of the spotlight with their new Mac Book. It could be a necessary update, random chance, or an actual direct competitor to sway the potential Windows 7 users. Whichever it is, the new Mac Book has many upgrades, making it that much more like its bigger brother, the Mac Book Pro, ding incentive for those looking to buy a cheaper Apple laptop.

First of all, there were some minor changes to the internal specs of the Mac Book. These include a processor upgrade to 2.26 GHz (up from 2.13 GHz), a hard drive capacity of 250 GB (up from 160GB), and new DDR3 memory (upgraded from DDR2). Aside from those tweaks, there weren’t any major changes to the internal components of the Mac Book.

Now on to the more serious business: the external changes. Most of the features include implementing the Mac Book Pro technology into the Mac Books. The multi touch track pad, allowing users to perform zoom, scroll, and more is now possible just by using a couple of quick finger swipes. The screen now has LED back lighting, giving the display a brighter, more eye-catching feel. And finally, Apple’s very valuable feature, the built-in battery; though you won’t be able to remove or replace the battery, you get a much better battery life, and less degradation over time.

This past fall, when the 15-inch Macbook underwent its stunning unibody redesign that added an edge-to-edge LED-backlit display, a multitouch-enabled touchpad, and dual graphics cards, we heaped plenty of praise upon it; but lamented its lack of a memory card reader, and its hefty price tag. Apple has seemingly taken our gripes to heart, and has re-introduced the 15-inch MacBook with a number of noteworthy changes, including a lower starting price ($1,699 vs. $1,999), an SD Card reader, and a long-lasting lithium-polymer battery that delivers more than 8 hours on a charge. We wish there were more USB ports on board, but you won’t find a more powerful 15-inch notebook that’s this easy to carry.

Design:-

Measuring 14.4 x 9.8 x 1.0 inches and weighing 5.4 pounds, the revamped 15-inch MacBook Pro is spacious enough for long, comfortable computing sessions, yet won’t weigh you down when it’s time to go mobile. It sports the same carved-from-a-single-chunk-of-metal unibody design as its MacBook Pro brethren, retaining the sturdy aluminum chassis and rounded edges. The overall look is classy and modern.

Keyboard and Touchpad:-

Similar to other MacBook Pros, this unit features a shallow keyboard with black, isolated keys that provide adequate feedback when quickly typing URLs and crafting e-mails. It also has an ambient light sensor that backlights the keys when typing in low-light situations (such as a darkened plane cabin). While typing in a dark room, the soft glow enabled us to see the keys clearly.

A very large touchpad made navigating the desktop a snap, and its built-in multitouch functionality will have iPhone and iPod touch users feeling right at home as they swipe through photos and pinch and zoom Web pages. Falling in step with other MacBook Pro models, the 15-inch lacks dedicated mouse buttons; the entire pad doubles as one.

Display and Audio:-

Once again, Apple wows with a gorgeous edge-to-edge, glass 15.4-inch LED display (with a 1440 x 900-pixel resolution). The panel offers a 60 percent greater color gamut than its predecessor, and it really brought out skin tones and made other details pop while watching episodes of 30 Rock on Hulu or when we popped a DVD of There Will be Blood into the optical drive. Our only gripe with the display is that it kicks back too much reflection, especially when viewing content that has a dark background, or if you’re anywhere but directly in front of it. Its attractive black bezel border easily picks up fingerprints and smudges, but that’s nothing a cloth can’t remedy.

Flanking the keyboard are a pair of speakers that deliver solid (if unspectacular) sound. When we streamed Lyn Collins’ “Think” from Slacker, we enjoyed loud and clear audio, although funk classic lacked a robust bottom end.
Ports and Webcam

On the right side of the system, you’ll find the 8X SuperDrive and Kensington lock slot. Built into the left side are two closely placed USB 2.0 ports, Mini DisplayPort, a FireWire 800 port, the MagSafe power port, and headphone and mic jacks. Conspicuous in its absence: an ExpressCard slot, found on the previous 15-inch MacBook Pro, but replaced by an SD Card slot that accepts all manner of SD Cards, from mini to SDHC (with the correct adapter).

Above the display, a VGA iSight webcam is embedded in the bezel. It captured a good amount of detail and delivered near-lifelike colors, but friends reported some motion blur when we engaged in Meebo video chats. Photo Booth, Mac OS X’ fun webcam program, allowed us to record video clips of ourselves, snap photos using a variety of filters (such as Sepia, Thermal Camera, and X-Ray), and even fire off four quick photos in succession like a traditional photo booth.

The new laptop computer that Apple will introduce on Tuesday would cost $800, 27% less than its cheapest current model, according to some news agencies and bloggers.

The official presentation is set for October 14 at the headquarters of the company in Cupertino, California.

Last Thursday, some bloggers began to circulate online rumors about the launching of a new laptop that will only cost you $800 in United States. That would be the Apple’s answer to the economic crisis and the reduction of consumers’ demand, according to some news agencies.

Also, according to these agencies, Apple has distributed some price lists to its stores, which include new categories and figures that start from around 800 dollars, although the technical details of the items are not included.

The MacBook and the MacBook Pro are designed to help you, get why these notebooks are ideal campus companions.

Easy to use, reliable and secure

The Mac OS X is the most interactive and also the most stable. Built on a UNIX platform, these notebooks are virtually virus-free. The Hardware, Operating System and even the built-in Software are all created by Apple, making these notebooks very reliable.

A suite to suit your needs

Software that are pre-loaded on these notebooks help you do a lot more. iLife, for instance, lets you create movies, multimedia presentations, digital photo albums and music with great ease. These notebooks also come with tools for everyday tasks like browsing, sending emails, blogging and chatting.

Compatible like never before

These notebooks also run Microsoft Windows Operating System and other associated software, including Microsoft Office 2008. And also fit in seamlessly into other network environments.

MacBook 13.3″

Features

* Available in 3 standard configurations

* Features a 13.3 – inch (diagonal) glossy widescreen display

* Latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors ( 2.1Ghz and 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo) with 800 MHz front side bus

* Larger hard drives (up to 250 GB), up to 2GB of memory and is encased in a durable polycarbonate shell

MacBook Pro 15 ” & 17″

Features

* Available in 3 standard configurations

* Featuring 15.4-inch, 1440 x 900-pixel and the 17-inch, 1680 x 1050-pixel digital displays

* The latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors (up to 2.5 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 6 MB L2 cache) with 800 MHz front side bus

* Larger hard drives (up to 250 GB), standard 2 GB memory, and is encased in sleek and sturdy aluminum