New Apple MacBooks announced - October 14th 2008

Apple held a press event today, October 14th 2008. Amongst other things they announced a new iteration of their MacBook. This new version looks super sleek, super exciting, and has some super new features (wow that is 3xsuper, must be good). It basically looks like a mini iMac with a keyboard attached.

  • Entry level £719 model (old white plastic design)
  • 13.3-inch LED backlit display
  • Magnetic latch (no change there)
  • Glass multi-touch trackpad
  • Mini Display Port connector
  • NVidia 9400M graphics
  • 5 hours of battery life (this will be my next blogging tool)
  • £949 for 2GHz Core2Duo, NVidia 9400M, 2GB RAM, 160GB HD, SuperDrive
  • £1,149 for 2.4GHz Core2Duo, NVidia 9400M, 250GB HD, SuperDrive, Backlit keyboard
  • Upgrades avalable to 320GB HD, 128GB SSD, DVI, Dual DVI and VGA adapters
  • Ships today (well actually 7 days for the UK), in stores tomorrow (fantastic news, where is my credit card!)

I will bring you more news and images as they become available.