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| Brand: | Apple |
| Screen Size: | 13.3 inches |
| Processor | |
| Processor Brand: | Intel |
| Processor Type: | Intel Core 2 Duo |
| Processor Speed: | 2.4 GHz |
| Memory | |
| RAM Size: | 2 GB |
| Hard Drive | |
| Hard Drive Size: | 250 GB |
| Additional Specifications | |
| Operating System: | OS X |
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Product Features
- Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
- Thinner, lighter and more durable than ever
- Illuminated keyboard
- Hard drive with up to 250GB so you can load your MacBook with movies, photos, and documents
- 5x faster, discrete-level graphics performance
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Manufacturer's Description
The New MacBook - Beautifully engineered, inside and out
From the stunning aluminium unibody to the powerful graphics architecture, the new MacBook makes progress a beautiful thing. Instead of assembling a notebook from many minor parts, the new MacBook was reinvented from just one: the new, solid-aluminium unibody enclosure. It gets full credit for making MacBook thinner, lighter, and even more stunning. But it’s not all beauty. Because of the unibody, this MacBook is more durable than ever. It was designed to take on your world. So slip it into your backpack or briefcase and pull it out wherever you go — it’s impressive in any setting.
Even the keyboard is advanced
The MacBook keyboard is solid, responsive, and comfortable. Just put your fingers on the crisp keys and you’ll feel pure typing bliss. An illuminated keyboard, a popular feature of MacBook Pro and MacBook Air,now comes standard on the 2.4GHz MacBook model. So when you’re in low-light settings such as airports or lecture halls, you can always see what you’re typing. It’s a luminous feature for anyone on the go.
The amazing new trackpad doubles as a button — just press down anywhere and consider it clicked. No separate button means there’s 39 percent more room for your fingers to move on the silky glass surface. Now that Multi-Touch gestures have come to MacBook, all the function is in your fingers. Use two fingers to scroll up and down a page. Pinch to zoom in and out. Swipe with three fingers to flip through your photo libraries and rotate an image with your fingertips. Using the new four-finger swipe gesture, swipe up or down to access Exposé modes and left or right to switch between open applications. If you’re coming from a right-click world, you can even configure a right click area to access shortcut menus. The more you use the Multi-Touch trackpad, the more you’ll wonder what you ever did without it.
 | Simply stunning |
 | Cooler creatures. Richer worlds |
 | Take it all along |
 | Ports with possibilities |
 | Mobility Mastered Wherever you go with your MacBook, wireless capabilities go with you. With the latest 802.11n wireless technology built in, you’re always connected to the wireless world out there, at home, and at work.3 It’s seamless and effortless to connect to a Wi-Fi network and surf the web, send email, video chat, and more. With up to 5 hours of battery life, consider yourself a free agent.4 At home, stream music wirelessly from your couch. And print documents or photos from anywhere. For an instantly ideal workspace, connect your MacBook to the new Apple LED Cinema Display. MacBook also includes Bluetooth capabilities, so brilliant accessories such as the optional Apple Wireless Keyboard and wireless Mighty Mouse free your desk from cables and cords. |
 | You. In two places at once Wherever you go with your MacBook, wireless capabilities go with you. With the latest 802.11n wireless technology built in, you’re always connected to the wireless world out there, at home, and at work. It’s seamless and effortless to connect to a Wi-Fi network and surf the web, send email, video chat, and more. With up to 5 hours of battery life, consider yourself a free agent. At home, stream music wirelessly from your couch. And print documents or photos from anywhere. For an instantly ideal workspace, connect your MacBook to the new Apple LED Cinema Display. MacBook also includes Bluetooth capabilities, so brilliant accessories such as the optional Apple Wireless Keyboard and wireless Mighty Mouse free your desk from cables and cords. |
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Product Description
Instead of assembling a notebook from many minor parts, this MacBook was reinvented from just one: the solid-aluminum unibody enclosure. It gets full credit for making MacBook thinner, lighter, and even more stunning. The amazing trackpad doubles as a button just press down anywhere and consider it clicked. No separate button means theres 39 percent more room for your fingers to move on the silky glass surface. Now that Multi-Touch gestures have come to MacBook, all the function is in your fingers. Use t...
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
I've never used a Mac at all, and always found the 'elitism' surrounding the brand a little confusing. Having owned one for a couple of days i understand what the fuss is all about.
No need to read the manual, you will be working out of the box in no time. Everything about the OS is vastly superior to Microsoft's efforts to emulate it. The build quality is outstanding, and using this machine is a joy rather than a chore.
The best way to describe the quantum step might be to imagine years driving a Daewoo Matiz, and stepping into a Porsche. It's really that good...
No need to read the manual, you will be working out of the box in no time. Everything about the OS is vastly superior to Microsoft's efforts to emulate it. The build quality is outstanding, and using this machine is a joy rather than a chore.
The best way to describe the quantum step might be to imagine years driving a Daewoo Matiz, and stepping into a Porsche. It's really that good...
36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
I first noticed this Mac back in October, and thought that aesthetically it was a beautifully engineered machine, but have never bought in to the Apple hype, as a) it's never appealed, and b) a Computer is a computer is a computer, right?
WRONG!
Now I know Vista has come in for a lot of criticism, but I started using it the day it launched nearly 2 years ago, and have NEVER had a problem with it. What I have continually had a problem with, is that new PC's/Laptops start off great, and after a month or two, grind to a halt. No amount of debugging/defragging etc etc ever seems to cure them, and having purchased a HP Pavilion less than a year ago only for the same problem to reoccur, I decided that enough was enough, and I was going to look at Apple more seriously.
So in December 2008, I became the proud owner of this shiny new Macbook.
Having not used a Macintosh since 1984, I was a complete virgin, but I powered it up and guess what - a few simple clicks, and it just worked. I say worked, it still does - faultlessly! I have yet to have to contact Apple Support, as the OS is a cinch to adapt to - if you can use Vista, you'll be up and running with this in less than a week. Gone are the days of watching an App crash/hang - this simply works - end of!
There are a couple of foibles that I will forgive it, but on the whole, it does exactly what it says on the tin, outperforms ANY Windows PC I have ever owned, whilst looking gorgeous on my desk at the same time.
If you are a Windows fan, as I was, you always have the ability of running XP/Vista on this machine if you so desire - this I have to say was reassuring when I made the initial purchase. However, having now got used to running with Leopard, the chances of me even contemplating installing Windows is slim to none.
To summarise, blistering performance, outstanding Battery life, and a machine that when you open the lid, just does what it's supposed to. Buy it - you won't regret it!!
WRONG!
Now I know Vista has come in for a lot of criticism, but I started using it the day it launched nearly 2 years ago, and have NEVER had a problem with it. What I have continually had a problem with, is that new PC's/Laptops start off great, and after a month or two, grind to a halt. No amount of debugging/defragging etc etc ever seems to cure them, and having purchased a HP Pavilion less than a year ago only for the same problem to reoccur, I decided that enough was enough, and I was going to look at Apple more seriously.
So in December 2008, I became the proud owner of this shiny new Macbook.
Having not used a Macintosh since 1984, I was a complete virgin, but I powered it up and guess what - a few simple clicks, and it just worked. I say worked, it still does - faultlessly! I have yet to have to contact Apple Support, as the OS is a cinch to adapt to - if you can use Vista, you'll be up and running with this in less than a week. Gone are the days of watching an App crash/hang - this simply works - end of!
There are a couple of foibles that I will forgive it, but on the whole, it does exactly what it says on the tin, outperforms ANY Windows PC I have ever owned, whilst looking gorgeous on my desk at the same time.
If you are a Windows fan, as I was, you always have the ability of running XP/Vista on this machine if you so desire - this I have to say was reassuring when I made the initial purchase. However, having now got used to running with Leopard, the chances of me even contemplating installing Windows is slim to none.
To summarise, blistering performance, outstanding Battery life, and a machine that when you open the lid, just does what it's supposed to. Buy it - you won't regret it!!
74 of 79 people found the following review helpful
Hi guys
It's a very well made piece of kid. No objection. It feels sturdy and stong, then again, with the whole nw process it goes through to be manufactured, who would think it wouldn't be?
I want to just comment on how when i orderd mine, i had a sony viao (13") and i hated how..... small it was. It was TRYING too much, the scren didn't look 13" - it looked 10, they keys were small, the trackpad was small, it was trying to hard to be portable.
I didn't quite know what to expect opening this but much to my suprise, i loved it's size (strange that eh?) t's smooth top and 'glistening' apple logo on the top. It looked 10/10.
I picked it out of it's box, and it had a little weight to it, not noticeable mind, but heavier than the plastic laptops i've been using.
took it out of the plastic and had a fiddle with all the novelty bits, the magnetic power adapter, ad the battery light indicator located next to the kensington lock slot.
I opened it up, and everything just hit me in the face as imaculate. The keys were perfectly spaced, the trackpad was suprisingly large (a good thing!) the screen was perfectly sized.
Switched it on, and the scren threw gorgeous colours in my face, the intro. vid looked amazing.
At this point i noticed the backlit keyboard come on, it was a dimly lit room a tthe time, and it just added to the sheer beauty.
The trackpad is not short of amazing. I find myself using the exposé four fingure gesture nearly every 20 seconds, the accuracy and smoothness of which the gestures work (iphoto, itunes, safari, exposé) is truely amazing.
By the way, the whole trackpad being a button, is REALLY easy to get used to, I picked it up in 5-10 minutes
As a new mac user, i was genuinly worried with how Leopard (Macs operating system) was going to treat me. Turns out it treats me better than vista does. I've not used linux, so i can't comment, but judging by friends, i'd say linux isn't the best of all 3.
Bootcamp is welcome, i wont be using it mind, but having leopard and windows would be good news to many folk.
The new graphics chip performs extremely well, i have...near enough a few hunfred photos on my macbook, and they're all loaded straight when i get into iphoto.
No games as of yet, but i'll only want to put football manager 2009 on it to satisfy my gaming needs.
There's some great apps that you can get from the apple webite, i managed to get hundreds of thin strands of light moving all together as a screensaver, and an app that makes your screensaver your background.
Just to sum it up....
If you've got the money, go for this, hands down. The base macbook pro only has a slight advantage over this in terms of what it can do. It looks and feels the part + if you want windows on it, it's a very easy process
It's a very well made piece of kid. No objection. It feels sturdy and stong, then again, with the whole nw process it goes through to be manufactured, who would think it wouldn't be?
I want to just comment on how when i orderd mine, i had a sony viao (13") and i hated how..... small it was. It was TRYING too much, the scren didn't look 13" - it looked 10, they keys were small, the trackpad was small, it was trying to hard to be portable.
I didn't quite know what to expect opening this but much to my suprise, i loved it's size (strange that eh?) t's smooth top and 'glistening' apple logo on the top. It looked 10/10.
I picked it out of it's box, and it had a little weight to it, not noticeable mind, but heavier than the plastic laptops i've been using.
took it out of the plastic and had a fiddle with all the novelty bits, the magnetic power adapter, ad the battery light indicator located next to the kensington lock slot.
I opened it up, and everything just hit me in the face as imaculate. The keys were perfectly spaced, the trackpad was suprisingly large (a good thing!) the screen was perfectly sized.
Switched it on, and the scren threw gorgeous colours in my face, the intro. vid looked amazing.
At this point i noticed the backlit keyboard come on, it was a dimly lit room a tthe time, and it just added to the sheer beauty.
The trackpad is not short of amazing. I find myself using the exposé four fingure gesture nearly every 20 seconds, the accuracy and smoothness of which the gestures work (iphoto, itunes, safari, exposé) is truely amazing.
By the way, the whole trackpad being a button, is REALLY easy to get used to, I picked it up in 5-10 minutes
As a new mac user, i was genuinly worried with how Leopard (Macs operating system) was going to treat me. Turns out it treats me better than vista does. I've not used linux, so i can't comment, but judging by friends, i'd say linux isn't the best of all 3.
Bootcamp is welcome, i wont be using it mind, but having leopard and windows would be good news to many folk.
The new graphics chip performs extremely well, i have...near enough a few hunfred photos on my macbook, and they're all loaded straight when i get into iphoto.
No games as of yet, but i'll only want to put football manager 2009 on it to satisfy my gaming needs.
There's some great apps that you can get from the apple webite, i managed to get hundreds of thin strands of light moving all together as a screensaver, and an app that makes your screensaver your background.
Just to sum it up....
If you've got the money, go for this, hands down. The base macbook pro only has a slight advantage over this in terms of what it can do. It looks and feels the part + if you want windows on it, it's a very easy process
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Battery has always been a problem. Mac's battery is better than PC's, however, it lasts for about 3.5 hours rather than 5 hrs advertised.
Published on 16 Feb 2010 by Tan Tran
The best price for the best laptop out there
I received my Macbook about a month ago and it has now become something I can't live without. It is so intuitive, I was worried that apple would constrict my use of different... Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2009 by Ms. Sarah L. Bland
once you go mac you never go back
i have always used my husband's desktop which has got progressively got slower. i recently had a child and needed a computer which i could use around the house. Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2009 by S. D. Sharma
I'm a MAC convert!!
Having just received my new macbook yesterday am, delivered promptly via Amazon, I felt obliged to add to the many positive reviews this great machine has generated. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2009 by Peter Jones
'once you go Mac, you don't go back'
i went over to the mac 14 months ago having bought a pre-owned white macbook, didn't take me that long to adjust to either having been used to PC. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2009 by A. Chapman
Fantastic machine
Let me start out by saying I had never even touched a Mac before I bought this notebook. My 3rd windows laptop had just chugged to a stop, which even reloading windows wouldn't... Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2009 by The Mickster
Nice,Bright,Shiny but...
After years of PC's with Microsoft operating systems I was seduced by reviews and personal recommendations to try Apple. Read more
Published on 22 April 2009 by M. P. Mckay
Just gorgeous... but at a price.
Many of the other reviews (which formed a great part of my decision-making prior to purchase) have gone over the essential points, but just to add that battery life is far from the... Read more
Published on 19 April 2009 by Ian Grace
A light, powerful (glaring and firewireless) laptop
I am an Apple users since 2004, this is my third Apple (Ibook G4, previous generation Macbook pro being the other two). Read more
Published on 15 April 2009 by Claudio Vandi
Very good.
I have used it for half of one month, it is very fantastic. I hope to share my satisfaction with everyone for this product.
Published on 6 April 2009 by Xiaoling Wu
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