Apple has lowered the price of the entry-level, 13-inch white plastic MacBook by $100 to $999. Antone Gonsalves writes "The price cut is also important as PC makers head toward the Christmas season unsure of how the Wall Street meltdown will affect consumer spending." read more » 1 CommentBury
John Cox writes that the new MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air notebooks "use a manufacturing technique developed for the original MacBook Air: instead of starting with an aluminum frame and bol read more » DiscussBury
Same design, smaller case, shorter name
Apple today unveiled a new-look MacBook that ditches the familiar white and black plastic styling and becomes just a small-screen MacBook Pro. read more » DiscussBury
Apple will drop Intel’s integrated graphics chipsets in its new family of MacBooks in favour of Nvidia’s new mobile platform, according to speculative reports. This is an interesting move after the recent failures of Invidia graphics cards. read more » DiscussBury
"Apple has now joined the ranks of Dell and HP and admitted that some if its MacBook Pro notebooks have been shipped with defective NVIDIA GPUs." read more » DiscussBury
Peter Ha relates that some MacBook Pros with Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT graphics cards may experience distorted or scrambled video due to faulty video cards. Although Nvidia had assured Apple that the cards used in their computers would not be affected, Apple has determined that they may indeed experience problems, and has promised that,"If the NVIDIA graphics processor in your MacBook Pro has failed, or fails within two years of the original date of purchase, a repair will be done free of charge, even if your MacBook Pro is out of warranty." read more » DiscussBury
