New Macbook Specs!!!

With the big announcements of iPhone there were some announcments on Macs, specificlaly the Macbooks.

Here are the highlights:

• Price drops all around!!!! From $200 to $700!!!!! Very nice!
• Updated Specs all around faster processors and bigger harddrives
• 15 in Macbook pro looses the express slot and get a built in SD card reader
• Rebranding of the the 13 in Macbook to Macbook pro (Still not a pro to me becuase it does not have a discrete graphics card only has the NVidia M9400)
• 13 in Macbook pro gains fire wire 800 port yay!!!
• 13 in Macbook pro gains the nicer screen similar to 15in Macbook Pro
• Support for 8 gigs of from for Pro notebooks
• All Pro notebooks get the new 7 hour battery with up to 1000 recharges
• BAD: All new Pro notbooks do not have a user replaceable battery and don't have the handy removable try to easily swap HDs and batteries.

Pricing summary:

15 and 17'' Macbook Pros:

• Starting at $1,699 (down from $1,999 in prior lineups)
• $1,699: 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce 9400M graphics, 250GB HDD, SD card slot, no ExpressCard
• $1,999: 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT graphics, 320GB HDD, SD card slot, no ExpressCard
• $2,299: 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT graphics, 500GB HDD, SD card slot, no ExpressCard
• 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro remains the same specs-wise (it's the only Apple laptop left with an ExpressCard slot), but it's getting a price cut to $2,499.

13" Macbook Pro:

• $1,199: 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce 9400M graphics, 160GB HDD, SD card slot, no ExpressCard
• $1,499: 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce 9400M graphics, 250GB HDD, SD card slot, no ExpressCard

Macbook Air:

• $1,499: 1.86GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce 9400M graphics, 120GB HDD
• $1,799: 2.13GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce 9400M graphics, 128GB SSD (whopping $700 drop!!!)

You can still get the White Plastic Macbook or less than $1000.

But all in all very nice upgrades and if you're looking for a new Macbook now is the best time to get one!!

Questions email me: richmlee@gmail.com