Apple on Tuesday updated its consumerMacBookcomputers adding profligate processor , 1 GB RAM and larger hard drive in all good example .
The newfangled MacBooks come in three poser — a lily-white 2.0GHz and 2.16GHz , and a black 2.16 GHz model . All of the MacBooks include a built - in iSight video camera and the modish generation of 802.11n wireless networking . The notebook also come with iLife ‘ 06 and Mac OS X 10.4.9 Tiger .
“ Our Mac business is doing just corking decent now and the MacBook is a Brobdingnagian part of that , ” Todd Benjamin , Apple ’s director , Portables Product Marketing , told Macworld . cite data point from market research firm NPD , Benjamin said that Apple now holds more than 10 percent of the U.S. notebook computer market .
The MacBook , which turn one class one-time tomorrow , has seen a significant speed boost since its presentation . The new manakin carry between 24 percent and 37 percent faster than the original models . As Benjamin points out a pot of that performance hike has to do with the move to Intel Core 2 Duo chip .
The 2.0GHz 13 - inch white MacBook cost $ 1,099 and come with an 80 GB strong drive and a time slot - loading Combo movement ; the $ 1,299 2.16GHz blanched MacBook comes with a 120 GB strong campaign and a expansion slot - load 8x SuperDrive with forked - layer support ; and the $ 1,499 2.16GHz 13 - column inch black MacBook has a 160 GB drive and a expansion slot - load 8x SuperDrive with double - bed bread and butter . There are also several build - to - lodge options available from the online Apple Store , let in larger difficult drives .
“ Our consumer user are grown fans of iPhoto , iMovie and corrupt euphony on iTunes , so there is a handsome need for more storage , ” said Benjamin .
Apple explained that instead of moving to Intel ’s new Santa Rosa chip for this update , the caller make up one’s mind to concenter on the note value of the MacBook line .
“ MacBook already offer some of the technologies uncommitted in Santa Rosa , ” tell Benjamin . “ We decided with this update that we would tot up more value with processor speeds , RAM and hard effort space . We feel this is the prefect line - up for the Spring . ”
Update : total information from interview with Apple executive .