Most of the other components in the new MacBooks are the same as their older counterparts. All MacBooks get a boost in hard drive size to 120GB, 160GB, and 250GB, from 80GB, 120GB, and 160GB respectively. The only difference between the $1,299 white MacBook and the $1,499 black MacBook (except for price and color, obviously) is the black model’s larger hard drive storage capacity.

The new MacBooks feature Penryn processors. If you really have the need to pinch, swipe, and rotate on the trackpad, you have to turn to the MacBook Pro or the Unfortunately, you won’t find the touted MultiTouch trackpad on any MacBook. The keyboard has a springy yet solid feel to it, and offers a bit more tactile and audible feedback than early MacBook models.

To connect to any external display, you need to purchase one of Apple’s $19 video adapters (mini-DVI to DVI or mini-DVI to VGA).Īs with the previous-generation MacBooks, the keyboard has media control keys located along the function key row. The graphics processor can power an external display at up to 1,920-by-1,200 pixels to either mirror or extend the desktop (using an external display brings the shared memory used up to 160MB). The MacBooks use 144MB of RAM from the main system memory, making the 2GB models even more appealing. The new MacBooks use the same graphics chip as before, the Intel GMA X3100, which doesn’t have dedicated video RAM. Although the frontside bus runs at 800MHz, the MacBooks continue to use RAM rated at 667MHz. As before, Apple recommends installing RAM in matched pairs into the two RAM slots for best performance with the integrated graphics system (the MacBooks come with two 512MB or two 1GB SO-DIMMs, and if you want to upgrade your RAM after purchase, you’ll have to replace both SO-DIMMs for the best results). The 2.4GHz MacBooks (one white, the other black) come with 2GB the models they replaced came with 1GB. The $1,099 2.1GHz MacBook comes with 1GB of RAM.

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