Apple Macbook Ties up with NVIDIA, Ties Us in With Heavy Price

By Soumya Sinha, Gaea News Network
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Apple is back with another upgrade of their range of notebooks err Macbooks. Its time when people will realize that whatever you buy from Apple is gonna be older in the next month! How frustrating. Anyway to come to technical terms, Apple announced its Macbook Air is getting supported by NVIDIA 9400M graphics system, as well as new 120GB hard drive and 128GB SSD drive options. Everything else remains Apple’s normal ways.

Specification

ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW
  • 1.6GHz MacBook Air (MB543LL/A)
  • 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 6MB L2 cache, 1066MHz System Bus
  • 120GB 4200 rpm HDD
  • 1.86GHz MacBook (MB940LL/A)
  • 1.86GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 6MB L2 cache, 1066MHz System Bus
  • 128GB SSD

Shared Specs

  • Precision aluminum unibody enclosure, 12.8 x 8.94 x .16-.76-inches, 3.0 pounds
  • 13.3-inches LED-backlit display, 1280 x 800 resolution
  • 2GB 1066 MHz DDR3 memory
  • Multi-Touch trackpad
  • NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB DDR3 SDRAM
  • Mini DisplayPort output port with support for DVI, VGA, and dual-link DVI
  • Built-in iSight camera, stereo speakers, microphone
  • Audio Output
  • Built-in AirPort Extreme WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1
  • 1 USB 2.0 ports
  • Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard & iLife ‘08
  • 4.5 Hour Battery life

In The Box

  • MacBook Air
  • Display Cleaning cloth
  • 45W MagSafe Power Adapter, AC wall plug, and power cord
  • Install / restore DVDs
  • Printed and electronic documentation

Price

Steve Jobs say, its as low as 1799$ (for the 1.66Ghz processor) and 2499$ (for the 1.86 Ghz processor). Now tell me anything, isn’t this another way to say, do not buy my product? I mean Apple can come to normal terms at least once with their price range. its so darn expensive that, okay, thanks Apple.

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October 16, 2008: 7:05 am

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