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Apple Laptops and Desktops
- Best Apple laptop 15-inch 2.4 GHz MacBook Pro *Est. $2200
- Best ultraportable Apple laptop 13-inch 128 GB MacBook Air *Est. $1300
- Best-value Apple laptop 13-inch 2.4 GHz MacBook Pro *Est. $1200
- Budget Apple laptop 11-inch 64 GB MacBook Air *Est. $1000
- Best Apple desktop 21.5-inch 2.5 GHz iMac *Est. $1200
- Best tablet computer Apple iPad 2 *Est. $500
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- Sleek and sturdy design
- Great LED backlit display
- Long battery life
- Improved graphics
- No FireWire
- No media card reader
- Expensive
The 2.0 GHz 13-inch MacBook features better performance and improved graphics compared to their predecessors, along with an LED backlit display (which doesn't contain mercury or arsenic), a multi-touch glass trackpad and a stunning, sturdy and recyclable aluminum chassis. The more powerful version of the MacBook includes a 2.4 GHz processor, a slightly larger hard drive and a backlit keyboard, but is otherwise identical to the 2.0 GHz MacBook, and considered less of a value. There's also an entry-level version (*Est. $1,000) with a white plastic case.
Macworld is the only reviewer to test both the 2.0 GHz and 2.4 GHz versions of the 13-inch MacBook, and their report is nicely detailed and comprehensive. Other reviewers focus their efforts on the more expensive 2.4 GHz version, but also touch on the more budget-friendly 2.0 GHz MacBook. Good efforts can be found at PCMag.com, Laptop Magazine and CNET.
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This comprehensive and balanced review tests both of the recently updated MacBook laptops, and benchmarks them against each other as well the white plastic base model MacBook and the new 2.4 GHz MacBook Pro. Jonathan Seff says that the new MacBooks are a big improvement over the last generation, as long as the lack of FireWire isn't a deal killer.
Review: Review: Aluminum MacBook Core 2 Duo/2GHz and 2.4GHz, Jonathan Seff, Oct. 22, 2008
2. Laptop MagazineDetails/Subscribe
This review focuses on the 2.4 GHz version of the MacBook, and Dana Wollman likes the laptop well enough to grant it an Editors' Choice award. That said, Wollman says that the 2.0 GHz version "offers better bang for the buck."
Review: Apple MacBook (2008), Dana Wollman, Oct. 17, 2008
3. CNET
Although most of the attention here is spent on the 2.4 GHz version of the MacBook, CNET is impressed enough to name it an Editors' Choice. Dan Ackerman calls the MacBook "an impressive value and an impressive feat of engineering."
Review: Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, Dan Ackerman, Oct. 16, 2008
In one of the more negative reviews of the Apple MacBook we find, Cisco Cheng says features are weak considering the price. The design, however, couldn't be "more glamorous."
Review: Apple MacBook Review, Cisco Cheng, Oct. 14, 2008
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