Apple Updates MacBook With LED-Backlit Display, Multi-Touch Trackpad & Built-in Seven-Hour Battery
21 10월 2009 - 1:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
CUPERTINO, Calif., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple® today
updated its popular MacBook® with a new, durable polycarbonate
unibody design featuring a brilliant LED-backlit display, a glass
Multi-Touch(TM) trackpad and Apple's innovative built-in battery
for up to seven hours of battery life. Inheriting technology and
design features from the MacBook Pro line, the new MacBook is an
ideal consumer notebook for students and new Mac® users, and is
available for $999. "The new MacBook includes many of the great
features found on the innovative MacBook Pro, such as an
LED-backlit display, glass Multi-Touch trackpad and built-in
long-life battery," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice
president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "With the only lineup of
notebooks all featuring unibody enclosures, LED-backlit displays
and long-life battery technology, there's never been a better time
to switch to a Mac." The new MacBook features a unibody,
polycarbonate enclosure that makes it lighter and more durable. The
new design includes a unique non-skid bottom surface and at just
4.7 pounds, the sleek MacBook slides easily into a backpack or
briefcase. MacBook comes standard with a bright, LED-backlit
display with the same wide-angle viewing technology used in the
MacBook Pro line. The new MacBook has a 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
processor, 2GB RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and powerful NVIDIA GeForce
9400M integrated graphics. The new MacBook includes Apple's
innovative built-in notebook battery for up to seven hours of
wireless productivity on a single charge, and up to 1,000
recharges.* At nearly three times the lifespan of conventional
notebook batteries, Apple's built-in battery results in fewer
depleted batteries and less waste. Depleted batteries can be
replaced for $129, which includes installation and environmentally
responsible disposal of your old battery. The energy-efficient
MacBook joins the industry's greenest lineup of notebooks, with
every Mac notebook achieving EPEAT Gold** status and meeting Energy
Star 5.0 requirements. The entire Mac notebook line now comes
standard with energy efficient LED-backlit displays that are
mercury-free and made with arsenic-free glass. Mac notebooks
contain no brominated flame retardants, use internal cables and
components that are PVC-free and are constructed of recyclable
materials. Every Mac comes with Mac OS® X Snow Leopard®, the
world's most advanced operating system, and iLife®, Apple's
innovative suite of applications for managing photos, making movies
and creating and learning to play music. Snow Leopard builds on a
decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of refinements,
new core technologies and out of the box support for Microsoft
Exchange. iLife features iPhoto®, to easily organize and manage
photos; iMovie® with powerful easy-to-use new features such as
Precision Editor, video stabilization and advanced drag and drop;
and GarageBand® which introduces a whole new way to help you learn
to play piano and guitar. Pricing & Availability The new
MacBook is available immediately through the Apple Store®
(http://www.apple.com/), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized
Resellers. The new MacBook, for a suggested retail price of $999
(US), includes: -- 13.3-inch widescreen LED-backlit 1280 x 800
glossy display; -- 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 3MB shared L2
cache; -- 1066 MHz front-side bus; -- 2GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM,
expandable to 4GB; -- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics; --
250 GB serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden
Motion Sensor; -- a slot-load 8X SuperDrive® with double-layer
support (DVD+ / -R DL/DVD+ / -RW/CD-RW); -- Mini DisplayPort for
video output (adapters sold separately); -- built-in AirPort
Extreme® 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR; --
Gigabit Ethernet port; -- built-in iSight® video camera; -- two USB
2.0 ports; -- one audio line in/out port, supporting optical
digital out and analog in/out; -- glass Multi-Touch trackpad; --
built-in, 60WHr lithium polymer battery; and -- 60 Watt MagSafe®
Power Adapter. Build-to-order options for the MacBook include the
ability to upgrade to 4GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM, or 320GB 5400 rpm,
500GB 5400 rpm hard drive, Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter, Mini
DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (for 30-inch DVI display),
Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter, Apple MagSafe Airline Adapter and
the AppleCare Protection Plan. *A properly maintained MacBook
battery is designed to retain 80 percent or more of its original
capacity during a lifespan of up to 1,000 recharge cycles. Battery
life and charge cycles vary by use and settings. For more
information visit http://www.apple.com/macbook/features.html
**EPEAT is an independent organization that helps customers compare
the environmental performance of notebooks and desktops. Products
meeting all of the 23 required criteria and at least 75 percent of
the optional criteria are recognized as EPEAT Gold products. The
EPEAT program was conceived by the US EPA and is based on IEEE 1680
standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer
Products. For more information visit http://www.epeat.net/. Apple
ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the
Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the
Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in
innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system
and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading
the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video
players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone
market with its revolutionary iPhone. © 2009 Apple Inc. All rights
reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh, MacBook,
Multi-Touch, Snow Leopard, iLife, iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, Apple
Store, SuperDrive, AirPort Extreme, iSight and MagSafe are
trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be
trademarks of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: Apple CONTACT:
Janette Barrios, +1-408-974-7608, , or Colin Smith,
+1-408-862-1171, , both of Apple Web Site: http://www.apple.com/
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