Apple MacBook Spring 2010: Improved NVIDIA Graphics And Battery Backup
Apple products are immensely popular these days on college campuses and in coffee shops! Especially Apple’s MacBook laptops which are debatably one of the easiest line to carry ever designed, thanks to the company’s overarching hardware and software ecosystem, follows a large youth fans.
The Pro line may be Apple’s famous line of laptop, but the essential white polycarbonate $999 MacBook hits the spot between price and performance, especially now that the Apple’s latest updates have an extra slightly faster Intel Core 2 Duo processor, improved Nvidia graphics, and even given its battery life a modest boost. But sadly, it still does not have a SD card slot. Well find out more about the Apple MacBook spring 2010 with Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz, 2GB RAM and 250GB HDD.
To start, Apple actually refurbishes its basic MacBook with developments under the hood, but keeps the design and price the same, which makes the new MacBook tough to beat as a back-to-school laptop. Whilst the sensible impact on users is probably self-effacing, Apple still hasn’t moved to Intel’s newer Core-series CPUs in its 13-inch models. But still lets eye the featured- Features.
- Price as reviewed: Starting price $999
- Processor: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- Memory: 2GB, 1,066MHz DDR2
- Hard drive: 320GB 5,400rpm
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 320M
- Operating System: OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard
- Dimensions: (WD) 13.0×9.12 inches
- Screen size: (diagonal) 13.3 inches
- System weight / Weight with AC adapter: 4.5/5.0 pounds
- Category: 13-inch
From the outside, this new version of the MacBook looks identical to the one released in the fall of 2009(though just in looks). Seeing other PC makers put into practice their own versions of a multitouch track pad just makes us value the Apple version even more. The MacBook has the same large glass multitouch track pad the MacBook Pros have had for some time, as well as the one on the non-Pro MacBook since last fall.
This 13.3-inch display still has the same 1,280×800-pixel native resolution as its previous versions had. Even the ports and connections on this new MacBook are exactly the same as the previous model. The standard MacBook comes in only a single make-up with a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU. You can increase the RAM from 2GB to 4GB for $100, or upgrade the hard drive to 320GB ($50) or 500GB ($150), but that’s it as far as you can upgrade the hardware. Considering the 13-inch MacBook Pro is only $200 more–and $100 of that goes to the RAM upgrade–you could spend the extra $100 and get the metal construction, backlit keyboard, and an SD card slot.
Talking about the Performance, you’re getting fundamentally the same experience as with the more expensive 13-inch MacBook Pro in our benchmark tests, although even the older fall 2010 MacBook wasn’t far behind. In fact, the Core 2 Duo MacBooks were significantly faster than a recent 13-inch Asus U30Jc with an Intel Core i3 CPU, although in our single-app tests, a Core i5 Sony Z116 was faster.