Apple releases MacBook

[dcv]

http://www.apple.com/macbook/macbook.html

Funny, I'd have expected a media event and Steve Jobs keynote first.

The price is relatively low ($1099 - $1499) in the grand pantheon of Core Duo notebooks - but it still isn't a price drop (I paid $949 for my iBook). Was anybody else hoping for a cheaper Core Solo MacBook? Like $799-$899?

It has just about everything you'll find on the MacBook Pros, feature wise - iSight, Front Row and remote, widescreen aspect ratio, magsafe power connector, digital audio in/out, gigabit ethernet - but in the iBook plastic shell. It also has a magnetic latch - tre cool.

Cons - lack of discrete graphics (a pretty big gripe), no option for a superdrive on the $1099 model (for people that don't want to pay a full extra $200 for the speed bump plus superdrive), the sexy black finish only available on the $1499 model.

Still, quite the step up from last year's iBook for just $100 more.

[jharriso]

Be interesting to see what the keynote on Thursday produces.

Also be interested to see if they need to release a new version of boot camp to get everything working smoothly with windows...

[amccabe]

I'm surprised that the black model is $200 extra but only has a 80GB hard drive instead of a 60. But then again, I would probably get that one if I got an ibook.

[jharriso]

They saw the major sales difference between the white and black iPods. They're probably just trying to see if they can get an extra $150 out of people for the black case.

[dcv]

They saw the major sales difference between the white and black iPods. They're probably just trying to see if they can get an extra $150 out of people for the black case.

I bet they can. That's my personal favorite of the lot.

//damn my vanity

That keyboard looks a bit... off...

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1748

I wonder how it feels.