Apple Unveils New MacBook With Intel Core 2 Duo Processors

PRESS RELEASE

CUPERTINO, California—November 8, 2006—Apple® today unveiled its new line of MacBook™ con­sumer note­books that now include Intel Core 2 Duo proces­sors. Just one-inch thin, the new MacBooks are up to 25 per­cent faster than the pre­vi­ous gen­er­a­tion and fea­ture a built-in iSight® video cam­era for on-the-go video con­fer­enc­ing, Apple’s MagSafe™ Power Adapter that safe­ly dis­con­nects when under strain, and iLife® ‘06, Apple’s award-winning suite of dig­i­tal lifestyle applications.

“MacBook has helped dri­ve Apple’s note­book mar­ket share to over 10 per­cent in US retail, and the new MacBooks will be among this hol­i­day season’s most excit­ing new prod­ucts,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice pres­i­dent of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With Intel Core 2 Duo proces­sors across the entire line, these new MacBooks are up to 25 per­cent faster than their predecessors.”

With prices start­ing at just $1,099, the new MacBook line­up includes three mod­els: sleek white 1.83 GHz and 2.0 GHz MacBook mod­els, and a stun­ning black 2.0 GHz MacBook mod­el. With Intel’s lat­est Core 2 Duo proces­sors, the new MacBook is up to 25 per­cent faster than the pre­vi­ous MacBook and up to six times faster than the iBook®, mak­ing it even eas­i­er for con­sumers to man­age and enjoy their dig­i­tal con­tent with iLife ‘06.* Consumers will also ben­e­fit from the added pow­er in the new 2.0 GHz mod­els, includ­ing dou­ble the mem­o­ry and greater stor­age capac­i­ty than the pre­vi­ous gen­er­a­tion, as well as a double-layer SuperDrive™ for burn­ing professional-quality DVDs.

The new MacBook fea­tures a gor­geous 13-inch glossy widescreen dis­play, ide­al for enjoy­ing videos, DVDs and pho­tos with Apple’s break­through Front Row media expe­ri­ence. The MacBook is just one-inch thin and includes a built-in iSight video cam­era for video con­fer­enc­ing on-the-go with friends or fam­i­ly using iChat AV, record­ing a video pod­cast or iMovie® using iLife ‘06, or tak­ing fun snap­shots with Photo Booth.

Designed for the mobile lifestyle, the MacBook includes Apple’s MagSafe Power Adapter that mag­net­i­cal­ly con­nects the pow­er cord to the MacBook and safe­ly dis­con­nects under strain, pre­vent­ing the note­book from falling off its work sur­face. Apple now also offers a new MagSafe Airline Adapter that makes using a MacBook on an air­plane even more con­ve­nient by con­nect­ing to in-seat pow­er ports for con­tin­ued pro­duc­tiv­i­ty through­out the dura­tion of a flight. The MacBook also includes Apple’s Sudden Motion Sensor, designed to pro­tect the hard dri­ve in case of a fall, and a sim­ple and intu­itive Scrolling TrackPad for scrolling through long web pages or pan­ning across large photographs.

The light­weight MacBook design includes built-in AirPort Extreme® and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), mak­ing it ide­al to take any­where con­sumers work and play—from the office, to the class­room and the local WiFi hot spot. With the lat­est high-performance con­nec­tiv­i­ty options, each MacBook includes built-in 10/100/1000 BASE‑T Gigabit Ethernet, two USB 2.0 ports, a FireWire® 400 port, com­bi­na­tion ana­log and opti­cal dig­i­tal audio input and out­put ports and a mini-DVI video out­put to con­nect up to a 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display.

The MacBook comes with iLife ‘06, the next gen­er­a­tion of Apple’s award-winning suite of dig­i­tal lifestyle appli­ca­tions fea­tur­ing iPhoto®, iMovie HD, iDVD®, GarageBand™ and iWeb™, the lat­est iLife appli­ca­tion that makes it super-easy to cre­ate amaz­ing web­sites with pho­tos, blogs and pod­casts and pub­lish them on .Mac for view­ing by any­one on the Internet with just a sin­gle click.** The MacBook also comes with the lat­est release of the world’s most advanced oper­at­ing sys­tem, Mac OS® X ver­sion 10.4.8 Tiger, includ­ing Safari™, Mail, iCal®, iChat AV, Front Row and Photo Booth, run­ning native­ly on the Intel-based notebook.

Pricing & Availability

The new MacBook is avail­able imme­di­ate­ly through the Apple Store® (www​.apple​.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. The Apple MagSafe Airline Adapter is avail­able for a sug­gest­ed retail price of $59 (US).

The 1.83 GHz, 13-inch white MacBook, for a sug­gest­ed retail price of $1,099 (US), includes:

  • 13.3‑inch glossy widescreen 1280 x 800 dis­play with 250 cd/m2 brightness;
  • 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor;
  • 667 MHz front-side bus;
  • 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expand­able to 2GB;
  • 60GB Serial ATA hard dri­ve run­ning at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
  • a slot-load Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) opti­cal drive;
  • Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950;
  • Mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S‑Video sold separately);
  • built-in iSight video camera;
  • Gigabit Ethernet port;
  • built-in AirPort Extreme wire­less net­work­ing and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
  • two USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire 400 port;
  • one audio line in and one audio line out port, each sup­port­ing both opti­cal dig­i­tal and analog;
  • Scrolling TrackPad;
  • the infrared Apple Remote; and
  • 60 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.

The 2.0 GHz, 13-inch white MacBook, for a sug­gest­ed retail price of $1,299 (US), includes:

  • 13.3‑inch glossy widescreen 1280 x 800 dis­play with 250 cd/m2 brightness;
  • 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor;
  • 667 MHz front-side bus;
  • 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expand­able to 2GB;
  • 80GB Serial ATA hard dri­ve run­ning at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
  • a slot-load 6x SuperDrive with double-layer sup­port (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) opti­cal drive;
  • Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950;
  • Mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S‑Video sold separately);
  • built-in iSight video camera;
  • Gigabit Ethernet port;
  • built-in AirPort Extreme wire­less net­work­ing and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
  • two USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire 400 port;
  • one audio line in and one audio line out port, each sup­port­ing both opti­cal dig­i­tal and analog;
  • Scrolling TrackPad;
  • the infrared Apple Remote; and
  • 60 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.

The 2.0 GHz, 13-inch black MacBook, for a sug­gest­ed retail price of $1,499 (US), includes:

  • 13.3‑inch glossy widescreen 1280 x 800 dis­play with 250 cd/m2 brightness;
  • 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor;
  • 667 MHz front-side bus;
  • 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expand­able to 2GB;
  • 120GB Serial ATA hard dri­ve run­ning at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
  • a slot-load 6x SuperDrive with double-layer sup­port (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) opti­cal drive;
  • Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950;
  • Mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S‑Video sold separately);
  • built-in iSight video camera;
  • Gigabit Ethernet port;
  • built-in AirPort Extreme wire­less net­work­ing and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
  • two USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire 400 port;
  • one audio line in and one audio line out port, each sup­port­ing both opti­cal dig­i­tal and analog;
  • Scrolling TrackPad;
  • the infrared Apple Remote; and
  • 60 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.

Additional build-to-order options for the MacBook include the abil­i­ty to upgrade to 80GB, 120GB or 160GB (5400 rpm) or a 200GB (4200 rpm) hard dri­ve, up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, Apple USB Modem, Apple Mini-DVI to DVI adapter, Apple Mini-DVI to VGA adapter, Apple MagSafe Airline Adapter and the AppleCare Protection Plan. Additional build-to-order options also include: pre-installed copies of iWork ‘06, Logic® Express 7, Final Cut® Express HD 3.5 and Aperture™ 1.5.

*Based on esti­mat­ed results of industry-standard SPECint and SPECfp rate tests. SPEC is a reg­is­tered trade­mark of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC); see www​.apple​.com/​m​acbook for more information.

**Internet access required, fees may apply. The .Mac ser­vice is avail­able to per­sons age 13 and old­er. Terms and con­di­tions apply.

About Apple
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 desk­top and note­book com­put­ers, OS X oper­at­ing sys­tem, and iLife and pro­fes­sion­al appli­ca­tions. Apple is also spear­head­ing the dig­i­tal music rev­o­lu­tion with its iPod portable music play­ers and iTunes online music store.