Aluminum MacBook - The Best 13-Inch MacBook, Ever
The 13-inch aluminum MacBook Pro now joins the line of Pro notebooks from Apple. We notice some changes from the older model for example integrated battery. This will give you up to 7 hours of battery time. The sought after FireWire 800 port. (About time Apple!). And one SD card slot. No more looking around the house to find that pesky USB cable. Just take out that SD card from your camera and plug it in your new MacBook Pro 13 Inch.
CPU Speed and RAM
The basic model have a CPU speed of 2.26GHz but it can also be purchased with an 2.53GHz option. Apple have also upped the amount of RAM you can put inside these little notebooks. 8GB, should be enough right?
The aluminum MacBook still features the GeForce 9400M graphics chip from nvidia which makes the computer a better candidate for casual gaming and other graphic intensive tasks. Compared to the older plastic White MacBook.
If you want to know more you can read my impressions about the first aluminum MacBook here: Aluminum MacBook Review.
The screen gets better
If you read my review you noticed that I mentioned the screen, right?. In the updated version of the aluminum macbook 13 inch Apple have replaced the screen with a much better one. This should take care of some problems when the visibility was quite low in black areas such as movies or games.
The prices have been cut to, not bad. Now is the time to buy that MacBook you have been putting off.
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