Apple’s new MacBook Family

Setting a new standard for environmentally friendly notebooks, every model of the new MacBook family achieves EPEAT Gold status. Each MacBook unibody enclosure is made of highly recyclable aluminum and comes standard with energy efficient LED-backlit displays that are mercury-free and made with arsenic-free glass. The new MacBook family meets stringent Energy Star 4.0 requirements, contains no brominated flame retardants and uses internal cables and components that are PVC-free.

The new MacBook, 15-inch MacBook Pro and MacBook Air include a next generation, industry-standard Mini DisplayPort to connect with the new Apple LED Cinema Display featuring a 24-inch LED-backlit widescreen display with a built-in iSight video camera, mic and speakers in an elegant, thin aluminum and glass enclosure. Part of the next-generation DisplayPort industry standard, the new Mini DisplayPort delivers a pure digital signal that can drive up to a 30-inch widescreen display. The Mini DisplayPort is ultra-compact at just 10 percent the size of a full DVI connector, perfect for the sleek design of the new MacBook family. Adapters are available for using the MacBook’s Mini DisplayPort with older generation VGA, DVI/HDMI and Dual-Link DVI displays.

Every Mac in the Apple lineup comes with iLife ‘08, Apple’s award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications, featuring iPhoto, the easiest, fastest way to organize and share digital photos, and a completely reinvented iMovie, both seamlessly integrated with the MobileMe™ Gallery for online photo and video sharing. Every Mac also includes Leopard, the world’s most advanced operating system which features Time Machine™, an effortless way to automatically back up everything on a Mac; a redesigned Finder™ that lets users quickly browse and share files between multiple Macs; Quick Look, the best way to instantly see files without opening an application; Spaces, an intuitive feature used to create groups of applications and instantly switch between them; and major enhancements to Mail and iChat.

The entire new MacBook family meets stringent Energy Star 4.0, EPEAT Gold and RoHS environmental standards, and leads the industry in the elimination of toxic chemicals by containing no brominated flame retardants, using only PVC-free internal cables and components, and using energy efficient LED-backlit displays that are mercury-free and made with arsenic-free glass.

Pricing & Availability

The new MacBook, 15-inch MacBook Pro and 17-inch MacBook Pro are now shipping and the new MacBook Air will be available in early November through the Apple Store (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. An updated 13-inch white MacBook featuring 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processors, a 120GB 5400 rpm hard drive and a slot-load 8X SuperDrive is now available for US$999.

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

* 13.3-inch widescreen LED-backlit 1280 x 800 glossy display; * 2.0 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; * 160GB 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) optical drive; * 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 and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analog; * glass Multi-Touch trackpad; and * 60 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.

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