Guess those rumours were true about impending MacBook updates. Apple didn’t make a big deal about it, but right under everyone’s noses the company’s upgraded its popular MacBook laptops, finally goosing them up to the Santa Rosa architecture with GMA X3100 integrated video, giving those graphics a sprightly new lease on life. Santa Rosa gives the MacBook a welcome speed bump, raising the front-side bus speed to 800MHz from 667MHz. Both the white and black MacBooks get the new chipset, and the MacBook Pro, already totin’ Santa Rosa, was also annointed with a new chip and drive choice. Let’s drill down for the details.
Now you can get a 13-inch 80GB 2GHz Core 2 Duo white MacBook for $1099. Bump that up to a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 120GB hard drive and a double layer SuperDrive for $1299. The black model now has a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and a 160 GB hard drive is $1499.
If you’re looking for a MacBook Pro, well, they’ve had the Santa Rosa chipset since last June, but now you can upgrade to a 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor for $250, and you’re also able to bump up to a 250GB drive. [Apple, via Mac Rumors]
salchicha
Friday, November 2, 2007 at 1:54 PMI’d like to know why there is such a price difference between Australia and USA for products. Sure, the new Leopard is reasonably priced, but that’s the only one!
I’d really like a MBP, but I feel like I’d be ripping myself off since there is $730 difference between the two! And I’m sure duty and import fees wouldn’t amount to that much. What’s the go?
Seamus Byrne
Friday, November 2, 2007 at 3:33 PMApple so rarely updates pricing that when they near the end of a product cycle you would generally be paying too much for what the hardware is really worth. Look at the Mac Pros and their awful video specs!
I think at this next refresh, both the Macbooks and then whenever others are updated, it will be interesting to see whether they follow the Leopard example and offer better price translations, or whether that was just a software mover and the hardware comes with the usual crazy mark up.