OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/21568/Apple_Quietly_Updates_USD_999_MacBook Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:41:43 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com back to school already? http://osnews.com/thread?365661 http://osnews.com/thread?365661 What are they talking about "back to school deals" the summer is just starting! I bet there are some schools that aren't even done yet. Wed, 27 May 2009 15:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (broken_symlink) Comments Comment by kaiwai http://osnews.com/thread?365667 http://osnews.com/thread?365667 Rather strange; I bought my MacBook back when they offered the white 2.4Ghz model where the original disk space was 160GB; I'm surprised that their low end model was still using 120GB when 160GB as pretty much become the industry standard. Wed, 27 May 2009 15:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments i like it http://osnews.com/thread?365677 http://osnews.com/thread?365677 the big difference here for me is the that ram is now running at 800MHz. the slight proc upgrade is nice too (as i believe intel is end of life'ing the one it was using prior) and of course the storage bump is nice. all in all for just shy of 1k it isn't a bad little laptop. I am still waiting for 10.6 to get a "real" mac, but this is a pretty good back to school book.

also these modles still have fire wire, a major win. Wed, 27 May 2009 16:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (poundsmack) Comments The WhiteBook is now faster than the cheap AluminumBook http://osnews.com/thread?365686 http://osnews.com/thread?365686 The white Macbook now has a faster processor than the cheapest (but still higher-priced) Aluminum Macbook. This state of affairs can't last. Wed, 27 May 2009 17:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (SterlingNorth) Comments RE: The WhiteBook is now faster than the cheap AluminumBook http://osnews.com/thread?365688 http://osnews.com/thread?365688 due to the use of DDR3 in the Aluminum Macbook's the low end backbook has a decent preformance advantage over this recently updated whitebook. Wed, 27 May 2009 17:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (poundsmack) Comments Currency mismatch? http://osnews.com/thread?365723 http://osnews.com/thread?365723 So is it $999 or €999? Wed, 27 May 2009 23:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (FreakyT) Comments 133 MHz just a slight bump now but with G4 processors http://osnews.com/thread?365731 http://osnews.com/thread?365731 I'm glad to see Apple are continuing to update their machines as well as keeping the white MacBook alive. I wonder if that bothers Greenpeace. US$999 is still a good price, even though I'd wait for refurbished machines to make sure it's been checked a second time.

I seem to remember when 133 MHz was a huge bump in the PowerPC G4 processor speeds so it's amusing to see that it's hardly noticed now.

I noticed a rumour suggesting that the next generation iPhone would have a 600 MHz processor. It's amazing how far we've come that 600 MHz isn't enough for e-mail and web access on a computer anymore. Thu, 28 May 2009 02:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bousozoku) Comments RE: Currency mismatch? http://osnews.com/thread?365734 http://osnews.com/thread?365734 It's usually been $1 = 1 Euro for European Apple customers.

(Btw how do you input Euro sign on a US keyboard?) Thu, 28 May 2009 03:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sukru) Comments RE[2]: The WhiteBook is now faster than the cheap Alumi http://osnews.com/thread?365747 http://osnews.com/thread?365747 Still, I really would be surprised if they don't bump the aluminums up to at least make 2.16GHz at the low end. (I'm a gambling man, so I'd say 2.33 or 2.4 to soon become the new aluminum minimum). Thu, 28 May 2009 08:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (SterlingNorth) Comments RE: 133 MHz just a slight bump now but with G4 processo http://osnews.com/thread?365751 http://osnews.com/thread?365751
I noticed a rumour suggesting that the next generation iPhone would have a 600 MHz processor. It's amazing how far we've come that 600 MHz isn't enough for e-mail and web access on a computer anymore.


it is more than sufficient for e-mail and web access on a computer called iphone. Thu, 28 May 2009 09:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (puenktchen) Comments RE: back to school already? http://osnews.com/thread?365752 http://osnews.com/thread?365752 The schools here are starting in 2 weeks. Thu, 28 May 2009 09:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Soulbender) Comments RE[2]: 133 MHz just a slight bump now but with G4 processo http://osnews.com/thread?365912 http://osnews.com/thread?365912

it is more than sufficient for e-mail and web access on a computer called iphone.


Wait, didn't it have to have a physical keyboard to be called a computer? Didn't someone decide that for us recently? Thu, 28 May 2009 23:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bousozoku) Comments