Apple’s Mac Book, with a “Unibody” approach…

Monday, January 12, 2009, 10:00
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In the last October Apple launched its new MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops, which again provoke a soothing experience of crafts and art in Laptop designing. Definitely Apple has added another small feather in its crown unveiling the notebook technology that brings out the enclosure of conventional Laptop body into a new Unibody approach, fashioned from single blocks of aluminum.

The latest models are the first notebooks of this very type. It includes a mini Display Port for connecting an external monitor; Apple also launched an $899 (Rs. 45000), 24 inch LED backlit monitor that uses the port and functions with only with the new Laptops. Going with Apple macbook, the Unibody design makes the notebooks far stronger and durable while again allowing them to be sleek and stylish than their predecessors. The fittings and finish has been improved too, although Apple had introduced aluminum designs early in 2003 featuring its Power Book G4 and some of its successors, which used titanium in their design. Other innovative additions include the multitouch track pad. It is the technology that was first seen in the iPhones. Now it is used in the Mac Books via glass-surface touchpad.

All of the new Mac Books use LED backlighting, which goes for an advantage consuming 30 percent less power than the previous versions of Apple’s notebooks. As far the range is concerned a 2GHz Mac Book starts at $1299(Rs. 65,000) that comes up with a 160GB hard drive, a 13 inch screen and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics which ensures enough power to have a little gaming entertainment. Weighing just 4.5 pounds and is nearly an inch thick. The 15-inch Mac Book Pro is worth $1999 (Rs. 1, 00,000) with a 2.4 GHz Core 2Duo CPU and 250 GB hard drive; weighing 5.5 pounds. The Mac Book Air is contained with NVIDIA graphics and a 120 GB hard drive, starting at $1799 (Rs. 90,000).