Product Description

MacBook delivers the power of the Intel Core 2 Duo the latestgeneration of Intel processors and a slew of innovative featuresincluding: a built-in iSight camera for video chatting on the go;iLife ’06; Front Row; a glossy 13-inch widescreen display;e

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #60589 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Apple
• Released on: 2006-11-13
• Dimensions: 9.22 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

Better bang-to-buck ratio The most advanced and affordable Mac notebook ever gives you a blazingly fast mobile architecture in a beautiful design that costs less than slower, clunkier models. It’s like getting a sports car for the price of a scooter. Talk about performance, MacBook’s powered with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor with speeds revving up to 2.0GHz.

Double your everything

The Intel Core 2 Duo — based on Intel’s advanced Core microarchitecture — offers a second-generation chip born of Intel’s new 65-nanometer process. That process lets Intel create incredibly small transistors — small enough, in fact, to fit a hundred inside a single human cell. With two powerful processors designed to share resources and circuitry so unimaginably small, the Intel Core 2 Duo achieves far higher levels of performance while actually consuming less power.

Do more, faster

With its 64-bit processor architecture, the Intel Core 2 Duo can manipulate data and execute instructions in chunks that are twice as large (64 bits versus 32 bits), delivering advanced computational power to MacBook. That adds up to a 6x performance boost over the iBook and 12-inch PowerBook before it⁽¹⁾ — speed and agility you’ll notice when working with photos in iPhoto, creating Keynote presentations, or editing podcasts in GarageBand.

Software just works In the world of MacBook, nothing is complicated. So when it comes to running software on your Intel-based MacBook, prepare for the expected: it just works. Applications with the Universal symbol run on either PowerPC- or Intel-based Macs. Most existing applications will run on your Intel-based MacBook, too. Simply launch them as always. Thanks to the Rosetta technology in Mac OS X, they look and feel just like they did before.

Speedy processor

4MB of shared L2 cache augments the advanced Core 2 Duo processor on the 2.0GHz madels.⁽³⁾ That’s double the amount previously available, and it really lets MacBook fire on all cylinders. With such substantial L2 cache, data and instructions can be kept close to those two processor cores, greatly increasing performance and allowing the entire system to work more efficiently. And, because the processor cores share the L2 cache, either can use the entire amount if the other happens to be idle.

The Intel Core 2 Duo’s enhanced, 128-bit SSE3 vector engine handles 128-bit computations in a single clock cycle, accelerating data manipulation by simultaneously applying a single instruction to multiple data. That means you can get more done in less time. So, the next time you use iMovie HD or Final Cut Express to render effects, you can thank the SSE3 vector engine for the snappier performance.

Pack more punch In bright white or sleek black, MacBook supports up to 2GB of memory and plenty of storage. Standard models offer up to 120GB of hard drive space, but if you haul a lot of data around, you can order your MacBook with up to 200GB of storage. That’s not all. MacBook keeps you untethered courtesy of built-in Bluetooth and AirPort Extreme (802.11g). A 6x double-layer-burning SuperDrive — standard equipment on the 2.0GHz models — not only lets you burn DVDs faster but lets you burn capacious double-layer media. And those 2.0GHz models pack 4MB of shared L2 cache, which helps deliver a 6x leap in performance over the iBook or PowerBook before them.

Friends for iLife Every MacBook comes with iLife ’06 — an amazing suite of applications that make it easy to live the digital life. Use iPhoto to share entire high-res photo albums with anyone who’s got an email address. Record your own songs and podcasts with GarageBand. Break into indie filmmaking with iMovie HD and iDVD. Then take all the stuff you made on your MacBook and share it on the web in one click with iWeb.(2) Just turn on your MacBook and you’re halfway there.

All smiles Look closely. See that little lens in the display bezel? That’s the built-in iSight camera. Use it to video chat simply by opening iChat AV and clicking a buddy icon (or three). Or fire up Photo Booth and take a few snapshots with the iSight, play around with 16 fun effects, then admire your handiwork. That little camera lets you create web-ready videos, too. Just open up iMovie and start the action. From there, iWeb makes it one-click easy to get your talking head on the web. Looks like fun.

Secret cinematographer

Cleverly integrated above the MacBook’s bright display, an iSight camera sits quietly, awaiting inspiration. When the mood strikes, launch iChat AV, Photo Booth, or iMovie HD, and give it your good side. No need to waste valuable primping time installing software or configuring the camera. Just smile.

Picture this Come on. You know you want to. That iSight just begs to take your snapshot. Open Photo Booth and have a little fun. Add a special image effect — Sepia, Black & White, Glow, Comic Book, X-Ray, Colored Pencil, Thermal Camera, Spotlight, Bulge, Dent, Twirl, Squeeze, Mirror, Light Tunnel, Stretch, Fish Eye. Click. See the screen flash white. (Your MacBook’s just that clever.) And there you have it — a high-quality photo you can save as your iChat buddy picture, email to your friends, or put in your iPhoto library.

Take it on tour MacBook also features Front Row, so you can navigate your movies, music, photos, and more at the touch of the included Apple Remote — no matter where you roam. Give an impromptu vacation photo slideshow in your favorite café. Screen your latest iMovie creation on the train. Watch a DVD in bed. MacBook and Front Row give you the best seat in the house (or out of it).

	Positively brilliant Thanks to a 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display, MacBook provides the perfect combination of pixels and portability. Photos feel crisper. Movies play vividly. Even daily tasks like surfing the web and checking email take on a whole new sheen.

Hit the hot spots

The built-in wireless capability of MacBook puts the “world” back in “World Wide Web.” If there’s a wireless hot spot nearby, you can get online. No need to waste valuable surfing time configuring your computer. Just open it up. MacBook automatically detects wireless networks within range and asks nicely if you’d like to join any of them. That’s it. Catch up on your blog, share this weekend’s trip as a Photocast, or just chat with your friends. Anytime, anywhere.

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Customer Reviews

Macbook = MAChine
I've been a windows user all my life. With university dawning and my savings waiting I knew I needed something substanial to last me the 5 year course. So after much consideration I opted for this spec of macbook. 120GB hard drive is great, I've got my entire music libary on here, with videos, and files with bags of room left. 1 GB RAM allows me to use as many programmes as I can handle, I loose track at about 6 but the macbook is speedy quick in each and all. Add to this that Windows can be run using either the free 'bootcamp' programme from apple, or 'parallels' independent programme, and that Office can be used in OS X, I genuinely can't fault it. On day 2 of owning it, I decided to stick my first ever clip on youtube. From bluetoothing video's across from my phone, to editing in imovie, and uploaing the whole process took just 15 minutes. My first time using imovie and you tube! You can do so much with this machine, and it's not just fun orientated, it can handle great amounts of data quickly and easily. The OS is simple and very intuitve to use - i was worried that I wouldnt cope after windows, but it's so easy!
I'm absoloutely thrilled with my macbook, and whole heartedly recommend it to anyone!

The best yet
I've been a user of Apple computers for 16 years and a user of Apple laptops for 7 years.
This is without doubt the fastest yet. Packed with features, like Airport and Bluetooth
that you would once have had to pay more for. I've bought the black model. I know it's
probably a vanity thing, but I still yearn for the look of the Powerbook G3 Wall Street
I used to own years ago.
Come on switch from your virus-plagued PC and get on board the 21st century.