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At first glance the new Apple MacBook looks like a cross between its iMac and MacBook Air. It’s got the aluminum body and black keyboard reminiscent of the MacBook Air, but it’s chunkier and its 13.3-inch (viewable) glossy screen comes complete with an iMac-style black border.
It’s available in two product SKUs – a 2.0GHz Intel [...]

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The new MacBook's bigger touchpad.
In case you missed it after checking out our rumor mill posts, live coverage of the Apple press conference, and even our collection of “unboxing” pictures of the actual hardware, you can now read CNET’s full review of Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook.
The redesigned MacBook is a solid [...]

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Of Apple’s MacBook Pro lineup, only the two 15-inch models received the complete workup today. By now, you’re probably aware of the design changes, which include a new “unibody” chassis, new buttonless multitouch trackpad, the addition of a mini DisplayPort, and the subtraction of the FireWire 400 port. Let’s take a closer look at [...]

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The MacBook Air started the unibody trend earlier this year, and, thus, it doesn’t receive much of an upgrade. Physically, it’s the same as the original Air, but Apple squeezes a mini DisplayPort connection under the flap that hides the lone USB port and headphone jack.
The new MacBook Air models feature bigger [...]

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The big news with Tuesday’s MacBook announcement is obviously the new design. Replacing the white or black plastic chassis is an aluminum body built from a single piece of metal. Gone is the mouse button, consumed by a large glass trackpad with multitouch gesture support. The screen stays at 13.3 inches but gets LED [...]

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We all know that Apple is gathering the chattering classes together Tuesday in Cupertino, Calif., to unveil the latest MacBooks. But unlike many previous Apple product debuts, the Interwebs have been awash recently with reasonably believable-looking leaked spy shots of the laptops, or their component parts.
The latest comes from Chinese site MacX.cn, [...]

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Apple is moving ahead with NVIDIA chipsets for its new MacBooks
There have been a number of rumors swirling around Apple’s upcoming notebook refresh scheduled for October 14. The most recent rumor was that the cases for the MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks would be carved from a single brick of aluminum.
This weekend, however, a fresh [...]

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This time via a Chinese Web site (which is now timing out, perhaps due to heavy traffic), and reposted on MacRumors.com, Engadget, and others. Just what this photo purports to show seems a little unclear to us, but it may very well be the left side and keyboard tray (minus the actual keys) of a [...]

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Think wishful: Concept dream designs of the mysterious Apple Brick have surfaced on blogs.
(Credit: Yves Behar/OLPC)
By now you’ve probably heard the rumors that Apple is having an event on October 14th where Steve Jobs will introduce new Apple laptops to the world. At this point, it’s unclear whether the lines will be refreshed [...]

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Is this the new MacBook?
(Credit: nowhereelse.fr)
Can wishing make really make it true? We’ll find out, as fanboys and bloggers alike continue to fan the MacBook rumor flames. First came reports that Apple would ditch plastic in favor of aluminum for its new MacBook design. That was quickly followed by a single blurry photograph purported to [...]

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