Apple today updated its MacBook consumer notebooks with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory and larger hard drives in every model. Here"s a quick breakdown of the new models with prices listed in US funds:
$1099: 2.0 GHz, 13-inch white MacBook, 1GB RAM, 80GB Hard Drive
$1299: 2.16 GHz, 13-inch white MacBook, 1GB RAM, 120GB Hard Drive
$1499: 2.16 GHz, 13-inch black MacBook, 1GB RAM, 160GB Hard Drive
"The MacBook is a huge hit with customers, and is one of the reasons that Mac sales are growing three times faster than PC sales," said Philip Schiller, Apple"s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "The new MacBook is faster, has even more memory and storage, and is an ideal notebook for customers" growing library of digital music, photos and movies."
Upgrade options available on the refreshed MacBook"s include a 120GB/160GB (5400 rpm) or 200GB (4200 rpm) hard drive and up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM.