Friday, August 28, 2009

Macbooks are Slowly Changing

By Eric Jonson

Since the introduction of Aluminum Unibody Macbooks, Apple has begun to slowly phase out the previous generation of the Polycarbonate White Macbooks. There's still one revamped white Macbook available on Apple's online store, but the inventory is noticeably few than before, especially in the company's refurbished deals section.

The MacBook runs on Intel based processors and have their own integrated operating system in them. 'X Leopard' is their latest operating system known for its easy usability and smooth functioning. The MacBooks laptops have come out in different variants like, MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook pro.

On both the regular Macbook and Macbook Pro, you get a glass trackpad. Gone is the click button. Instead, the whole trackpad becomes the click button. Because of this, you also get over 30% more trackpad real estate. Like the Macbook Air, various gestures can also be used with this trackpad.

Another key difference, one that is point of contention for many Macbook users, is the display. Current generation Macbooks use a glossy display where as the previous generation of Macbooks used a matte display.

The operating systems of the MacBooks have been known for simplifying usage and giving a new look from the traditional windows operating systems. The latest MacBook laptops have incorporated the Intel Core 2 Duo processors which have enhanced performance. The MacBook Pro models have nvidia graphics card installed which provides better video and gaming experience.

As supplies of polycarbonate Macbooks dwindle from Apple's inventory, users might want to consider purchasing one now before they're all out. If the extremely limited supply of refurbished white Macbooks is an indicator of current inventory levels, then users don't have much time left to purchase one.

If someone tries to invade, it buzzes and takes a picture of the person with its webcam and stores it. This will provide high security to your laptop and the information therein. The MacBook comes with a remote which helps you unlock your laptop and also use it for controlling your multimedia.

One area where a lot of Macbook fans will complain loudly is the lack of firewire. People like firewire because it offers target disk mode, it uses less resources than USB 2.0, and some find it to be slightly faster than USB 2.0. Users will have to step up to a Macbook Pro if they want their firewire.Instead of DVI, users will have to use DisplayPort. It's much more compact and supports DVI and VGA connections. As of right now, there's not a whole lot of industry support for DisplayPort.

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