[NEWS] Apple announces new MacBook family at WWDC

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Apple announces new MacBook family at WWDC
by Darren Murph of Engadget, posted Jun 8th 2009 at 12:30PM

Apple just let loose a new 15-inch MacBook Pro at WWDC 2009, with what appears to be the same built-in, non-removable battery as in the current unibody 17-incher. Phil asserts that the cell will last the average user around five years (1,000 recharges), and could last around seven hours under ideal conditions. There's also an SD card reader rather than an ExpressCard slot. Oh, and Apple just dropped the starting tag to $1,699.
Starting at $1,699 (down from $1,999 in prior lineups)
Up to 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo CPU
Up to 8GB of RAM
Up to 500GB HDD (or 256GB SSD)
Three standard configurations: $1699 (2.53GHZ, 4GB RAM), $1999 (2.66GHz, 4GB RAM 320GB HD), $2299 (2.8GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD)
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Not enough for you? There's also a refreshed unibody MacBook, with the same built-in battery promising seven hours of life. This machine also gets the SD card slot, a FireWire 800 port, up to 8GB of RAM, upwards of 500GB of storage and a backlit keyboard as standard. Nice!

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