Apple Store comes back online with new MacBook, MacBooks Pro’s

In keeping with what seems like a Tuesday tradition for 2008, Apple has once again given us all something new. The store went down, the speculation began and with the return came some updated MacBook and MacBook Pro’s, both of which will be available immediately.

Starting with the MacBook line, they were given a speed boost along with more storage. The MacBook line still consists of the three “base” models and now offer the white model with either a 2.1 or 2.4 GHz processor with a 120GB and 160GB hard drive as the standard. The black model will offer the 2.4 GHz processor along with a standard 250GB hard drive. The MacBook also ships with 1GB of RAM on the low end and 2GB standard on the higher spec’d white model and black model, all three can handle up to 4GB total RAM. Pricing on the MacBook’s remain the same as before, which was $1,099, $1,299 and $1,499.

Moving on to the MacBook Pro lineup, which now features the multi-touch trackpad as found in the Air. In addition to the new trackpad, the Pro’s now also have the latest NVIDIA graphics card with 512MB (except for the lower-end 15-inch model, that will remain at 256MB) of on-board video memory. The processors in the MacBook Pro’s are at 2.4 GHz on the low end with a 2.5 GHz processor in the 17-inch and a 2.6 GHz processor in the higher end 15-inch model. They have also seen an increase in hard drive size, with the storage beginning at 200GB for the lower end 15-inch model and 250GB for the higher end 15-inch and 17-inch models. They can also be upgraded to a 4200rpm 300GB drive. Wrapping up the MacBook Pro changes was the addition on an LED backlit display as an option in the 17-inch model.

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