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First Images: Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air


Apple unveils eight new Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptops with new features such as LED screens, aluminum shells and a switch from Intel processors to Nvidia integrated graphics processors.


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  • Apple introduced a new 24-inch LED Cinema Display, featuring Webcam, microphone and speakers. Available in November for $899.
  • The new display is made of glass, so reflections made taking product photos arduous.
  • The aluminum MacBook features an Nvidia 9400M graphics processor with combined GPU and chip set.
  • New to the MacBook is the Mini DisplayPort.
  • The aluminum MacBook is sold in two configurations, for $1,299 and $1,599.
  • Apple claims the new MacBook offers 82 percent of the graphics performance of the older $1,999 MacBook Pro.
  • Apple has made access to MacBook components easier.
  • The new MacBook Pro measures less than 1 inch thick.
  • The ports are on one side, including the new Mini DisplayPort.
  • Apple has moved the battery indicator from the bottom to the side.
  • The MacBook Pro now features a 15.4-inch glass LED display.
  • The new MacBook Pro keyboard picks up from the MacBook Air.
  • The MacBook Pro now comes with dual Nvidia graphics chips.
  • Apple uses a new manufacturing process developed first for the MacBook Air. The core structure, which Apple calls the unibody, is whittled down from a 2.5-pound block of aluminum.
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