PRESS RELEASE
20 October 2009
Apple Updates MacBook With LED-Backlit Display, Multi-Touch Trackpad & Built-in Seven-Hour Battery
AUCKLAND, New Zealand—21 October 2009—Apple today updated its popular MacBook with a new, durable polycarbonate unibodydesign featuring a brilliant LED-backlit display, a glass Multi-Touch trackpad andApple's innovative built-in battery for up to seven hours of battery life.Inheriting technology and design features from the MacBook Pro line, the newMacBook is an ideal consumer notebook for students and new Mac users, and isavailable for recommended retail price NZ$1699 inc GST.
“The new MacBook includes many of the great features found on the innovativeMacBook Pro, such as an LED-backlit display, glass Multi-Touch trackpad andbuilt-in long-life battery,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vicepresident of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With the only lineup of notebooksall featuring unibody enclosures, LED-backlit displays and long-life batterytechnology, there’s never been a better time to switch to a Mac.”
The new MacBook features a unibody, polycarbonate enclosure that makes it lighterand more durable. The new design includes a unique non-skid bottom surface and atjust 2.13 kg, the sleek MacBook slides easily into a backpack or briefcase.MacBook comes standard with a bright, LED-backlit display with the same wide-angleviewing technology used in the MacBook Pro line. The new MacBook has a 2.26 GHzIntel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and powerful NVIDIAGeForce 9400M integrated graphics.
The new MacBook includes Apple’s innovative built-in notebook battery for upto seven hours of wireless productivity on a single charge, and up to 1,000recharges.* At nearly three times the lifespan of conventional notebook batteries,Apple’s built-in battery results in fewer depleted batteries and less waste.Depleted batteries can be replaced for A$199 RRP inc GST, which includes installation andenvironmentally responsible disposal of your old battery.
The energy-efficient MacBook joins the industry’s greenest lineup ofnotebooks, with every Mac notebook achieving EPEAT Gold** status and meetingEnergy Star 5.0 requirements. The entire Mac notebook line now comes standard withenergy efficient LED-backlit displays that are mercury-free and made witharsenic-free glass. Mac notebooks contain no brominated flame retardants, useinternal cables and components that are PVC-free and are constructed of recyclablematerials.
Every Mac comes with Mac OS® X Snow Leopard®, the world’s mostadvanced operating system, and iLife®, Apple’s innovative suite ofapplications for managing photos, making movies and creating and learning to playmusic. Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success withhundreds of refinements, new core technologies and out of the box support forMicrosoft Exchange. iLife features iPhoto®, to easily organize and managephotos; iMovie® with powerful easy-to-use new features such as PrecisionEditor, video stabilization and advanced drag and drop; and GarageBand® whichintroduces a whole new way to help you learn to play piano and guitar.
Pricing & Availability
The new MacBook is available immediately through the Apple Store® (www.apple.co.nz), Apple’s retail stores and Apple AuthorisedResellers.
The new MacBook is available immediately through the Apple Store® (www.apple.co.nz), Apple’s retail stores and Apple AuthorisedResellers.
The new MacBook, for a recommended retail price of NZ$1699 inc GST, includes:
- 13.3-inch widescreen LED-backlit 1280 x 800 glossy display;
- 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 3MB shared L2 cache;
- 1066 MHz front-side bus;
- 2GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM, expandable to 4GB;
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics;
- 250 GB serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
- a slot-load 8X SuperDrive® with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- Mini DisplayPort for video output (adapters sold separately);
- built-in AirPort Extreme® 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
- Gigabit Ethernet port;
- built-in iSight® video camera;
- two USB 2.0 ports;
- one audio line in/out port, supporting optical digital out and analogue in/out;
- glass Multi-Touch trackpad;
- built-in, 60WHr lithium polymer battery; and
- 60 Watt MagSafe® Power Adapter.
Build-to-order options for the MacBook include the ability to upgrade to 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM, or 320GB 5400 rpm, 500GB 5400 rpm hard drive, Mini DisplayPort toDVI Adapter, Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (for 30-inch DVI display),Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter, Apple MagSafe Airline Adapter and the AppleCareProtection Plan.
*A properly maintained MacBook battery is designed to retain 80 percent or more ofits original capacity during a lifespan of up to 1,000 recharge cycles. Batterylife and charge cycles vary by use and settings. For more information visit www.apple.co.nz/macbook/features.html.
**EPEAT is an independent organisation that helps customers compare theenvironmental performance of notebooks and desktops. Products meeting all of the23 required criteria and at least 75 percent of the optional criteria arerecognized as EPEAT Gold products. The EPEAT program was conceived by the US EPAand is based on IEEE 1680 standard for Environmental Assessment of PersonalComputer Products. For more information visit www.epeat.net.
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