MacBook Eye Candy From Apple

Apple on Tuesday released updated versions of its MacBook notebooks, in 13-inch, 15-inch, and 17-inch sizes. These new MacBooks are the first from Apple to include NVIDIA GeForce chips and widescreen LED-backlit displays.

The 13-inch aluminum MacBook comes in 2.0 and 2.4 Ghz models. The 2.0 Ghz MacBook comes with an Intel Core Duo processor with 3 MB of share L2 cache, 2GB of RAM expandable to 4G, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics, and a 160GB serial ATA hard drive. It retails for $1,299.



The 2.4 Ghz model also includes an Intel Core Duo processor with 3 MB of share L2 cache, 2GB of RAM expandable to 4G, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics; plus it has a 250GB serial ATA hard drive. It retails for $1,599.

The 15-inch aluminum MacBook Pro comes in 2.4 and 2.53 Ghz models. The 2.4 Ghz MacBook Pro retails for $1,999 and is equipped with a 15.4-inch widescreen LED-backlit screen, 2GB of memory expandable to 4GB, a 250GB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics.

The 2.53 Ghz model includes a 15.4-inch widescreen LED-backlit screen, 4GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics. The 2.53 Ghz MacBook Pro retails for $2,499.

The 2.5Ghz 17-inch MacBook Pro includes a widescreen LED-backlit screen, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics. It retails for $2,799.

The newly designed MacBook Air comes in a 1.6Ghz and 18.6 Ghz models.

The 1.6 Ghz MacBook Air comes with a 13.3-inch widescreen LED-backlit screen, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB of memory, a 120GB hard drive and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics.



The 1.86 Ghz MacBook Air is equipped with a 13.3-inch widescreen LED-backlit display, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics, and a 128GB solid state drive.

The new MacBooks features onboard graphics chipsets by Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia, which Apple promises will boost 3D visuals on its latest systems into overdrive.