Apple releases new MacBook laptop

Apple have announced their new MacBook intel core-duo based laptops, available in the ‘ipod’ colours; white and black.

There is a useful comparison chart available to compare these new laptops with the MacBook Pros.

There are some pictures available from an enthusiastic new MacBook owner.

In terms of performance these new MacBooks are in the same league as the MacBook Pros sharing the intel core-duo CPUs. Ultimately it’s just their smaller size (13.3 inch screen) and budget graphics adapter that are the difference. I can definitely see these laptops selling well to the iPod generation – those who are looking for a it just works machine and looking for a hip replacement to their Windows PC.

Of note is that these new MacBooks come with “glossy” screens (also now available as an option on the MacBook Pros). This is causing a bit of a stir on the ‘net with some proponents suggesting that the general public is stupid and drawn to buy shiny things even if they perform worse (screen flare as shown by the flickr pictures linked above). I’ve recently seen a new Dell laptop with a similar shiny screen and although it looked impressively bright the flare was significant.