MacBook 13 Review
Apple MacBook 13 Review
The Apple MacBook, which replaced the iBook and the last generation of PowerBooks, is Apple’s best-selling mid-range line of Macintosh notebook computers. First released in 2006 after the advent of the G4, this laptop came second in cost and features to the more high-end MacBook Pro.
At First Glance
Available in black and white colors, the Apple MacBook comes with a built-in battery lasts for up to 10 hours on a single charge. It’s extremely light and portable, being only 1.08 inches thin and weighing only 4.7 pounds. It is able to withstand wear and tear due to its polycarbonate unibody design, and the bottom is overlaid with nonslip material to help keep the laptop securely in place. All MacBooks come with a standard 2 GB of memory, which can support up to 4GB.
Notable Features and Highlights
This attractive notebook boasts a 13.3-inch LED backlit glossy widescreen display makes for sharp and vivid document, photo and video viewing. The patented Multi-Touch track pad allows pinch, rotate and swipe actions for smooth and effortless navigation. Connections and ports are conveniently located on one side of the MacBook, which combine aesthetic consideration with function, allowing you to keep your cables neat and organized.
MacBook 13 Specs
The Apply MacBook is powered with the NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor, making emailing and web surfing faster and more energy-efficient by improving battery performance. It provides for unmatched speed and power for exceptional video and photo viewing, as well as crisp and vivid game play. All these are pumped up by the 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, which allows for plenty of horsepower for heavy-duty apps such as iPhoto photo retouching, iMovie film-making, GarageBand song-writing, among others.
Other notable features include the magnetic MagSafe Power Adapter, which keeps your MacBook safely in its place by breaking cleanly away in case someone trips on your power cord by accident. Built-in Airport Extreme 802.11 Wi-Fi allows your Mac to automatically connect onto networks you’ve previously connected to, enabling you to immediately surf the web, chat or email. Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR allows you to connect your headset, mouse or smart phone to your Macbook anytime, and remembers all your devices so you only have to hook up once. For video chatting and conferencing, the iSight built-in web camera enables you to chat anytime and anywhere when used with the iChat software and a regular headset microphone. What’s more, iSight lets you work with Quick Time X for video sharing via iTunes or YouTube. As with all Macs, there’s no need to install any of these features, making use easy and effortless, right about the time your MacBook comes out of the box.
If these features don’t already make it attractive, the MacBook is also environmentally-friendly, being made of recyclable and toxic-free materials. What’s more, it is energy-efficient, meaning less power costs to you and less damage to the environment.
In Conclusion
Fully-featured, portable, user-friendly and environmentally-safe – these and more are what the Apple MacBook 13 offers the user.
