New Macbook Family at WWDC

New Macbook Lineup at WWDC 09

By Apple Chipmunk Tuesday June 9, 2009

Apple revealed the new upcoming line up of the latest members of the Macbook , Macbook Pro and the Macbook Air family. Just when we were least expecting it. The new family uses the same non removable battery from the 17″ Macbook Pro acclaimed for its battery backup widely.The Macbook Pro family has a new younger member with an all new 13″ Macbook Pro available now for users.Here is a quick spec look and the new features before you head over to the Apple Store to book yours.Phil Schiller asserts that the cell will last the average user around five years (1,000 recharges), and could last around seven hours under ideal conditions. There’s also an SD card reader rather than an ExpressCard slot Macbook Pro.Also all the Macbook Pro members feature the FireWire 800 port.

Macbook Pro

Starts at $1,699 ($1,999 in prior lineups)
$1,699: 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce 9400M graphics, 250GB HDD, SD card slot, Note : no ExpressCard
$1,999: 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT graphics, 320GB HDD, SD card slot, no ExpressCard
$2,299: 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT graphics, 500GB HDD, SD card slot, no ExpressCard
17-inch unibody MacBook Pro remains the same specs-wise (it’s the only Apple laptop left with an ExpressCard slot), but it’s getting a price cut to $2,499.
Shipping starts today.
The “new” Macbook Pro 13″ (upto 8GB RAM and 500 GB HD).This was expected to outperform the White Macbooks.
- $1,199: 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce 9400M graphics, 160GB HDD, SD card slot, no ExpressCard
- $1,499: 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce 9400M graphics, 250GB HDD, SD card slot, no ExpressCard

Macbook Air

$1,499: 1.86GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce 9400M graphics, 120GB HDD (less by $ 700)
$1,799: 2.13GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB DDR3 RAM, GeForce 9400M graphics, 128GB SSD