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Apple updates white 13-inch MacBook to NVIDIA architecture
AppleInsider —
... Published: 09:00 AM EST Apple this week quietly upgraded its previous-generation white 13-inch MacBooks to NVIDIA's 9400M architecture, a move aimed at boosting sales of its most affordable notebook offering during a period of reduced consumer spending. The $999 entry level model now includes the same 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 1,066MHz front-side bus employed by the mid-range aluminum unibody MacBook, and also adopts the same NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared memory. As part of the upgrade, the white MacBook also saw a ...
Sneaky! Apple updates white MacBook specs, tells no one
Boy Genius Report —
No one can create product buzz quite like Apple, much like no one can avoid product buzz quite like Apple. True to form, sometime in the past few days Apple upgraded the specs on its white MacBook bringing it much closer in line with its aluminum unibody brothers. While the processor is down 100MHz and currently stands at 2.0GHz, Apple compensated for the loss with a much faster 1066MHz front side bus. RAM now starts at 2GB via two 1GB sticks of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM and the graphics are now pumped out of an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with 256MB of DDR2 SDRAM. As for the ...
Upgrading RAM in Apple's white MacBook
Macworld —
... whether I could take out the 2 GB of RAM in the whitebook and upgrade it to, not only to 4 GB, but also in speed. Well, wonder no more. You're going to need to stick with the older DDR2, simply because DDR3 RAM isn't designed to be backward compatible. In fact, it's even possible you'll damage the slot by using the newer RAM, so we'd suggest you not try it, lest you end up sadder than the average panda. That said, it is possible to upgrade that white MacBook to 4 GB of RAM. The tech spec page for the white MacBook quite clearly says "2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 667MHz DDR2 ...
Upgrading RAM in Apple's white MacBook
MacUser —
... whether I could take out the 2 GB of RAM in the whitebook and upgrade it to, not only to 4 GB, but also in speed. Well, wonder no more. You're going to need to stick with the older DDR2, simply because DDR3 RAM isn't designed to be backward compatible. In fact, it's even possible you'll damage the slot by using the newer RAM, so we'd suggest you not try it, lest you end up sadder than the average panda. That said, it is possible to upgrade that white MacBook to 4 GB of RAM. The tech spec page for the white MacBook quite clearly says "2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 667MHz DDR2 ...
White MacBook Gets Minor Update: Faster CPU and RAM, More Battery
Cult of Mac —
... 2.0 GHz to 2.13 GHz.
* Hard drive from 120 GB to 160 GB.
* RAM boost from 667 MHz to 800 MHz.
*Battery life upped from 4.5 hours of “wireless productivity” to 5 hours. And now rated Energy Star EPEAT Gold, up from EPEAT Silver.
Thanks to the updates, the WhiteBook now has a faster processor than the entry-level aluminum MacBook, and a bigger build-to-order hard drive (500GB). And it still has a FireWire port. Updates to the unibody soon?
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White 13-inch MacBook at Apple’s online store.
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Apple quietly bumps white MacBook specs
Macworld —
... The $999 MacBook may not feature the same swank aluminum togs as its older siblings, but that doesn’t mean that it doesn't get its share of the family love. On Wednesday, Apple marginally bumped the specs on the base configuration , giving customers a little more bang for their sub-thousand bucks. Strangely enough, the white polycarbonate MacBook actually now sports a 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor—faster than its nearest relative, the $1,300 aluminum MacBook. Other specs on the $999 configuration have been brought closer to the mid-range model: it now sports 2GB of 800MHz ...
Apple Boosts White MacBook Specs
ChannelWeb Complete Feed —
... 2. Even with the slight bumps, the Apple Web site still has the MacBook listed at $999 . The new specifications and price point bring the notebook even closer to the midrange PC offerings, and closer to the aluminum unibody MacBook. The aluminum version of the notebook differs, though, offering a ...
Apple Boosts White MacBook Specs
The Channel Wire —
... 2. Even with the slight bumps, the Apple Web site still has the MacBook listed at $999 . The new specifications and price point bring the notebook even closer to the midrange PC offerings, and closer to the aluminum unibody MacBook. The aluminum version of the notebook differs, though, offering a ...
ExtraBITS for 01-Jun-09
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us —
... Apple Spiffs Up White MacBook's Specs -- Demonstrating a continued commitment to the low end of its notebook ladder, Apple has again quietly bumped the specs for the $999 white polycarbonate MacBook. Changes include a 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor (up from 2.0 GHz), 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (up from 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM), and a 160 GB hard drive (up from 120 GB). (Posted 2009-05-27) ...
Apple Refreshes MacBook Line at WWDC
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us —
... The white MacBook retains the MacBook name, and it's worth remembering that it too received a small improvement recently, with a 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor (up from 2.0 GHz), 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 RAM (up from 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 RAM), and a 160 GB hard drive (up from 120 GB). ...
