Pros

  • Unibody design makes a lighter, more comfortable MacBook
  • Impressive battery life
  • Glass Multi-touch trackpad
  • Support for up to 8GB of 1066MHz RAM
  • Performs as well or better than 2.26GHz 13-inch MacBook Pro

Cons

  • No IR port
  • No SD card slot
  • No video adapters included
  • No FireWire port

At A Glance

The MacBook benefits nicely from its unibody face-lift: it's lighter and more attractive, and it performs better than the model that came before it. Think of it as a MacBook Pro minus the FireWire port and SD card slot, for $200 less.

Manufacturer’s Description

The moment you open your MacBook, its glossy LED-backlit display greets you with glorious, full-screen brightness and brings your photos, movies, and presentations alive with luminous color. The wide screen resolution of 1280 by 800 pixels gives you plenty of room to multitask, yet it?s compact enough to take anywhere. And the display is greener than ever power efficient, free of harmful toxins such as mercury, and made of arsenic-free glass.

The Specs

Pricing
Part Number MC207LLA
Processor
Processor speed 2260.0 MHz
Cache size 3.0 KB
Bus speed 1066.0 MHz
Memory
Memory type DDR3
Memory speed 1066.0 MHz
Memory max 4.0 GB
Display
Display size 13.3 inches
Display type Glossy LCD with LED Backlight
Resolution 1280 x 800 pixels
Graphics
Primary Graphics Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
Storage
Drives included 1.0
Drive size 250.0 GB
Hard Drive Speed 5400 RPM
Battery
Vendor Rated Battery life 7.0 hours
Green
Energy Star compliant 1.0
Dimensions
Width 13.0 inches
Depth 9.12 inches
Height 1.08 inches
Weight 4.7 pounds
Sound
Speakers Stereo
Included Software
Included Software iLife
Operating System Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Other Features
Docking Station Port No
Devices
  • Built-In Microphone
  • iSight Camera
Input devices
  • Keyboard
  • Touchpad (multitouch)
Ports and Connections
Ethernet Type
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • Wireless Ethernet - 540 Mbps IEEE802.11n
Available Interfaces
  • Bluetooth
  • Ethernet - RJ45
  • Mini DisplayPort
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus Port (x2)
Bluetooth Yes

Performance

Macworld Labs
Tested Configuration Mac OS X 10.6.1 with 2GB of RAM
Speedmark 6 Score 111