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The new MacBook.

Published 18 October 2008 by matthew | | E-mail this post

Last Wednesday I went and picked up the new MacBook (the first day it arrived in stores). I've been waiting for it to come out since late last year and have been religiously following the main Apple rumor sites. To say that this new notebook meets my expectations would be an understatement. It is beautiful. It is beyond well-made: it is manufactured at level unheard of and unmatched. An industry-first, it is literally made out of a solid block of aluminum. The performance? Well, that's another first-of-its-kind found in its integrated graphics processor that makes it five times faster than the previous model. The trackpad is glass and multi-touch . . . up to four fingers. Just like you control the iPhone with pinching zooms, rotates, and then swipes, you manipulate the MacBook in the same manner. I'm going to stop talking about it and instead refer you to here.