MacBook (13.3”)

Introduced: May 2006
Terminated: November 2006

Description

The newly designed MacBook had a 13.3” glossy widescreen LCD.  It had a newly designed keyboard and used a magnetic latch and AC adaptor connection.  There were three configurations.  The low-end ran at 1.83Ghz, had a 60Gb hard drive and 512Mb of RAM.  It had a Combo drive.  The midrange model ran at 2.0Ghz, had a 60Gb hard drive and 512Mb of RAM.  It had a SuperDrive.  The high end model, which was in a black case, ran at 2.0Ghz, had an 80Gb hard drive and 512Mb of RAM along with a SuperDrive.

History

The MacBook brought many of the features in the new MacBook Pro line to Mac’s consumer laptop line.  The single, compact MacBook replaced the 12.1” and 14.1” iBooks.

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Specifications

Processor: Intel Core Duo (T2400, T2500) (“Yonah”)
Number of Cores: 2
Processor Speed: 1.83 or 2.0 GHz
Benchmarks: 1.83 GHz: 2298, 2.0 GHz: 2464
Cache: 2 MB on chip shared L2 cache
System Bus: 667 MHz
Hard Drive: 60, 80, 100, or 120 GB 5400-rpm
Media: Slot-loading Combo or 4x SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Trackpad: Solid-state trackpad supports tap, double-tap, drag and scrolling
Keyboard: Full size (78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys incl. 12 function, 4 arrow, embedded keypad)
Case: White (1.83 or 2.0 GHz) or Black (2.0 GHz), durable polycarbonate
Weight and Dimensions (US): 5.2 lbs., 1.08” H x 12.78” W x 8.92” D
Weight and Dimensions (Metric): 2.36 kg, 2.75 cm H x 32.5 cm W x 22.7 cm D
Original Mac OS: Mac OS X 10.4.6 (8I2032)
Later Mac OS:—
Maximum Mac OS: Latest release of Mac OS X
Hardware Test: AHT 3A104
Firmware: Intel Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
Firmware Update: MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.0
Firmware Update URL: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macbookefifirmwareupdate10.html
Logicboard RAM: None
Maximum RAM: 2.0 GB
Type of RAM Slots: 2 - 200-pin PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 SO-DIMM
Minimum RAM Speed:—
Interleaving Support: Yes
Graphics Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
Graphics Memory: 64 MB DDR2 (shared with main memory, minimum memory usage is 80 MB)
Built-in Display: 13.3-inch (diagonal) glossy widescreen (114 dpi)
Resolutions: 1280 by 800 (native), 1152 by 720, 1024 by 768, 1024 by 640, 800 by 600, 800 by 500, 720 by 480, and 640 by 480 at 16:10 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio; 720 by 480 at 3:2 aspect ratio
Display Modes: Dual display extended and video mirroring
Display Connection: 1 - Mini-DVI (VGA, Composite and S-video with adapter)
Video Camera: Built-in iSight
Expansion Slots: None
Expansion Bays: None
Hard Drive Bus: 1.5 Gbps Serial ATA (SATA)
Optical Drive Bus: Ultra ATA/100 (running at UATA/66)
Motion Sensor: Sudden Motion Sensor (SMS)
Power Adapter: 60W MagSafe Power Adapter
System Battery: 55-watt-hour lithium-polymer
Battery Life: Up to 6 hours
Max Watts:—
Line Voltage: 100-240V AC
AirPort: Built-in AirPort Extreme card (802.11b/g)
Bluetooth: Built-in Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
Ethernet: 10/100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45) (support for jumbo frames)
Infrared: 1 - For Apple Remote only
Modem: Optional Apple USB Modem (MA034Z/A)
USB: 2 - 480 MBit/s
FireWire: 1 - 400 MBit/s (8 W)
Security Slot: 1 - Kensington cable lock
Audio In: 1 - 3.5-mm analog/optical combo jack, 1 - Built-in microphone
Audio Out: 1 - 3.5-mm analog/optical combo jack, 2 - Built-in speakers

Timeline

Introduced in May 2006, the MacBook (13.3”) was discontinued to make way for new models in November 2006.

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