As expected,
Apple has gone ahead and given its MacBook laptops a speed bump. Instead of
a 1.86GHz Core 2 Duo, the $1,099 MacBook now sports a 2GHz Core 2 Duo. As for
the $1,299 and $1,499 MacBooks, those models now feature 2.16GHz Core 2 Duos
instead of the 2GHz chip sthey had before. However, judging by the
specifications on Apple's site, the upgraded MacBooks appear to still be based
on the old "Napa Refresh" platform. That means unlike the new Lenovo ThinkPad
R61 or HP Pavillon dv2500t, for instance, the new MacBooks lack 800MHz
front-side bus speeds, Intel 965 Express chipsets, and Intel GMA X3100 graphics.
The MacBooks' Airport Extreme card does grant them support for 802.11n Wi-Fi,
though.
