In everyday use, its hard to imagine the new system’s viewing angle being a problem. Interestingly, the viewing angle seemed a little better on the older screen, though only at fairly extreme angles. Looking at a batch of photos on the new 13-inch MacBook Pro models and the older 13-inch aluminum MacBook, bright colors like reds and oranges really stand out on the new laptops, making the previous display look a little muted in comparison. Apple claims that improvements made to the display and backlight have increased the color gamut by 60 percent. They have the same precision-crafted aluminum unibody design as the aluminum MacBook, an iSight camera, and a glossy widescreen with a 1,280 by 800 pixel resolution. The new laptops look nearly identical to the aluminum MacBooks they replace.
Both models ship with the same Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphic chip (which was used in the aluminum unibody MacBook) that share 256MB of main memory. The $1,499 model features a 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of 1,066MHz DDR3 RAM, and a 250GB 5,400 rpm hard drive. The $1,199 model has a 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of 1,066MHz DDR3 RAM, and a 160GB 5,400 rpm hard drive. The new 13-inch MacBook Pros is available in two standard configurations. After using OS X’s Disk Utility to format and create a GUID partition on a 8GB card, we installed Leopard on the card and were able to use it as a startup disk. Having an internal SD card reader is obviously handy for photographers and videographers whose cameras record to the popular SD format, but that’s not its only function-it can be used as a startup disk.
Hallelujah!Īnd finally, the new 13-inch MacBook Pros now feature a Secure Digital (SD) memory card slot. Second, Apple re-implemented the 13-inch’s FireWire connectivity in the form of a single backwards-compatible FireWire 800 port. First, the new 13-inch laptops use a longer-lasting, non-removable battery, similar to the one first unveiled in the 17-inch MacBook Pro. Unveiled at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference, the new 13-inch MacBook Pro has three new features that were not found in the aluminum MacBooks that have been replaced. Now, with the new MacBook Pro lineup, the features on Apple’s latest 13-inch aluminum laptops have been brought up to equal those found on the new 15-inch MacBook Pros. At that time, the differences between the MacBook and MacBook Pro boiled down to features. When we reviewed the aluminum MacBook back in October 2008, those MacBooks posted performance scores that were very similar to the 15-inch MacBook Pro that was also released in October 2008.
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