As $200 for 20 GB of storage was viewed as robbery, the machine’s price earned a nickname: the so-called “black tax.” Here are the tech specs of the original line-up:Īt $1,499, the black model was exactly the same machine as the white one with the difference of a larger hard drive. There was a 2.0 GHz model in white at $1,299, as well. The entry-level machine sported a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo and started at $1,099. “The complete MacBook lineup leads the industry with Apple’s trademark innovative design and advanced mobile features-from top to bottom it is the best notebook line that we have ever offered.” “Apple began the transition to Intel Core Duo-based notebooks in February with the 15-inch MacBook Pro, and now just 90 days later we have completed the transition with the release of the all new MacBook,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. Here’s a bit from Apple’s press release at the time: It brought Intel processors to Apple’s consumers in a way that the iMac or MacBook Pro couldn’t. In addition to the white plastic that was all the rage in 2006, the MacBook could be purchased in a different color as well:īy any metric, the MacBook was a huge success.
Powered by an Intel processor, the notebook featured a 13.3-inch glossy display and an unique chiclet-style keyboard in an all-new new case that was thinner than the 12-inch and 14-inch iBook before it.
My hobbies are admittedly weird.Īnnounced in 2006 to replace the iBook G4, the MacBook was an entirely new machine. In my “Future Classics” series, I try to guess what current-era Apple products may become collectable in the future.
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