Apple Updates MacBook Line

It's a moderate upgrade, there is no LED screen, nor there is an upgrade to the new intel chipset called Santa Rosa.

The MacBook can be configured to max out at 2GB of RAM and 200GB harddrive.

In another Apple news, iPhone is just around the corner, selling $499 for the 4GB model and $599 for the 8GB model. There is no exact ship date yet other than a June shipment. It could be a phenomenal success like the iPod mp3 music player or it could be a tremendous blunder. When iPhone was introduced, the stock price was around $87, now it's more than $100.

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More Apple Hardware Updates

Apple formally announces the introduction of 802.11n. Speed is definitely in the air. Apple is going to charge $1.99 for Core 2 Duo Mac users to enable this 802.11n feature. That doesn't sound nice or generous at all considering it's a software or firmware upgrade. Apple also claims to be "the leaders in wireless innovation ... and leading the way into a new generation with 802.11n." iThink Linksys came out with the 802.11n router way earlier. But Apple has gotten into the habit of ignoring and abusing Linksys anyway, like Apple totally took the iPhone name with no respect to Linksys ownership of the name. Well from day one, Apple had been pretty brazen in terms of name grabbing. The name Apple was used by Apple Records before there was Apple Computer but Jobs took it anyway.

For those of you whose wife thinks there is too much radiation going on inside your apartment and hence bans WiFi, I feel truly sorry for you.

More iPod Shuffles

Apple launches colored iPod Shuffle. The $79 Shuffle now comes with more colors, just in time for your Valentines.

Notice the ad above. It's apparently a Levi's trucker's jacket. But Apple did the right thing by photoshopping away the embossed words on the buttons and the label on the pocket flap. Levi's has become a lawsuit happy company according to this New York Times article.