All in all, it was a solid rollout for Apple. The new MacBook offerings are decent, if not totally mind-blowing.

I know that some were hoping the new line would sport iPhone-esque touchscreen trackpads and that the new case design would somehow allow for the addition of things like super-long-life batteries or extra ports, but they can't all be earth-shakers, now can they?

Amazingly enough, the leaked photos and speculation were right on this time. The case was indeed etched out of a single block of aluminum and it is in fact completely "seamless."

The track pad has also been redone with a glass finish and is both larger and more capable, allowing click gestures anywhere on the pad.

The rest of it is your standard update fare: faster processors, new graphics hardware and the addition of an SSD option for those lucky enough to be getting a BTO MacBook Pro model.

Nothing to really blow your mind, but all in all a nice update for a pair of notebooks that really did need it.

15 Oct 2008