Apple MacBook (Core 2 Duo, 2008) Reviews

alaTest has collected and analyzed 607 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the energy efficiency. The battery also impresses, but many are less positive about the price.

Energy efficiency, Battery, Sound, Usability

Price

Experts rate this product 88/100 and users 91/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Laptops, the Apple MacBook (Core 2 Duo, 2008) is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 87/100 = Very Godd quality.

The biggest news on Apple's latest MacBook update may also be the most obvious: it's not plastic anymore. Apple has canned the old (and iconic) white MacBook look in favor...

Rock-solid aluminum unibody ; bright and vibrant display ; multitouch trackpad ; snappy software

Expensive ; could be lighter ; screen glare ; poor connectivity

Macworld Lab has been putting the new MacBooks to the test. Benchmarks show that the new MacBooks, based on Intel's new Penryn processor, offer a modest speed increase over the previous MacBooks.

Solid performance ; 2GB of RAM standard ; larger hard drive than previous model

200 premium for color and larger hard drive ; no video adapters or Apple Remote in the box

The $1,099 2.1GHz MacBook comes with 1GB of RAM. The 2.4GHz MacBooks (one white, the other black) come with 2GB; the models they replaced came with 1GB. All MacBooks support to up 4GB of RAM. As before, Apple recommends installing RAM in matched pairs ...