While Apple is increasingly identified with its iPod, the company made its name as a creator of stylish and innovative personal computers. Its latest Macbook and Macbook Pro laptops maintain that tradition. The Pro laptops have bigger screens and better video cards as well a number of extra features compared to the Macbooks. What they have in common is Intel’s Dual Core processors marking Apple’s much-discussed switch to Intel chips. Both laptop series also come with a built-in camera called iSight.
The laptops also come pre-installed with some great software. The operating system is the latest version of Apple’s OS X: 10.4 also known as Tiger. It features improved search capabilities as well a programme called Dashboard for using small desktop applets called widgets. The laptops also come with Apple’s software suite iLife which includes movie and photo editing, DVD making, iTunes and a really neat music creation programme called Garage Band. It may be the best entry-level suite out there and what makes it really convenient is the level of integration between the different programmes: for example the seamless way in which you can take video clips that you have edited and use them to create a DVD.
No comments:
Post a Comment