Apple launches Intel-based MacBook (CNNMoney)

Laptop will replace the popular iBook line for consumers; stores already have some in stock.

By Amanda Cantrell, CNNMoney.com staff writer
May 16, 2006: 1:03 PM EDT

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Apple is launching a new Intel-based Mac to replace its popular iBook line of laptops for consumers, the company announced Tuesday.

The MacBook will start at $1,099 and will feature Intel's Core Duo processor, which is essentially a micro chip with two brains on one chip. It is the latest in Apple's (down $2.12 to $65.67, Research) line of Mac computers to get a makeover with Intel chips.
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The company is offering three versions of the new MacBook, all of which contain a 13-inch display. A white version is available with either a 1.83 gigahertz (GHz) processor or a 2.0 GHz processor, while another 2.0 GHz version is available in black.

The new MacBooks are about one-inch thin, which Apple said is 20 percent thinner than its previous versions. The company claims the MacBooks are up to five times faster than the iBook.

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster noted that the new MacBook costs 10 percent more than its predecessor, the iBook, a change he had not anticipated.
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more: http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/16/technology/apple_macbook/index.htm?cnn=yes

They don't offer one in BLUE?!? Talk about a missed opportunity!