The 13.3-inch screen, though it's bright, may not be large enough for media professionals. But its smaller size helps keep the laptop lightweight, and it's great for watching a DVD movie or editing your holiday photos. If you're looking for something bigger, the Dell Inspiron E1505 (Core 2 Duo) offers a 15.4-inch widescreen that gives you enough room to watch a movie and view a photo side by side.
The new MacBooks use either a 2.1GHz or 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor (up from 2.0GHz and 2.2GHz, respectively) with 3MB of L2 cache shared between the processor’s two cores. Previously, the MacBooks had 4MB of L2 cache, but the new Penryn processors inside the new MacBooks work efficiently with the smaller cache (see the Performance section for details).
Macworld Lab tested the new MacBooks with version 5 of Speedmark, the latest incarnation of our standard performance benchmark test. The results showed moderate yet impressive gains—for example, the black 2.4GHz MacBook scored more than nine percent higher overall than its 2.2GHz predecessor. The 2.1GHz MacBook showed an almost eight percent improvement over the 2GHz MacBook it replaces. Perhaps most interesting, the 2.1GHz MacBook scored one point higher overall than the older 2.2GHz black MacBook, even with a slightly slower processor speed.
At first glance, the MacBook's keyboard doesn't appear full-size, with individual keys that are a bit smaller than those of both the MacBook Pro and the Inspiron E1505 (Core 2 Duo). That said, the MacBook's keys are appropriately spaced, essentially giving you the same key pitch as a full-size keyboard. Basically, your typing experience will improve drastically within a short period of time.
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