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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 866015" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>The aluminum MacBook is 4.5 pounds, vs 5.0 for the white one.</p><p></p><p>The aluminum one is sexy with that unibody aluminum shell, and has the more recent multi-touch trackpad.</p><p></p><p>The white MacBook has a 55-watt-hour battery, the aluminum is 45-watt-hour. But the screen on the aluminum uses less power, iirc, so I think the difference in battery power is probably irrelevant.</p><p></p><p>The aluminum MB has MUCH faster RAM... 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM vs 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM on the white MB.</p><p></p><p>The white MB has a firewire port... the aluminum doesn't.</p><p></p><p>That's pretty much what the differences boil down to (aside from the aforementioned screen differences). Faster RAM and half a pound less weight are the non-cosmetic advantages to the aluminum MacBook. The improved multi-touch trackpad will likely make for a better experience. Being integrated as the button also, you have more surface area to use as a trackpad, and it has more advanced gestures than the regular trackpad on the white. The pluses for the white MB are the firewire port (if you need it) and price.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.apple.com/macbook/white/specs.html" target="_blank">Apple - MacBook - Technical Specifications - Specs for the MacBook (white)</a></p><p><a href="http://www.apple.com/macbook/specs.html" target="_blank">Apple - MacBook - Technical Specifications - All the specs for the 13-inch MacBook notebook</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 866015, member: 38864"] The aluminum MacBook is 4.5 pounds, vs 5.0 for the white one. The aluminum one is sexy with that unibody aluminum shell, and has the more recent multi-touch trackpad. The white MacBook has a 55-watt-hour battery, the aluminum is 45-watt-hour. But the screen on the aluminum uses less power, iirc, so I think the difference in battery power is probably irrelevant. The aluminum MB has MUCH faster RAM... 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM vs 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM on the white MB. The white MB has a firewire port... the aluminum doesn't. That's pretty much what the differences boil down to (aside from the aforementioned screen differences). Faster RAM and half a pound less weight are the non-cosmetic advantages to the aluminum MacBook. The improved multi-touch trackpad will likely make for a better experience. Being integrated as the button also, you have more surface area to use as a trackpad, and it has more advanced gestures than the regular trackpad on the white. The pluses for the white MB are the firewire port (if you need it) and price. [URL="http://www.apple.com/macbook/white/specs.html"]Apple - MacBook - Technical Specifications - Specs for the MacBook (white)[/URL] [URL="http://www.apple.com/macbook/specs.html"]Apple - MacBook - Technical Specifications - All the specs for the 13-inch MacBook notebook[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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