Apple notebooks enjoy a very good reputation among portable computer users.

The features that these devices offer are more and more up to regular and professional buyers’ tastes and interests. Light weight, good screen size, processor performance level are just a few of the elements that make people buy Apple notebooks.

The history of Apple notebooks begins back in 1989, that is twenty years ago, when their first models were viewed almost as failures in terms of technology. First of all, the original design of Apple notebooks – the Macintosh Portable – was not light at all. It weighed sixteen pounds approximately, had a 9.8” matrix screen and it was pretty huge in size. It came with a pre-installed operating system and was one of the first models ever to offer that.

Despite the drawbacks that it had, it still provided something that today’s portable computers do not have: battery length of up to ten hours before recharge was needed. Yet, it worked on as much power when in use as it did when in sleep mode, which again was criticized as a disadvantage. The cost of the model at the time of its release ranged around $6,500, it included a processing unit of 16 MHz, 1 MB RAM, 256 KB ROM, and so on. Presently, the features are completely outdated, but it is interesting to realize how far computer manufacturing has come.

On the other hand, there is the latest model of Apple notebooks, the MacBook Pro released in October this year (2008). It utterly surprises with its lightweight and high portability level. The very thin aspect comes from the use of a single piece of carved metal that replaced the several pieces previously used for assembling. These Apple notebooks also offer a 15-inch display and a back LED lighting system for superior brightness in case you need it.

As for what the graphics is concerned, the Apple team are proud to say that this new notebook is the best they can offer to game players and not only; users can now enjoy the integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M processor for daily use or change to the other one, the NVIDIA 9600M GT, with a high speed mode and more precise in terms of graphics coping with the demands of modern game playing. All in all, the new Apple notebooks are quite a breakthrough in terms of technical characteristics and this new model is one of the most advantageous choices available for mobile professionals and more.