“Apple’s new MacBooks look fantastic, especially the black one. But there’s more two [sic] them than just great looks. They are, in fact, Apple’s mobile HDTV media center. When the Intel Mac mini was launched at the beginning of March, we speculated that it was Apple’s HDTV media center. At the time, there was some debate over whether it was powerful enough to play and record HDTV. There were also concerns about whether the integrated graphics was up to the job. There’s no debate now,” The HDTV Tuner writes.
“I’ve spent the afternoon playing with a black MacBook and the HD QuickTime trailers and videos look fantastic on that glossy screen. Using that screen to watch movies, there’s no point in choosing 1080 content as it has to be scaled down, whereas the 720p movies fit the screen almost perfectly. The MacBook can, however, drive a 23in display at up to 1920 by 1200 pixels, so if you fancy hooking it up to, say an Apple 23in Cinema Display, you could quite happily watch 1080 content,” The HDTV Tuner writes. “Now, you won’t necessarily want to use the MacBook as a means to watch HDTV at home, but as a media center for watching and recording HDTV on the road, it’s great. Just add a TVMini, a copy of EyeTV 2, ad a pair of USB-powered laptop speakers or headphones, and you’re good to go. So, Mac users now have the mac mini to use as an HDTV media center at home, and a MacBook for the road. Nice.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Kenny” for the heads up.]
The HDTV Tuner’s “Mac mini HDTV Media Center” article is here.
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bstoned –
The first Macintosh Portable was white, but the original PowerBooks (100, 140 and 170, launched in late 1991) were dark grey.
I think that the short-lived PowerBook G3 (which came out in late 1997, just before the WallStreet G3 Series models) might have been the first black PowerBook. I had a 140 and a WallStreet 233, but nothing in between so I’m not exactly sure.