The new Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks feature upgraded Intel processors, memory and hard drives. The MacBook Pro now also features the MacBook Air trackpad.

The new MacBook Pro includes the latest NVIDIA graphics processors, with up to 512MB of video memory and the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors. The Multi-Touch trackpad first unveiled in the MacBook Air is now also a MacBook Pro standard.

On the lower-end the new MacBook line up comes in three models; white 2.1 GHz and 2.4 GHz models with 120GB or 160GB 5400 rpm hard drives and a sblack 2.4 GHz model with a 250GB 5400 rpm hard drive as standard. The 2.4 GHz MacBook models ship with 2GB of memory standard, expandable up to 4GB across the line.

All Mac notebooks include a built-in iSight video camera, MagSafe Power Adapter and built-in 802.11n wireless networking.

Other connectivity options include built-in 10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet; Bluetooth; analog and digital audio inputs and outputs; USB 2.0; FireWire and a built-in SuperDrive.

Every Mac in the Apple lineup comes with iLife ’08 with a new version of iPhoto and iMovie, and the Leopard operating system.

Pricing starts at $1499 for MacBooks and $2699 for the MacBook Pro.

 See: www.apple.com/au