My MacBook

KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Atop the center of my desk rests a laptop. Purchased a year ago from the Apple store in Burlingame, California, my MacBook’s essentialness to my studies has proved to be worth the price of $1,099. The laptop’s dimensions run 1.08 inches high by 12.78 inches wide by 8.92 inches long and weighs 5 pounds. The screen measures 13.3 inches. Selected in black to prevent the appearance of wear that plagues models that come in white, my MacBook has maintained its color.
Software that comes with the laptop includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iChat, DVD Player, Garageband, and Safari. The hardware in my MacBook consists of a 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM and a 120GB 5400-rpm serial ATA hard disk drive. Hardware of this caliber enables MacBooks to compete with the power of PC laptops and was a reason contributing to my decision to convert to an Apple product.
The power that my Macbook’s hardware provides allows for me to use programs such as Disco XT, which I use to mix and record songs, as well as SketchUp, which I use to create depictions of buildings in 3D. The capability to run Microsoft programs like Word and Excel allows there to never be an issue of compatibility between school computers and my own.

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