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White & Black MacBook Q&A - Revised December 29, 2009
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Who designed the MacBook?
Apple's industrial design for the last several years has been performed entirely in-house by Apple's Industrial Design Group, led by Jonathan Ive.
If you are interested in industrial design, you might like to purchase the long ago out of print AppleDesign: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Group. This book has hundreds of full color photographs of vintage prototype Apple products that were never released and is an interesting look into the evolution of Apple's style.
There are any number of places to purchase a used Mac, but these MacBook models now are so old that they really only are available via online auction sites.
What are the default configurations?
For the default configurations of each model, please refer to the specs page for the model of interest.
Also see:
- What are the differences between the White "Mid-2009" MacBook Core 2 Duo and the White "Early 2009" MacBook that it replaced?
- What are the differences between the "Early 2009 NVIDIA" MacBook Core 2 Duo and the MacBook that it replaced?
- What are the differences between the "Early 2008 Penryn" MacBook Core 2 Duo models?
- What are the differences between the "Late 2007 Santa Rosa" MacBook Core 2 Duo models?
- What are the differences between the "Mid-2007" MacBook Core 2 Duo models?
- What are the differences between the "Late 2006" MacBook Core 2 Duo models?
- What are the differences between the three original MacBook models?
Were custom configurations available?
Yes. For the "White and Black" MacBook models, you could have chosen to customize the amount of RAM, the hard drive, and whether or not to add an external Apple USB Modem for US$49 (an internal modem was not offered) or external video adapters (US$19 each for mini-DVI to DVI and mini-DVI to VGA). Starting with the "Early 2008 Penryn" series, you also could decide whether or not to add an Apple Remote for US$19 (previously included).
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