(Now that I think about it, I should have used the time I got to ask a question during the Q&A to demand an explanation–if not to cause an ugly scene.) It’s kind of shocking: Nobody onstage today even felt the need to justify the move.

I speak of the black MacBook–which was on sale to anyone who wanted one on yesterday and is gone, gone, gone today. One which I own two of, both of which I’ve logged many hundreds of hours using. And it kept the white MacBook in the lineup but knocked its price down by $100.īut it also killed a notebook. It also did minor refreshes of the MacBook Air (which will be around for years to come) and the 17-inch MacBook Pro (which is probably toast, long-term). That machine is far from dead, there are still some amazing things you can do with it.So Apple released two brand-new laptops today. It's worth noting 10.7.5 might soon be cut off from receiving security updates, however I imagine you can configure some networking where the VMs have internet access yet the host machine only has access to the local LAN. I am able to run OS X as well as a Windows VM and 2 Linux VMs with almost no degrdation in performance. I installed the maximum 16GB of RAM and a 240 GB SSD. SSDs are simply amazing, they are the best upgrades you can make. Even though the RAM in my MacBook is only 2 GB, it is an amazingly fast machine considering it's specs. Plus, the Xeon from 2006 will almost be comparable to a Core i5 from a couple of years ago. Despite being on an OS from 2011, you can still run the latest version (v7.1.0) of VMWare Fusion. I have a 2008 Black MacBook which runs the same. The MacPro 1,1 can run 10.7.5 as it's latest OS.

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