Back in Black: Remembering the high-end MacBookThe white plastic MacBook Apple sold in the late 2000s was a huge success, but its expensive option, the black MacBook, still stands out today.
In May 2006, during the Intel transition, Apple announced the MacBook, a replacement for the aging, PowerPC-based iBook G4.
The new machine sported a 13.3-inch screen, the same MagSafe charger and iSight as the MacBook Pro, and was thinner than the outgoing iBook. It ushered in the "island" keyboard design featured on all Macs today; I remember it being controversial at the time, but it's now weird to use a keyboard where the keys touch each other.
Like its predecessor, the MacBook's case was plastic: The two lower-end models used an outer shell that was glossy like the iBook; the screen bezel, trackpad and keyboard were in a nice, matte white.
But the most expensive MacBook model, which cost $200 more at launch, came in black.
Inside, the machines were more or less the same. At launch, the $1099 model came with a 1.83 GHz Intel Core D...
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Back in Black: Remembering the high-end MacBook
