Lowest-priced laptop will cost $999, price drop of $100

Apple Laptops Get Glass Trackpads, Nvidia chip

Apple touched up its line of laptop computers Tuesday with a minimal nod to the economic turmoil that might push consumers to be more frugal this holiday shopping season.

Apple avoided a major price cut to the Macintosh line, though it did lower its least expensive computer, the basic MacBook, by $100 to $999. Enthusiasts and some analysts had hoped Apple would drop the price to $800 for its entry-level laptop.

For the updated MacBook and MacBook Pro machines, Apple gave them some of the high-end features that had been in the MacBook Air, including thinner laptop casings and a “multitouch” track pad, which, like the iPhone, understands gestures for spinning and zooming.

Source [ MSNBC ]