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MacBook

• 13" Core Duo (May 2006), 1.83-2.0 GHz
• 13" Core 2 (Late 2006), 1.83-2.0 GHz
• 13" Core 2 (May 2007), 2.0-2.16 GHz
• 13" Santa Rosa (Oct 2007), 2.0-2.2 GHz
• 13" Penryn (Feb 2008), 2.1-2.4 GHz
• 13" MacBook White (Oct 2008), 2.1 GHz
• 13" Unibody (Oct 2008), 2.0-2.4 GHz

MacBook Air

• 13.3" Core 2 Duo, 1.6-1.8 GHz
• 13.3" GeForce 9400M, 1.6-1.83 GHz

MacBook Pro

• 15" Core Duo, 1.83-2.16 GHz
• 15" Core 2 Duo, 2.16-2.33 GHz
• 15" Santa Rosa, 2.2-2.4 GHz
• 15" Penryn, 2.4-2.5 GHz
• 15" Unibody, 2.4-2.53 GHz
• 17" Core Duo, 2.16 GHz
• 17" Core 2 Duo, 2.33 GHz
• 17" Santa Rosa, 2.4 GHz
• 17" Penryn, 2.5 GHz
• 17" Unibody, 2.66 GHz

PowerBooks

• 603: 1400, Duo 2300c, 2400c, 3400c, 5300
• G3: G3 (Kanga), G3 Series (WallStreet), G3 Series II (WallStreet II), G3 (Lombard), G3 (Pismo)
• Titanium G4: G4/400, G4/500, G4/550, G4/667 (VGA), G4/667 (DVI), G4/800, G4/867, G4/1 GHz
• 12" Aluminum G4: G4/867, G4/1 GHz, G4/1.33 GHz, G4/1.5 GHz
• 15" Aluminum G4: G4/1 GHz, G4/1.25 GHz, 15" G4/1.33 GHz, G4/1.5 GHz (2004), 15" G4/1.5 GHz (1/05), G4/1.67 GHz, 15" G4 hi-res, 1.67 GHz (10/05)
• 17" Aluminum G4: G4/1 GHz, G4/1.33 GHz, G4/1.5 GHz, G4/1.67 GHz (1/05), G4 hi-res, 1.67 GHz (10/05)

G4 iBooks

• 12": G4/800, G4/1 GHz* (2003), G4/1.2 GHz (2004), G4/1.33 GHz (2005)
• 14": G4/900, G4/1 GHz* (2003), G4/1 GHz*, 1.2 GHz (2004), G4/1.33 GHz, G4/1.42 GHz (2005)
  * Apple nominally calls these 1 GHz models, but they report themselves running at 1.07 GHz - and benchmarks bear out this difference.

G3 iBooks

• 12" clamshell: iBook G3/300, iBook SE G3/366, iBook (FireWire) G3/366, IBook SE (FireWire) G3/466
• 12" white: G3/500, G3/600, G3/600 CD, G3/700 Combo, G3/700 CD, G3/800 Combo, G3/800 CD, G3/900 Combo
• 14" white: G3/600, G3/700, G3/800, G3/900

680x0 PowerBooks

Pre-PowerPC models including Portable, Portable (backlit), 100, 140, 145, 145b, 150, 160, 165, 165c, 170, 180, 180c, 190, 190cs, 520, 520c, 540, 540c, 550c, Duo 210, Duo 230, Duo 250, Duo 270c, Duo 280, 280c.

Portable Macintosh Clones

Includes McMobile, Outbound, Atari, Colby, and Dynamac.

Email Lists

• PowerBooks, covers all pre-G3 PowerBooks
• G-Books, covers iBooks, PowerBooks G3s, and PowerBook G4s
• Duo/2400, just for the PowerBook Duo series and the PowerBook 2400
• iBook List, just for iBooks

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