Good deals on recently-obsoleted MacBooks

If you too were disappointed by Apple's failure to announce a truly cheap notebook (the cheapest of the new MacBooks comes in at ~$1100 including tax, you can find pretty good bargains on the recently obsoleted MacBooks, which have the following specs:

• 2.1Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo



• 13.3" widescreen display



• 1GB memory



• 120GB hard disk



• DVD (read only) / CD-RW (burner)



• iSight camera

You have two good choices to buy this mode:

1. Apple's refurb store is selling MacBooks for $849 + tax.



2. (Amazon deal expired - get a similar deal from MacMall) Amazon's price for a new MacBook is even better if you live in a high-tax area (and if you don't mind dealing with a rebate): $869 (after $75 rebate) for a brand new MacBook.