[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":402},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog:2006:macbookreleasedcheaperthancomparabledell":3,"blogMore-Technology":388,"comments-macbookreleasedcheaperthancomparabledell":401},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":369,"commentCount":370,"date":371,"description":12,"excerpt":372,"extension":373,"filenames":374,"hidden":375,"image":374,"meta":376,"minutes":367,"navigation":377,"path":378,"seo":379,"showCategory":374,"stem":380,"tags":381,"updated":374,"url":385,"wordCount":386,"__hash__":387},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fmacbookreleasedcheaperthancomparabledell.md","Apple MacBook released, cheaper than comparable Dell",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":365},"minimark",[9,13,347,350,353,356,359],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Apple have released their MacBook to compete on the low-end with similar PC laptops. 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