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iLife. jesus
built-in camera is cute though

Nice if its all you can afford...

The one problem is the Intel GMA 950 graphics. I dont really dig that, but the computer isnt meant to power through games and such. Still the prices are pretty decent, and I like the black option.

if i was to buy a Mac laptop, ( somthing that prob wont happen ) i would hit the power book Long before the Macbook.

You'd hit a slow ass computer that wont be supported for long? Good going there logic-boy.

The only thing missing from that MacBook (and the black one is really tempting) is a backlit keyboard. But that's a very minor detail.

the intel gfx won't do vista's eye candy, but that's the only drawback unless you use Aperture. I also don't think the PB or any other PPC based mac are going to wither away because of the intel chips. I plan to have my G5 for another 3 years before I start to think about replacing it.

I'll be damned.. the GMA950 will do vista's eye candy

I wonder if the screen quality's better than the old iBooks

It says it has a "glossy" screen, so I bet it's like that fucking dell 700m screen

Dave wrote: I plan to have my G5 for another 3 years before I start to think about replacing it.

Yeah, I was thinking about going all-laptop again (cracked and bought a G5 for Logic Audio), but by the time all of my plugins are UBs, the Macbook Pro will be a few iterations on

Its got the option for a glossy or matte screen.

nm...thats just for the MBPro.

Dave wrote:It says it has a "glossy" screen, so I bet it's like that fucking dell 700m screen

those are quite nice, a dude at work uses one of those :icon14:

if the black was in black aluminium instead of "plastic", i'd buy it.... lack of aluminium in the range makes me jump to 15" mbpro

What a piece of shit.

Turbanator wrote:if the black was in black aluminium instead of "plastic", i'd buy it.... lack of aluminium in the range makes me jump to 15" mbpro

yeah, but the hit that an all aluminum body gives to the wireless reception is annoying sometimes. I agree, but the wireless thing is just as bad sometimes

Is it a bad thing that I would expect a $2K laptop to have at least 1gig RAM and a 7200 RPM HDD (MacBook Pro)?

Those things must be kinda slow with a 5400 RPM HDD.

I guess the speed of a laptop HD doesn't matter to me. I'd rather have a quiet, cool, low power consuming drive

Turbanator wrote:if the black was in black aluminium instead of "plastic", i'd buy it.... lack of aluminium in the range makes me jump to 15" mbpro

OMG TURB SIGHTING.

Exactly. I think most folks using laptops dont expect them to be a power driving workhorse of a machine that will equal the fastest desktops out there. They get them for convenience. If it takes a split second longer to load a program I dont think it matters too much when you're chilling on an airplane. Additionally, the programs that are most used on the road are rather small (Word, internet, email, chat) so they dont require the fastest computer components to make any difference.

Dave wrote:I guess the speed of a laptop HD doesn't matter to me. I'd rather have a quiet, cool, low power consuming drive

I have a 7200rpm drive in my powerbook and it makes a (very small) difference.

yea, have a 7k60 hitachi in my pb, and makes a miniscule differance... *yawn*

Canis wrote:The one problem is the Intel GMA 950 graphics. I dont really dig that, but the computer isnt meant to power through games and such. Still the prices are pretty decent, and I like the black option.

This has killed the buzz for me. You couldn't even push Q3 properly on that rig let alone anything current. That's a big shame.