New 13.3" MacBook **Now $999 after MIR at Amazon**

[RossMAN]

Any plans to upgrade the RAM to 1GB or 2GB?

Where are the other pics??

 

[zainali]

you should have waited for amazon to carry it. no tax (most states) + $100 rebate (guesstimate, this was what it was on the ibooks) + pi/2 discount .

 

[KrillBee]

dont buy it, the video is integrated Intel 950 schmuz.. horrible idea to have that on an $1100 laptop!

 

[Lyfer]

Originally posted by: KrillBee
dont buy it, the video is integrated Intel 950 schmuz.. horrible idea to have that on an $1100 laptop!

The best sub $1k notebook I could find is a Dell E1505 which comes with:

1.66 core duo
15.4xga widescreen w/truelife (wtf is truelife)
1gb ddr2 ram
60 gb hd
cd/dvd combo
radeon x1400 128mb
6 cell battery
6.l lbs (vs 5.2lbs)

for ~$850 (you can knock it down more with $35 off 300 ebay coupon, ditch the X1400 if you want to save $80) OTD for me.


I can get the Apple macbook base model for $1.16k OTD with 1gb of ram (this is student discount price), but it has on board graphics.


The only game I really play is War3:TFT, can't I run this at 1200x800 on the macbook at medium with the on board 950 graphics? Having dual OS X/WinXP is nice.

 

[KrillBee]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob


The extra 20 GB hard drive upgrade only costs $50. You're basically paying an extra $150 for the black paint job :roll:

Sheesh... And people wonder why Apple only has 5% marketshare of the computer market.

true that, and their pricing strategy is HORRIBLE
They tend to change prices on their products like maybe once every year, and they drop like $300 at a time, or they'll introduce a newer product at the same price. And all their pricing occurs in intervals of $100. (they probably round all their prices UP to the nearest hundred)

They charge extraordinary prices for minor upgrades.

and they dont have any computer with any decent graphics solution for under $1300.

They always try to upsell it seems, (like having the black notebook being the most expensive one) or only having their good graphics solutions in expensive products, while PCs have good video cards in lower end products.

At least with a company like IBM, you get a nice span of prices and features and they arent trying to rip you off.

 

[LordMaul]

I'll use this as an opportunity to shamelessly plug my iBook in FS/FT.

Help a brother out...

Gotta let it go for financial reasons... Damn you NSF4, why must you make it hurt so much more?

 

[KrillBee]

Originally posted by: Lyfer


The only game I really play is War3:TFT, can't I run this at 1200x800 on the macbook at medium with the on board 950 graphics? Having dual OS X/WinXP is nice.

warcraft 3 frozen throne? it would probably play that just fine. But with newer games, that Dell notebook u listed with the x1400, would perform MUCH better than the macbook!

and its cheaper too,

so i'd go with the dell. actually better yet, go with an IBM.

 

[Lyfer]

Originally posted by: KrillBee

Originally posted by: Lyfer


The only game I really play is War3:TFT, can't I run this at 1200x800 on the macbook at medium with the on board 950 graphics? Having dual OS X/WinXP is nice.

warcraft 3 frozen throne? it would probably play that just fine. But with newer games, that Dell notebook u listed with the x1400, would perform MUCH better than the macbook!

and its cheaper too,

so i'd go with the dell. actually better yet, go with an IBM.

I thought the new Lenavos sucked compared in quality compared to the older ones. And even I wanted one its out of my $1k price range (with the features similiar to the dell).

 

[Kadarin]

Here's a question that I'll probably have to ask in a different forum (here or elsewhere): Is it possible to have the install of XP that's running under Boot Camp to be accessible via Parallels, all on the same machine?

If so, I can boot into XP to play games or do whatever, while if I am in OSX I can access XP on the fly for whatever app might require Windows.

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Here's a question that I'll probably have to ask in a different forum (here or elsewhere): Is it possible to have the install of XP that's running under Boot Camp to be accessible via Parallels, all on the same machine?

If so, I can boot into XP to play games or do whatever, while if I am in OSX I can access XP on the fly for whatever app might require Windows.

I doubt Parallels supports raw disks like VMware does.

 

[KrillBee]

Originally posted by: Lyfer


I thought the new Lenavos sucked compared in quality compared to the older ones. And even I wanted one its out of my $1k price range (with the features similiar to the dell).

their quality went down? hmm, that sucks. I thought Lenovos was going to use the same plants that IBM used to make their notebooks.

 

[Kaido]

Guts:

http://feedjeff.com/2006/05/17/13-macbook-taken-apart/

Hard drive IS user replaceable. I think this is the best hard drive & ram access system I've ever seen on a notebook before :Q

 

[Kaido]

So who's going to be the first to put some G.Skill in this puppy?

 

[NFS4]

http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/17/hands-on-with-the-apple-macbook/

$200 extra and the outer coating flakes off:

http://marklem.com/mlem/?p=8

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Aves
It's too bad that you can't get it in black unless you get the $1500 version.

For some reason, black on an Apple product just doesn't seem right to me. Probably the same reason why I have a white iPod.

A black man dating a white girl doesn't same right to me. *Douses wood cross*

 

[mercanucaribe]

It's a 13.3" screen but with almost an inch of plastic on all sides so it's probably bigger than a well designed 14"... Is Apple turning into Dell?

12.78" x 8.92" x 1.08"

HP's equivalent 14" (but with dedicated 3d graphics) http://www.evdoinfo.com/EVDO_Products/E...P_Compaq_nc6400_with_EVDO_20060511739/
9.4 x 13.0 x 1.1 in.

Only 0.22 x 0.48 x 0.02" difference because the HP's screen fills the frame.

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: Linux23
now just upgrade the RAM and you should be all set. I love my Mac Mini Duo.

me too. i got 1gb of ram with my mac mini duo and that thing rocks.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
It's a 13.3" screen but with almost an inch of plastic on all sides so it's probably bigger than a well designed 14"... Is Apple turning into Dell?

12.78" x 8.92" x 1.08"

HP's equivalent 14" (but with dedicated 3d graphics) http://www.evdoinfo.com/EVDO_Products/E...P_Compaq_nc6400_with_EVDO_20060511739/
9.4 x 13.0 x 1.1 in.

Only 0.22 x 0.48 x 0.02" difference because the HP's screen fills the frame.

The ratio isn't that far off. The HP is more than a half inch longer on the diagonal and only adds .8 inch on the screen. I'd hardly call that "filling the frame."

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
It's a 13.3" screen but with almost an inch of plastic on all sides so it's probably bigger than a well designed 14"... Is Apple turning into Dell?

12.78" x 8.92" x 1.08"

HP's equivalent 14" (but with dedicated 3d graphics) http://www.evdoinfo.com/EVDO_Products/E...P_Compaq_nc6400_with_EVDO_20060511739/
9.4 x 13.0 x 1.1 in.

Only 0.22 x 0.48 x 0.02" difference because the HP's screen fills the frame.

quarter of an inch, half an inch...that's a LOT in notebook terms...

 

[Kaido]

Two problems reported so far:

Black MacBook has flaky skin

MacBook whine

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Two problems reported so far:

Black MacBook has flaky skin

MacBook whine

I have heard no whine (from the laptop, at least ). But I don't sit with the AC adapter at my ear .

I had it running at full force while I was transferring from my old iBook and didn't hear a peep.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
It's a 13.3" screen but with almost an inch of plastic on all sides so it's probably bigger than a well designed 14"... Is Apple turning into Dell?

12.78" x 8.92" x 1.08"

HP's equivalent 14" (but with dedicated 3d graphics) http://www.evdoinfo.com/EVDO_Products/E...P_Compaq_nc6400_with_EVDO_20060511739/
9.4 x 13.0 x 1.1 in.

Only 0.22 x 0.48 x 0.02" difference because the HP's screen fills the frame.

quarter of an inch, half an inch...that's a LOT in notebook terms...

Well my point still stands that they could fit a 14" screen in that casing.

 

[NFS4]

http://www.johnwaller.org/macbook/

 

[Kaido]

Just found out from Apple that the 7200rpm drives were not offered because they will NOT fit, not because there's a heat issue. It's simply a size issue. Bummer! Hope someone finds a fast drive that fits

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Just found out from Apple that the 7200rpm drives were not offered because they will NOT fit, not because there's a heat issue. It's simply a size issue. Bummer! Hope someone finds a fast drive that fits

they use a 1.8" hard drive?