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

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: 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?

I believe they use the standard 2.5" hard drives, but it may be a thickness issue. The rep I spoke with said he talked about this with a tech yesterday, who said you could go ahead and try but the 7200rpm models just won't fit.

 

[kmrivers]

Originally posted by: NFS4
http://www.johnwaller.org/macbook/

This guy is a douce bag. I emailed him and he gave me the worst email response in the history of the planet. Here you go...

Sent by MeOn 5/17/06, Kevin wrote:
>
> How you doing? I enjoy what you are doing with the Macbook. You are a brave soul. Anyhow. The big debate seems to Graphics. I am not a gamer and don't expect to play games on it.
>
> Basically I want to know if the GMA950 will handle the OS well. Also, since you intend to use Bootcamp. A Vista test would be awesome, as that may give an indication to 10.5 performance. Thanks a lot Good luck!

[/quote]

Dude, you have NO idea. The 950 is a "media" chip. Less of a gamer
chip can there be, to be frank. You can play your less-intensive RPGs
like Diablo II, StarCraft with ease, but eh... gets a little wierd at
the higher rez games like Halo. I haven't yet loaded Halo on the PC
side, but I think it'll hang.

The OS drawing is barely even noticeable with the options. We'll see
where Vista is in two years. As for 10.5 dude... its coming, and for
now the BootCamp stuff r0x0rs!

Its worth the money. BTW, screw Front Row... its cool and all, but
load XP on it, and get a USB tuner ... better off THAT way.

Funny enough the E310 from Dell (desktop) uses the same graphics chip
set and uses Windows XP Media Edition..... which is what I'm
questioning the ability of bootcamp to run. We'll see. I have a USB
turner I'm dying to check out.

MEDIA EDITION from M$ over Front Row ANYDAY.

But the graphics card is a NON issue.

- john

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: 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.

Seems to be on par with other 13.3" notebooks so I don't see your point...

Asus W7J: 12.4 x 8.92 x 1.14
MacBook: 12.78 x 8.92 x 1.08
Averatec 4155: 12.44 x 8.82 x 1.26

 

[Mutilator]

For some strange reason I really want one of these... maybe it's because I've been wanting to learn OS X for a while now so I can support it along with Windows... or maybe it's the low (for a Mac) price.

This kind of concerns me though:
"The flat square keys lack side or top ridges, making touch typing a little unusual (and possibly somewhat difficult), being that the only physical key delineation is the space between them."

That's just wrong - how am I supposed to touch type without looking down if there's no little nub for me to put my index fingers on?!

 

[Journer]

has anyone successfully dual-booted with XP/Vist (or know of someone who has..) i might get one ...hell even if it doesnt...all i need a lappy for is taking notes and watching DIVX ******...i cant recall playing a single game on my current lappy...not to mention i could learn how to fix them...giving my business an advantage over these other places...i just feel kind of weird switching to a Mac...never used one for more than 20 mins...and the one button thing is kind of scary...

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: Journer
has anyone successfully dual-booted with XP/Vist (or know of someone who has..) i might get one ...hell even if it doesnt...all i need a lappy for is taking notes and watching DIVX ******...i cant recall playing a single game on my current lappy...not to mention i could learn how to fix them...giving my business an advantage over these other places...i just feel kind of weird switching to a Mac...never used one for more than 20 mins...and the one button thing is kind of scary...

I dual-boot with xp on my mini all the time. i have no problems at all

 

[Journer]

Originally posted by: bigrash

Originally posted by: Journer
has anyone successfully dual-booted with XP/Vist (or know of someone who has..) i might get one ...hell even if it doesnt...all i need a lappy for is taking notes and watching DIVX ******...i cant recall playing a single game on my current lappy...not to mention i could learn how to fix them...giving my business an advantage over these other places...i just feel kind of weird switching to a Mac...never used one for more than 20 mins...and the one button thing is kind of scary...

I dual-boot with xp on my mini all the time. i have no problems at all

PITA to install? also...anyone know about compat. issues with OSX and Blackberry software...one more thing...what about GPS solutions? Ive got two USB gps recievers...i am assuming all i would need to do is find Mac drivers (too bad one of the recievers is MS, ) and the appropriate mac software...

also...how do you pirates fare with OSX? Just because I might buy a mac doesnt mean ill start buying software... >.>

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: Journer

Originally posted by: bigrash

Originally posted by: Journer
has anyone successfully dual-booted with XP/Vist (or know of someone who has..) i might get one ...hell even if it doesnt...all i need a lappy for is taking notes and watching DIVX ******...i cant recall playing a single game on my current lappy...not to mention i could learn how to fix them...giving my business an advantage over these other places...i just feel kind of weird switching to a Mac...never used one for more than 20 mins...and the one button thing is kind of scary...

I dual-boot with xp on my mini all the time. i have no problems at all

PITA to install? also...anyone know about compat. issues with OSX and Blackberry software...one more thing...what about GPS solutions? Ive got two USB gps recievers...i am assuming all i would need to do is find Mac drivers (too bad one of the recievers is MS, ) and the appropriate mac software...

also...how do you pirates fare with OSX? Just because I might buy a mac doesnt mean ill start buying software... >.>

it was a piece of cake to install. if you've installed windows before, you should have no problem at all.

you're definitely gonna need the osx drivers for the blackberry and gps software. if there's no driver you might have a hard time using those. i'm sure you'll be able to find blackberry software easily though. just search their websites for it.

cough**newsgroups**cough.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Journer
has anyone successfully dual-booted with XP/Vist (or know of someone who has..) i might get one ...hell even if it doesnt...all i need a lappy for is taking notes and watching DIVX ******...i cant recall playing a single game on my current lappy...not to mention i could learn how to fix them...giving my business an advantage over these other places...i just feel kind of weird switching to a Mac...never used one for more than 20 mins...and the one button thing is kind of scary...

Yup

 

[scootermaster]

I've got a latest rev Powerbook G4...i'm going to wait for the 64 bit Merom chip (faster than the dual core) and pull the trigger then (hopefully in August). I'll do the student advantage thing, get a big discount, the new OS upgrade, and hopefully the 64 bit chip will run whatever 64 bit OS MS has planned (Vista64, or whatever). Also, the current MacBook/Pro puts out soooo much heat. And if they can put a slimline dual layer in the 17" MBP, they can find one for the the 15" one.

The MBP seems like a downgrade from the G4. But I guess this thread is about the MacBook, not the pro. Um...so I hope you guys enjoy!

 

[NFS4]

I chickend out and returned mine. I realized that if I ever had any issues with my Mac or if I wanted some hands on help, I'd have to be dealing with those punks at the Apple Store (only one of two in the state). That coupled with the keyboard and missing keys that I'm used and the fact that I'd be using Windows XP 90% of the time anyway put the nail in the coffin.

I only wanted it b/c it was a cheap way to get a small dual-core WS notebook. Oh well, better luck next time

 

[NFS4]

$999 after $100 MIR at Amazon

LINK

 

[iamwiz82]

My first post from XP on a Macbook

 

[NFS4]

Hmmm, even though I returned the one that I got from the Apple Store, I still may buy one from Amazon and try it out for a month or so to see how I like it in "the field" -- I'm heading to Taiwan in two weeks. If I like it, I can submit the rebate and be merry. If not, I can return it and not face any restocking fee (10% at the Apple Store)

 

[iamwiz82]

Well, MS Streets and Trips works with GPS support on it!!

 

[NFS4]

$100 MIR on the black one too
2.0GHz white model also with $100 MIR

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: Journer
has anyone successfully dual-booted with XP/Vist (or know of someone who has..) i might get one ...hell even if it doesnt...all i need a lappy for is taking notes and watching DIVX ******...i cant recall playing a single game on my current lappy...not to mention i could learn how to fix them...giving my business an advantage over these other places...i just feel kind of weird switching to a Mac...never used one for more than 20 mins...and the one button thing is kind of scary...

If you're looking for a cheap, decent laptop, this ISN'T for you... Get a used laptop because by the looks of things, you don't need a very 'powerful' machine and will help you in the long run (A PIII based notebook maybe?). Otherwise I'd suggest you get an IBM T series, a T42 would be nice (older but much cheaper than the new ones), or you can get a used IBM T21/22/23 on ebay...


I don't understand your desire for a dual core laptop, care to explain? For the majority of tasks one does on a laptop, anything over a 1GHz PIII is overkill for the way I see things, you mostly need ram and good battery life.

The only reason why I bought a nice IBM T42 is because I wanted a laptop with excellent battery life, a good video card for gaming (R9600, not the best but better than an R9000 or integrated video), slim, large high resolution screen.

But remove the factor of gaming then you'll only need an integrated video card and a reasonably speedy processor. I find it hard to believe there are any applications you use that could benefit solely from a fast processor that you'd be doing ONLY on your laptop.

If I were you, since you picked up a macbook, I assume you want a relatively cheap but high quality laptop.

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[preslove]

I wonder if they will be able to play spore...

 

[EvilYoda]

I went in to the Apple store today to check one out...and it's heavier than I though I like my X1's size and weight as I don't do any heavy lifting with it...I was all pumped for the Macbook and now I don't know.

And from the 5 minutes I played around with it, I'm fairly confident that I don't like the key spacing.

 

[QurazyQuisp]

Originally posted by: preslove
I wonder if they will be able to play spore...

Heh, probably. Will Wright trys to appeal to the general audience... making a game work on highend computers only isn't a good way to accomplish that. It's probably the only game in the future that I know of that I'm looking forward to play... I'm pretty much a RTS fan and it doens't seem like there is much coming down the pipeline in that respect.

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: QurazyQuisp

Originally posted by: preslove
I wonder if they will be able to play spore...

Heh, probably. Will Wright trys to appeal to the general audience... making a game work on highend computers only isn't a good way to accomplish that. It's probably the only game in the future that I know of that I'm looking forward to play... I'm pretty much a RTS fan and it doens't seem like there is much coming down the pipeline in that respect.

Yeah, but I could see this requiring an ati x300 or x1300, something along those lines. I want a macbook, but i also want my next computer to play spore. I want to play that game so much it hurts.

 

[InlineFour]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
I went in to the Apple store today to check one out...and it's heavier than I though I like my X1's size and weight as I don't do any heavy lifting with it...I was all pumped for the Macbook and now I don't know.

And from the 5 minutes I played around with it, I'm fairly confident that I don't like the key spacing.

it's only 5 lbs. i've held a 4.2lbs fujitsu before and it was pretty light. i don't know if the extra 1lb will make a difference. i'll have to go to the apple store this weekend and check it out.

 

[Kaido]

Updated the resource pool to my website:

http://macbook.wiredby.com/

 

[InlineFour]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Updated the resource pool to my website:

http://macbook.wiredby.com/

the black macbook looks super stylish... very tempting to spend the extra on black.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Updated the resource pool to my website:

http://macbook.wiredby.com/

The two-finger right click does work, just tested.