Y'all happy with your blackbooks?

[Joesanerd]

I love my BLACKBOOK

...except for the fact that i just bought it a month ago, and they just about doubled the HD...

 

[dtklamf]

i bought a refurb.
i hate the glossy screen so %$#@#$$%^ much.

 

[iMpathetic]

i bought a refurb.
i hate the glossy screen so %$#@#$$%^ much.

I actually like it, first time I've used a glossy screen.

 

[iMpathetic]

Hmmmmm. Mine doesn't seem grainy. Maybe in darker settings it might look that way but in a normal lifghted room it should look pretty decent...

Yeah, my sister and I were messing around with Photo Booth this morning, it's a lot better.

 

[Cheffy Dave]

Had mine since August of 2006.

Very happy, but it's hard to ignore the cracks.

[SNIP X 3]

WTF, quit dropping it

 

[maclover92]

i am absolutely loving my blackbook
other tahn the fact i bought mine 3 weeks ago,
and now they bumped up the specs on all the new ones.. oh well
and good job on buying all that by yourself, you deserve to have great things if you work hard for them
it says alot if you are 14, make big money of buying and selling on craigslist, and writing for an internet support article..
great job, we need more of you in the world

 

[ColonelSmith]

I <3 the glossy screens on the MacBook. But back when I got mine I couldn't bring myself to go Black. White is just so.... Apple. Couldn't resist.

 

[dsnort]

I'm on my second Blackbook and I've loved both of them. (The first one suffered a mischief).

Currently have the 2.16 Ghz model with 2 GB RAM.

 

[leftfoot]

WTF, quit dropping it

Never dropped. Ever.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/230291/

Maybe you should read that thread.

 

[Stuart in Oz]

Do you use the Moshi PalmGuard to protect the "palm-rest"-area?

I've bought one, but hav'nt got my BlackBook yet

Um, no, I've not seen that product. But personally I've never worried about getting a worn look on my laptops. I like them when they are nice and shiny new all right but I really live on my laptop and they've all ended up looking battered and marked. Sorry not be more help.

 

[Stuart in Oz]

I bought myself one on Sunday and I'm really pleased with it so far.

At least I was until this morning when the hard drive failed big time.

However, in every cloud there is a silver lining - and - my Merom 1/160GB machine went back as a DOA three hours ago and a nice new Penryn 2/250GB came out for me!!!

I was screaming on Tuesday cause I just missed out on the upgrade by 4 days and I had really wanted a 250 gig hard drive in the first place. And today was the last day I could have had a DOA as well!

Only issue now is I paid to upgrade the old machine to 2 gig of RAM and the new one already has that, so I made sure I retrieved my 2 x 1 gig chips from the old machine and now I need to find a way to sell them off and get my money back.

 

[QCassidy352]

I've had mine for all of one evening, but so far I love it!

 

[SFStateStudent]

Well, I took the leap to the DARK SIDE...

and now, I can come outta' the closet. Gave up the White MB 2.16 120GB, yesterday for the Brand Spankin' New BlackBook 2.4 250GB. I had configured everything for the White MB, but they didn't have "it" in stock. They said it would have taken a few days to configure the computer, so the Store Manager said, "I can get you the BlackBook for the same price!" So, I bit like a dog goin' after fleas, and have enjoyed the two-day adventure, and have had very little sleep! I don't miss the White MB, and the last trip through airport security the TSA people rubbed the cloth over my keyboard and left a reddish-pinkish mark that was quite visible above the touchpad until I put the iKlear to it. So, now I've said it! No looking back, and living high on the hog!!!

 

[iMpathetic]

Well, just an update, I guess. I love mine to bits. Hooked it up to my JBL Creatures and MX Revolution. Everything I need in a computer.

Bit grimy though...

 

[KruseF1]

Bought my blackbook back in 2006 (core duo). It's my first mac and I can say that I've been very happy with it but I'm thinking it's time for an upgrade.


Kruse

 

[razyorv]

My 2.16 BlackBook with 2GB is great! No problems whatsoever. However, when I work on large print projects (8000px x 6000px) it does show its lack of a dedicated graphics; but other than that, I'm very happy.

 

[trip1ex]

Got mine the other day. Refurb.

iSight sucks on mine for video. The playback is pretty choppy. Is that the norm? IT's definitely not smooth like my iMac. The frame rate is definitely a good chunk south of 24 fps.

The screen also has a poor vertical viewing angle.

I'm warming up a bit to the laptop. Still I might return it.

 

[dizzlemizzle]

really like mine...i bought it at the beginning of the month...2.2 ghz with 1gb ram and 160 gb HDD....kinda disappointed with the upgrade but its not a big deal.

i just bought 4gb of ram so i'm looking foward to that...then in a couple months i'll probably upgrade the hard drive to 500gb when they're released

 

[xraydoc]

My 2.16 BlackBook with 2GB is great! No problems whatsoever. However, when I work on large print projects (8000px x 6000px) it does show its lack of a dedicated graphics; but other than that, I'm very happy.

What you need is RAM, not a better graphics chip. A graphics chip will help with 3D stuff. Page layout, Photoshop, etc., will benefit from RAM far more than a faster graphics chip.

Your machine, if its a Core Duo, is stuck at 2GB. If its a Core 2 Duo, it'll take 3GB.

 

[mckyvlle]

What you need is RAM, not a better graphics chip. A graphics chip will help with 3D stuff. Page layout, Photoshop, etc., will benefit from RAM far more than a faster graphics chip.

Your machine, if its a Core Duo, is stuck at 2GB. If its a Core 2 Duo, it'll take 3GB.

While Santa Rosa Core 2 Duos and Penryns go up to 4gigs.

 

[jayeskreezy]

i got a used first gen blackbook. i'm the sort of the person who lets his car get all dirty, so initially all the smudges were a bother and now i don't even pay attention to them and let them accumulate.

my general sense is that mac laptops don't seem to be built as reliably as pc laptops. with this blackbook, some annoyances that i experience:
- somewhat of a sharp front edge on wrists/lower forearms while typing
- screen flickers intermittently
- i jammed the blackbook into a laptop case that a bit small a few times and then i noticed that some of the black polycarbonate or whatever the material the casing is made of, was rubbed off. i wasn't too impressed that strong rubbing against the case by the material of a laptop bag would take have such a dieting effect. material was rubbed off only on the top cover and not the bottom cover but the top cover is more noticeable.
- no modem or pcmcia slot
- haven't learned yet how to do that two finger right click

i like mac os x and i will continue using this blackbook, but by no means am i totally enamoured by mac laptops. i'm keeping my pc laptops for their greater hardware (yes, windows isn't so hot) reliability and extended function (modem and pcmcia).

so in my mind, neither pc nor macs are the be-all-end-all to computer nirvana.

you probably would've enjoyed a macbook pro better

 

[vansouza]

Had mine since August of 2006.

Very happy, but it's hard to ignore the cracks.

Won't Apple Care fix the unit for you, because if that kind of damage is not covered then I am not going to get one.

 

[iMpathetic]

While Santa Rosa Core 2 Duos and Penryns go up to 4gigs.

Yup! I can't wait to stuff mine with 4GB.

 

[MacGeekDC]

No the penryns are better then the meroms i owned both the new ones cool better for a nice suprize i think the vents bigger

 

[kerotab]

I've had mine since April '07 and have had no problems what so ever. My only gripe about it is that the keyboard can get dirty easily but hey, nobody said it was perfect! =)