Y'all happy with your blackbooks?

[bluedoggiant]

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I want one!! I don't think I'm gonna get a white one

 

[trip1ex]

I ended up returning my black refurb MB.

I don't know what I'm getting now. I don't absolutely need a laptop, but like moving around the house with one when I had it. Right now I move my 17" iMac around the house except it doesn't work well on the couch. IT does well on the coffee table though.

I'm getting closer and closer to eliminating the MBP from consideration as more and more I don't want the gaming temptation.

That leaves me at the MBA or trying another MB. I like the black better, but would probably get a new middle of the road whitey one. The MBA rocks with the trackpad and screen and size and everything really but hd space.

 

[Pacer69]

lol smudges. Golly, you'd almost think a computer wasn't a tool used to accomplish a task.

I'm pretty happy with mine, but the caveat is that I don't do any heavy lifting with it. In the end, size was the probably the biggest reason I didn't get a MBP, followed closely by nitpicky stuff like the embedded keyboard and no latch. I got the mid 07 model, so I'm also stuck with 2GB of ram. Not a bad model by any means, but definitely "high end consumer" rather than "pro" material. It's almost like they planned it that way.

Lost me there...that model is upgradeable to at least 3 if not 4gb of RAM. You're not stuck with 2gb...at all.

BTW your reasons for getting a MB are pretty much my exact reasons for upgrading from my PB 1.67 to a BlackBook. Not too worried about the heavy lifting as I don't game on my 'puter and I figure a 2.2 or 2.4 MB will be a big performance increase over my PowerBook, even in occasional iMovie/iDVD stuff.

 

[iMpathetic]

Lost me there...that model is upgradeable to at least 3 if not 4gb of RAM. You're not stuck with 2gb...at all.

BTW your reasons for getting a MB are pretty much my exact reasons for upgrading from my PB 1.67 to a BlackBook. Not too worried about the heavy lifting as I don't game on my 'puter and I figure a 2.2 or 2.4 MB will be a big performance increase over my PowerBook, even in occasional iMovie/iDVD stuff.

Okay, speaking of huge performance gains....

My main 'puter is a PMG3 with three 19" displays. CRTs.

Shazam.

Yeah, BlackBook, you're inferior. I'm sorry.

 

[Pacer69]

Okay, speaking of huge performance gains....

My main 'puter is a PMG3 with three 19" displays. CRTs.

Shazam.

Yeah, BlackBook, you're inferior. I'm sorry.

Ah, you must have that G3 setup in an airplane hangar! Those CRTs take up some real estate!

 

[gkarris]

Not really.

I wanted it to also have:

16 Gigs RAM
500 Gig SSD
Blu-ray/HD DVD RW Drive
3.0 GHz Octo Core
Backlit Keyboard
2 x 512 Meg ATI Graphics in SLI

And a 128 Gig iPod Touch (free after rebate).

All for $999

I didn't get any of these...

 

[HoldFastHope]

I didn't get any of these...

No matte screen?

 

[mikky05v]

All right guys, the responses to this thread have been way more positive than I thought they would be. Just what I need to hear.

It's actually kinda funny how good of a deal I'm getting. Thinkpad T60 Core Duo, Toshiba Satellite 1.6GHz Pentium 4-M, and $125. In return:

2.2GHz SR blackbook
1GB RAM
160GB HD
Leopard

w00t!

that's the exact specs of my new one I just got..
I waited for months for a black one to show up refurbished..
White is nice and all but it's different
the track pad is more glossy, the case feels odd, even the keys don't seem right lol.. at least not after having a blackbook since the MB was released.
I definitelt prefer it but i guess it's all based on preference, i have friends who would never buy a black one.. whatever tho, i love it
smudges are way better on the new ones and it comes with a handy cloth that kills umm easy

 

[iMpathetic]

that's the exact specs of my new one I just got..
I waited for months for a black one to show up refurbished..
White is nice and all but it's different
the track pad is more glossy, the case feels odd, even the keys don't seem right lol.. at least not after having a blackbook since the MB was released.
I definitelt prefer it but i guess it's all based on preference, i have friends who would never buy a black one.. whatever tho, i love it
smudges are way better on the new ones and it comes with a handy cloth that kills umm easy

Selling it for $1150 tonight. The end of an era.

 

[imfrog2002]

I had a White Macbook for almost a year, and I had nothing but trouble, I got a Blackbook (my white one broke, got a new one, and it was black. ) and it's been awesome. Not a single problem, and it is seamless. On the white one, the iSight, IR, and sleep ports were a little bit distracting. The blackbook is SO streamlined, and sleek. I think it looks, and works better than the MBP. It's also amazingly fast. I bootcamped XP onto it, and it's faster than the new computer that my mom got, and it's stats are supposedly better. I love it.

 

[iMpathetic]

I had a White Macbook for almost a year, and I had nothing but trouble, I got a Blackbook (my white one broke, got a new one, and it was black. ) and it's been awesome. Not a single problem, and it is seamless. On the white one, the iSight, IR, and sleep ports were a little bit distracting. The blackbook is SO streamlined, and sleek. I think it looks, and works better than the MBP. It's also amazingly fast. I bootcamped XP onto it, and it's faster than the new computer that my mom got, and it's stats are supposedly better. I love it.

Shut up......

Making me sad!

 

[kamm]

It's OK. I still miss our top-notch Vaio SZ - a FAR BETTER HW than this new BlackBook, passed to my parents - but hey, that couldn't run Leopard while this one runs XP.

 

[sixtyone]

i'm still in a constant debate with myself over getting the blackbook or a MBP...

what makes me lean towards the MBP is the resolution... the screen just seems way too small on the blackbook

 

[xraydoc]

Okay, speaking of huge performance gains....

My main 'puter is a PMG3 with three 19" displays. CRTs.

Shazam.

Yeah, BlackBook, you're inferior. I'm sorry.

Let's see you take that with you on a plane, to Starbucks, to give a presentation someplace...

 

[asmallchild]

i'm still in a constant debate with myself over getting the blackbook or a MBP...

what makes me lean towards the MBP is the resolution... the screen just seems way too small on the blackbook

For me, it was the finger stains.

 

[siurpeeman]

i picked up a refurb 2.2 ghz a few weeks ago, and i've been loving it ever since. anybody who knows me will tell you i'd be the type of person who'd be bothered by the smudges, but i'm surprisingly not. it's a computer, and i'm using it. i clean it every few days, and it's good enough for me.

 

[iMpathetic]

i'd be the type of person who'd be bothered by the smudges, but i'm surprisingly not. it's a computer, and i'm using it. i clean it every few days, and it's good enough for me.

Ha ha, when I had mine, I never, NEVER wiped it off.

I agree completely with you. Computers are meant to be used!

 

[OZMP]

i bought one today, went in to buy a base model white one LOL
I like it, cant compete with the macpro, but its not designed too. this keyboard is re-teaching me too touchtype as my bad habbits are a no go on a lappy keyboard lol.

i bought it for when i want to browse while on the couch or dont want to wake the GF, and the MP will still be my main machine... i control the screen from this machine, currently encoding movies on the MP while on the couch
Only gripe is the battery life seems to be non-existant even after a charge til full.
cheers,

 

[iMpathetic]

i bought one today, went in to buy a base model white one LOL
I like it, cant compete with the macpro, but its not designed too. this keyboard is re-teaching me too touchtype as my bad habbits are a no go on a lappy keyboard lol.

i bought it for when i want to browse while on the couch or dont want to wake the GF, and the MP will still be my main machine... i control the screen from this machine, currently encoding movies on the MP while on the couch
Only gripe is the battery life seems to be non-existant even after a charge til full.
cheers,

Have you calibrated it?

 

[dubhe]

Received my new one today, love it. Ok, it is a lot more than the white one for what it is but you won't regret it! See it here with my old 12" PB

 

[OZMP]

Have you calibrated it?

my internet is capped atm so cant load much, but i set the energy saver prefs to save power when on battery and go nuts when plugged in.

cheers,

 

[iMpathetic]

my internet is capped atm so cant load much, but i set the energy saver prefs to save power when on battery and go nuts when plugged in.

cheers,

All right then, here's the process.

Plug in, let it charge until it's at 100%
Keep it charged for two hours
Drain it until it goes to sleep
Leave it for five hours
Charge it back up to 100%

Your battery is now calibrated!

 

[iMpathetic]

Grrr...

Every time I read this thread, tears come to my eyes.

Why the *** did I sell it?

 

[archesdevil]

Love mine!