Not anymore, they updated the store overnight and the 2.0GHZ no longer says Backlit keyboard... sure took Apple a long time to fix that mistake.
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Not anymore, they updated the store overnight and the 2.0GHZ no longer says Backlit keyboard... sure took Apple a long time to fix that mistake.
Black anodized aluminum. I don't have to make difficult decision between the last Blackbook & the New macbook then
Ok, I just saw on the website that the back-lit keyboard description was removed from the entry level MacBook. I called Apple and they confirmed that this was indeed a mistake and that this MacBook does NOT have a back-lit keyboard. The CS rep told me that they've been receiving many calls about this from disgruntled customers. Well, they offered me a $100 off my order for me troubles. I'm not sure if they'll offer this to everyone who ordered yesterday. For me, their records showed that I called several times yesterday to confirm the back-lighting and I also had screen-shots of my order pages and online chat session all showing that I was given wrong information. If you did order yesterday though, it wouldn't hurt to call and complain and see if you can get $100 off!
Yeah, I saw they changed this...
I'm disappointed the new MacBook 2.0GHz model does not have the backlit keyboard. It's not like it costs a couple bucks to include the lighting in the other model... I understand it's to draw more to the more expen$ive model, but come-on... Anyway, it's good of them to give a $100 dollar credit to those who were early buyers, instead of simply saying "Our mistake". I'm wondering if they would allow you to cancel the order, take that $100 and use it to purchase the 2.4GHz model? (hungryghost)
The Black Anodized Aluminum would be very sharp, but the black boarder around the monitor would look a little weird... Possible in the future, but who knows... (kanketsu)
What do you personally use FireWire for? I use it for video editing when uploading vid from my camera... It surely helps... Bummer.