Still $999 for me!huh.
the price went up to 1149 now.
was 999 with same specs.. few hours ago
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Apple Quietly Updates Entry-Level White MacBook
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This was all planned from the beginning like with the 17" Pro, the way things were for the last few months made people appreciate more the Unibodies. Apple probably sold more Alu Macbooks than they would have if the White one had the specs it has right now.
Apple can still update the other 2 macbooks in a couple of months and the pros a couple of months later, no need to touch the White and the 17" Pro then. Genius!
Apple can still update the other 2 macbooks in a couple of months and the pros a couple of months later, no need to touch the White and the 17" Pro then. Genius!
Or wait until refurbs of the new white one are available and you will be back at a $300 difference!
Aluminium advantages:
Thinner, lighter, faster memory, nicer screen, bigger hard drive, glass trackpad, longer battery life (by 30 mins), Mini DisplayPort, more environmentally friendly.
White advantages:
Sexier (in my opinion), more durable, Firewire, glossy but not mirror glossy, $300.
Thinner, lighter, faster memory, nicer screen, bigger hard drive, glass trackpad, longer battery life (by 30 mins), Mini DisplayPort, more environmentally friendly.
White advantages:
Sexier (in my opinion), more durable, Firewire, glossy but not mirror glossy, $300.
Green-peace is not buying enough unibodies and no one is paying Apple to act differently. In the mean time, the packages are smaller
I guess this means that they were not burning through stock on the Polycarbonate Macbooks. Those cases are more than likely still in full swing production.
Its the huge black border, ugh. I like the black, just wish the border was thinner like on the new 17" MBP, now that is one good looking computer.
I guess the unibody is sexier, but there's just something about a white Apple product, its been their signature colour for years.
Its the huge black border, ugh. I like the black, just wish the border was thinner like on the new 17" MBP, now that is one good looking computer.
I guess the unibody is sexier, but there's just something about a white Apple product, its been their signature colour for years.
I've always thought that the white macbook was cute, while the alu macbook was sexy.
I wonder if they will use the same motherboard, integrated graphics, processor for the next update of the mac mini. It seems plausible, at least more so than the atom ion mac mini imo.
Amen.
This is why I was looking forward to the Aluminum 13" Macbook, but the lack of FireWire makes it a useless device for me. My Protools rig requires FireWire. But I don't want to spend $2200 on a laptop, and I don't want to buy a laptop that cracks under regular use. If I had to buy a laptop today, it would be a hackintosh (if possible)
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So let me get this straight. . .
You have to pay extra to get No FireWire!
So the business model for Apple laptops is.
$1000 . . . FireWire 400
$1500 . . . FireWire 000
$2500 . . . FireWire 800
I'm getting tired of linear thinking anyway!
You have to pay extra to get No FireWire!
So the business model for Apple laptops is.
$1000 . . . FireWire 400
$1500 . . . FireWire 000
$2500 . . . FireWire 800
I'm getting tired of linear thinking anyway!
Agreed. I like the Aluminum look MUCH better than the white plastic. The increased durability of the Aluminum is just another plus.
Also, there are a number of folks here speculating that the FW 400 is continued here because Apple is "testing the waters" or "realizes their mistake"... Let it go, people. Seriously. If you know anything about the history of Apple products and their approach to technology, they are a company that is the first to remove dated technology from their products when they see a newer or better one on the horizon (remember the disk drive folks?).
Despite the number of peripherals which currently offer FW 400 options, FW 400 is a dying technology playing the back nine of it's useful life. With USB 3.0 around the corner (not to mention FW 3200...or is it 3600), new standards are about to issued and Apple, as it usually is, will be at the forefront of the products' introduction and implementation. The only reason the FW 400 is still offered on this machine is b/c Apple has essentially acknowledged that it is the machine of choice for those looking almost exclusively at the fiscal bottom line in their purchasing decisions. These folks are the most likely to have peripherals which do not use the FW 800 or any other forthcoming technologies.
You have to remember that firewire is not an issue for a lot of mac customers these days. Before intel, if you were a mac customer you'd expect these things because we did stuff with our macs. Now, people are buying macs because they are cool, look good, and can run windows if they are too ignorant to learn os x.
I think a mac without firewire is ridiculous, but the typical mac user is changing to college students who only use their computers for word processing, itunes, internet, and of course . . . porn.
I think a mac without firewire is ridiculous, but the typical mac user is changing to college students who only use their computers for word processing, itunes, internet, and of course . . . porn.
I wouldn't say a nice screen. The white MB's screen looks better.
The new screen makes colors look white, and its viewing angle is terrible.
But from a programmer's point of view, the crap screen doesn't matter.
I am sure, as others also thing, that the Ion rumor is directly related to an update to the AppleTV, its not related to the mini.
Well this makes the already crappy $800 mini even more crappier!
$200 more gets a screen, a keyboard, a battery.....
$200 more gets a screen, a keyboard, a battery.....