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Core 2 Duo MacBooks Announced

Toronto1970 said:
I'm assuming that it's the harddrive upgrade which is delaying the shipment. Has anyone with just a RAM upgrade had their machine shipped on time?
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I ordered a C2D MB the day it was announced. White, with an upgrade to 2GB. Apple estimated the ship date as the 13-15th, and it shipped on the 13th. The estimated arrival date from FedEx was November 17th, but now it looks like there's a chance it will be a day early.

The short answer is "yes."

EDIT: It did indeed arrive a day earlier than FedEx's estimate. I did not pay for the expedited shipping. Now I have the MB sitting in a box at work...can't wait until I get home tonight!
 
well, i ordered the standard middle model no further upgrades.

My estimated shipping date (to Toronto, Canada) was Nov 27th- Dec 5th

FedEx tells me it will be here TOMORROW (the 17th) by 6pm!

:eek: Only problem is i have a 10 page essay due monday :confused:
 
I'm in the UK and I always call them for an update because the online system is so slow for updates.

Anyway, I ordered on the 8th and it's still in China ready to get on the plane.
They'll be using UPS as the courier for delivery in the UK.
 
kinster said:
I'm in the UK and I always call them for an update because the online system is so slow for updates.

Anyway, I ordered on the 8th and it's still in China ready to get on the plane.
They'll be using UPS as the courier for delivery in the UK.
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Weird.. I am in UK too. They sent my MBP with tnt. They also sent 2 MBs with tnt. Ordered the MB on 11th. One was shipped 14th and one was shipped on 15th. The latest was ordered with an engraved iPod shuffle.
 
I got my C2D today!!

First of all, when they delayed the shipping, I was pissed - just like everyone else. Not mad, but anxious. On Apple's site after the delay, it said "estimated delivery Nov. 25-27" - When I went to bed last night, it was in Alaska. This morning, I wake up and its on the truck in Cincy - ready for delivery. I have to say, I am totally stoked. I got standard ground delivery and from Shanghai - Cincy, it took 2 days. I'm impressed and it just makes me that much happier to be an Apple shareholder!!

Cheers!

~ KV
 
I posted in the "Got your C2D Macbook yet" thread, but I thought I'd post here as well. I ordered my MB the day they were released with the upgraded ram to 2GB. When I first ordered, it said shipping Nov. 13-15, expected delivery Nov. 24-Dec. 4. It ended up shipping a day early (12th), and then the expected delivery was put at Nov. 16th at 6pm. I ended up getting it yesterday (15th) just a little after 1pm. So initially the shipping time seemed a bit too far away for my liking, it was an initial conservative estimate I think. Good business practice though, under promise and over deliver.
 
Uneven brightness

So having a gradient on your screen (instead of a solid color) is okay according to apple?

I bought my macbook c2d last week, i got it tuesday, and today i went to the apple store to get it looked at.

The top of the screen is normal, but the bottom 50-55% is lighter than the top, so light that the taskbar is washed out. you can still see it and use it but i expected better from apple.

I thought i had a bad screen, so i took it in to get it looked at, but then they showed me two other macbooks and they have the same "problem".


I know apple can use great screens on their products, I own a 23" ACD and love it! I checked over 30 other monitors and it was the ONLY ONE that had even brightness. (i did not check the dell or samsunf 24" ers, but if i was gonna spend 800+ dollars i might as well get the best looking one.)


This is my very first mac computer and am very disheartened.

Are your guys'/gals' mbs the same?

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P.S. - on the brightside (or slightly dim side) my macbook is quiet and cool, the only time i was able to hear the fan was wednesday night at school when i was working the hell out of it in photoshop.
 
ok so I just checked my email and I have just recieved an invoice from apple in ireleand, seems a bit strange seeing as I have already had an email invoice when i ordered my macbook on the 8th of this month.

So do you guys think this means that my macbook is now in ireleand? there is no new info on the apple tracking page - it still says "In transit to final destination - carrier details to be updated shortly".

I hope this means my new toy is close to home, I may try phoning apple like a poster above suggested he does, and see if they could tell me where it is!
 
krayg said:
ok so I just checked my email and I have just recieved an invoice from apple in ireleand, seems a bit strange seeing as I have already had an email invoice when i ordered my macbook on the 8th of this month.

So do you guys think this means that my macbook is now in ireleand? there is no new info on the apple tracking page - it still says "In transit to final destination - carrier details to be updated shortly".

I hope this means my new toy is close to home, I may try phoning apple like a poster above suggested he does, and see if they could tell me where it is!
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Yeah, I got the same email, fingers crossed :confused:
 
saveranger said:
The top of the screen is normal, but the bottom 50-55% is lighter than the top, so light that the taskbar is washed out. you can still see it and use it but i expected better from apple.
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Does this change when you change the angle at which you're viewing the screen? If so, it might just be that Macbooks have a crappy vertical viewing angle.
 
i just phoned apple, they said that the macbook is shipping from china and hasnt reached england yet. Once it does it will be shipped via UPS and the online order tracking will be updated with the tracking details. I hope this irish email means that it has arrived in ireland and will be in england soon! :confused:
 
Got mine this morning. Custom configured to 2 GB ram. I'm not even taking it out of the box though for another 2 days until Michigan weekend is over.
 
How many days...

How many days past your "ship by" date did your BTO MB ship?... Mine is listed as shipping by today, so obviously they're gonna miss it by one day at least. Are the BTO's coming out of China as well?... or Taiwan?.. (or it it a Taiwanese company with a factory on the mainland?...) if it's a mainland factory, I imagine they are going 7 days/week, so a bunch of systems would likely be updated in Apple's systems on Monday.

As you can tell, just getting anxious to see if something gets moving soon.... I was hoping to have it by Wednesday for the holiday weekend. But, if Apple really pushes it back, and Apple has the Black-Friday sale.... hmmm.....

on an semi-nrelated note, do the Apple stores still offer the "monster" systems with the memory and HD maxed out?.. I remember seeing these before, but haven't seen them in a while....
 
How are they working?

Maybe I'm just not paying close enough attention, but I'm not seeing many posts on how the C2D MBs are functioning.

So, how are they? (speed, screen, battery life, wireless reception, oohs and ahhs from Windoze people :)

Or, if there is a thread on this please point me in that direction.

*Likely MB owner after MWSF*
 
a newbie here for Mac. just fell in love with it at first sight. i have some embarrassing questions here and hope that someone could help me. i will be going to Hong Kong for a business trip next week and am thinking of buying myself a MB there as my 'beloved' country wont be getting it anytime soon. My questions are:-

1) are all MB's the same (for all countries ie. keyboard or do the ones in HK has additional Chinese characters?)
2) i understand that the packaging includes a country book. does it really matter?
3) when i do buy it in HK, does it warrant me to claim the warranty anywhere in the world if my MB fails on me?
4) and lastly, the silliest question but i have to make sure. when i buy the MB in HK, the OS installed would be in English or Chinese?

yeah, and I too would like to know how is the MB C2D. any feedbacks on it?
 
It should be compatible. You should also be able to find that out with a little creative googling, but it should work.

More problematic is the external enclosures available.

I didn't want one with just USB. I prefer firewire. Turns out that for 2.5" form factor, internal SATA drives, there is just one option. It looked like there were two, one from Wiebetech and one from Transintl.com, but I ended up getting one of each and, guess what? They are the same unit, branded differently, made in China.

The first one I had was bad. Once you put the drive in and screwed it together, a ball of solder on the board came into contact with the other board and it just would crap out. I returned it for a new one, but I'm not thrilled with this design. Still, it's the only way to go right now.

And one more thing, these particular enclosures will allegedly only support a 160 gig drive. This may not be important now, since you're just replacing the stock HD from a MB or MBP, but down the road, that may come into play.

Anyway, I have massive issues now with Sonnet's driver for their E4P card on my MacPro and must go waste more of my life troubleshooting.

Troubleshooting, while essential, and posting places such as this with tech message, much less essential, but I still do it on occasion, is much much less interesting than doing my creative work and I am tired of it.

I think I need to walk the dog.
 
Regarding external cases that support FW, OWC has a case that fits the bill.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/on-the-go

However, I decided that the price difference between me ordering the base drive in my C2DMB and then needing to buy a larger drive with a case right away wasn't worth it. These SATA drives aren't cheap, at least the good ones aren't. So I decided to get the 160 BTO, and then I'm still going to buy an external drive for the extra space I might need.

Those Wiebetech cases are nice, but REALLY expensive....

paulvee said:
It should be compatible. You should also be able to find that out with a little creative googling, but it should work.

More problematic is the external enclosures available.

I didn't want one with just USB. I prefer firewire. Turns out that for 2.5" form factor, internal SATA drives, there is just one option. It looked like there were two, one from Wiebetech and one from Transintl.com, but I ended up getting one of each and, guess what? They are the same unit, branded differently, made in China.

The first one I had was bad. Once you put the drive in and screwed it together, a ball of solder on the board came into contact with the other board and it just would crap out. I returned it for a new one, but I'm not thrilled with this design. Still, it's the only way to go right now.

And one more thing, these particular enclosures will allegedly only support a 160 gig drive. This may not be important now, since you're just replacing the stock HD from a MB or MBP, but down the road, that may come into play.

Anyway, I have massive issues now with Sonnet's driver for their E4P card on my MacPro and must go waste more of my life troubleshooting.

Troubleshooting, while essential, and posting places such as this with tech message, much less essential, but I still do it on occasion, is much much less interesting than doing my creative work and I am tired of it.

I think I need to walk the dog.
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my lucky day....

Got the dreaded "unexpected delay" email last night about 2 in the morning, but got the "your order has shipped" (or at least FedEx is aware of it) email today.. :)

Supposed to have it before the holiday weekend... yeah!!!

Oh, and GO USC!!!! :D
 
daijhin said:
a newbie here for Mac. just fell in love with it at first sight. i have some embarrassing questions here and hope that someone could help me. i will be going to Hong Kong for a business trip next week and am thinking of buying myself a MB there as my 'beloved' country wont be getting it anytime soon. My questions are:-

1) are all MB's the same (for all countries ie. keyboard or do the ones in HK has additional Chinese characters?)
2) i understand that the packaging includes a country book. does it really matter?
3) when i do buy it in HK, does it warrant me to claim the warranty anywhere in the world if my MB fails on me?
4) and lastly, the silliest question but i have to make sure. when i buy the MB in HK, the OS installed would be in English or Chinese?

yeah, and I too would like to know how is the MB C2D. any feedbacks on it?
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I was in Hong Kong a year ago, I'll answer as best I remember.

1) Most likely you will have Chinese characters. You might get the Chinese characters as stickers you can stick onto the keyboard
2) What is a country book? :)
3) Warranty is valid worldwide, although if your 'beloved' country isn't going to get the C2D MB anytime soon, you will want to check for who's going to repair the item in case of troubles. Incidentally I understand that if you're going to have an issue, most issues occur in the first 24 hours for a computer, so try and make sure you get the computer early on in your trip so you get the chance to use it for that crucial early period.
4) OS will be in English or Chinese according to your choice. I believe English is the default.

I recommend these two vendors:
Designer Group Company http://www.designergroup.com.hk/
New Vision Technology Limited http://www.newvision.com.hk/

They each have 4/3 branches around Hong Kong, and I would regularly go and hang out in the shops. They offer good, not outstanding, service and are reputable. You could visit the websites, get the telephone numbers and give them a call with all your questions - even pre-order the unit to have it ready with what you want when you arrive in HK.

As for feedback, not sure yet. I did hear that cnet gave c2d mb editor's pick!

enjoy!
 
There are multiple incoming reports on the Macbook, many in the Macbook subsection of the forum. See


Official benchmarks:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/252154/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/252555/

Here is a compilation of other topics on MB C2D:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/251100/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/252119/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/251701/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/251449/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/253411/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/251226/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/253421/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/252878/


To answer another question regarding the Hitachi Travelstar 5K160
grum said:
anyone?
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See the reviews on this drive from Newegg... No problem installing it in the Macbook...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145113
 
Romulus said:
There are multiple incoming reports on the Macbook, many in the Macbook subsection of the forum. See


Official benchmarks:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/252154/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/252555/

Here is a compilation of other topics on MB C2D:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/251100/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/252119/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/251701/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/251449/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/253411/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/251226/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/253421/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/252878/


To answer another question regarding the Hitachi Travelstar 5K160


See the reviews on this drive from Newegg... No problem installing it in the Macbook...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145113
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nice 1 thanks mate
 
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