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Going from MacBook Pro to MacBook

Kilamite - I can't speak for previous generation of Macbooks, as this MB (Unibody 2.0) is the first one i've owned. I can tell you this, there is no problem with it. The only problem is if you only start looking for problems (if that makes sense). The moment you have that illusion in your head that something is wrong with these screens, you will try and look for errors.

For that added bit of 'security', why not just go in the Apple Store / John Lewis and try them out.

If your at Strathclyde, I study there too - if you want to meet up, I can show you mines if you so wish.

;)
 
The Samurai said:
Kilamite - I can't speak for previous generation of Macbooks, as this MB (Unibody 2.0) is the first one i've owned. I can tell you this, there is no problem with it. The only problem is if you only start looking for problems (if that makes sense). The moment you have that illusion in your head that something is wrong with these screens, you will try and look for errors.

If your at Strathclyde, I study there too - if you want to meet up, I can show you mines if you so wish.

;)
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Good to know - I've checked out a few reviews on YouTube which show the screen, angles, etc and it doesn't look half bad compared to the Pro. Almost identical.

And I'm in the Burgh mate - I avoid Wedgieland if I can ;) Cheers for the offer though!
 
Kilamite said:
Good to know - I've checked out a few reviews on YouTube which show the screen, angles, etc and it doesn't look half bad compared to the Pro. Almost identical.

And I'm in the Burgh mate - I avoid Wedgieland if I can ;) Cheers for the offer though!
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No worries mate, all the best with your 'quest' ;)

Just curious, you trading/selling your MBP for the MB?
 
The Samurai said:
No worries mate, all the best with your 'quest' ;)

Just curious, you trading/selling your MBP for the MB?
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It's within 40 days of purchase, but I'm hoping a mate will do be a favour in the store where I bought it from. I'll probably have to pay a 10% fee, but not that bothered.
 
Kilamite said:
Thanks for the comparison photo. Doesn't look too bad I guess! The washed out look at the top and bottom black bars - is that visible when looking straight on, or is it just the photo that kind of emphasises it in the same way reflections look much worse in a photo?

What is the sound quality like with the built in speakers compared to the Pro?
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Head on the MacBook display isn't too bad.

As with the speakers, they sound a bit muffled. The MacBook Pro has grills (or rather holes) for the speakers, while the MacBook doesn't.
 
Kilamite said:
Has anyone else done the same thing? Any regrets about the screen quality? Or pretty much the same?
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The unibody Macbook screen was the reason I bought an Air. I still have my MB though because other than the screen it's a pretty amazing computer. My MB and MBA side by side look exactly like the picture HLDan posted. Looking at it dead on so that there's no vertical viewing angle involved the top of the screen is a different shade than the bottom, even while viewing a completely flat color.

The only time it really bugs me is when watching dark movies with a lot of black or for serious work where color accuracy is important (ie: Photoshop). For just browsing and pretty much everything else it's okay. You just have to tilt the screen a lot to get a good angle when you move or go away and sit back down. With the Air and the MBP you don't have to adjust the screen so much and can actually get flat colors dead on.
 
Apple has ALWAYS cheaped out on displays for their consumer portables. Always. Compare an iBook to the same model Powerbook and the iBook's display will look pale and blocky to it's silver sister.

The uni MB's led is probably the best screen that Apple's put into a consumer notebook, but it's NOT the same as a MBP. What galls me at my local apple store is hearing the blueshirts tell people that the screens on the two machines are identical, only the macbook's is smaller. Not true. But if you're going to be doing basic stuff with it, and have a good external monitor to hook it up to when you're not, it should be fine.

Calibration can make a big difference, but why can't Apple do that before they box these new machines?

If Apple put a better screen in a macbook size package, and called it a 13" macbook pro, I'm guessing people would buy the heck out of them.
 
Okay, well I'm just back from my local Apple Retailer and was able to compare the MacBook Pro and MacBook side by side. Can't say I'm impressed at all with the MacBook.. I did some colour calibration, played around with the gamma, but the display was so washed out and blacks were just greyish compared to the Pro.

The viewing angle was fine, but it is just the depth of colours that is appalling. I took a movie on my USB stick so I could compare it (staff were friendly enough to assist me/paranoid enough to think I was going to do something naughty!) and the Pro was just in a completely different league. The MacBook display isn't bad for a consumer screen - but when you have the Pro next to it, you really do notice how washed out it is.

So, to sum up, there's not a chance in hell I'll be swapping my Pro for a MacBook!

Thanks all for the replies - but all it took was for me to see with my own eyes the two side by side, and I just can't say anything good about the MacBook's display.

Hope I don't sound too much of a dick to the MacBook owners! I'm just giving my honest opinion..
 
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