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Is the unibody macbook one of apple's best notebooks ever?

The new MacBook is very solid and quiet. Excellent battery life. LED screen. So far it's a great notebook, and I expect to keep it for many years.
 
the MB13 is already pretty much the MBP13, what with the new graphics and alum. construction, i can't really think of anything that will make it more MBP like, except may be a better screen. As for the powerbook 12, it was good, but let's face it, with all this new technology clearly the new macbook has taken over, i mean the 12" was 4.5 pounds too, so it's heavier relatively.
 
chocolaterabbit said:
the MB13 is already pretty much the MBP13, what with the new graphics and alum. construction, i can't really think of anything that will make it more MBP like, except may be a better screen. As for the powerbook 12, it was good, but let's face it, with all this new technology clearly the new macbook has taken over, i mean the 12" was 4.5 pounds too, so it's heavier relatively.
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If that makes you feel better saying that then ok. LOL :rolleyes:
 
chocolaterabbit said:
the MB13 is already pretty much the MBP13, what with the new graphics and alum. construction, i can't really think of anything that will make it more MBP like, except may be a better screen. As for the powerbook 12, it was good, but let's face it, with all this new technology clearly the new macbook has taken over, i mean the 12" was 4.5 pounds too, so it's heavier relatively.
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I think of it the same way, even though I've never had a powerbook of any dimensions. Of course, people will never be happy, if the screens will be as good as the MBA's someone will cry for better pixel density/resolution, more USB ports, of course Firewire, BLU-ray, express cards, all for the base 999 or something, while it would have to cost as much as a 17"MBP.
 
I understand your feeling and im feeling the exact same way!

The new macbook is a top notch laptop, i have never seen a laptop that looks so great and solid!

If it wasn't for the size i would have gone for the Pro model but 15" is too big for me don't have much room left in a plane when using a 15" notebook, and it is a bit too expensive for a laptop, here the MacBook unibody costs 2000$ (2314$ with applecare) which is the price of a MacBook Pro in the united states, the MacBook Pro starts at 2600$ without applecare (+314$ for applecare) which is a bit too much for me to put in a computer.
 
The construction is great. It's amazing just how much they improved this compared to the old ones.

But damn, the computer itself is ugly. There was no reason why Apple needed to give it all that hideous black plastic - the best thing about the old MacBook Pro was that it was all silver, it looked like it was all metal. That was the beauty of it.

Why on earth would you want to put a black rim around the display like that? If it was silver, it would just look like a continuation of the lid which would be much nicer. Same goes for the keyboard, it could easily have been made silver and much more beautiful.
 
I'm gonna say there's two categories here:

Closed, I think the Unibodies are the best looking Mac Notebooks.
Open, it's a different story. The MBP Classic is great. The Black/Silver... meh. Plus the big wide bezel on the new one's is garish. Especially when they touted the Old-Style Cinema Display matte grey as the least ... distracting... color for a bezel. It's like taking a step backwards. I wish they could have just kept the top case as is on the MBP's - and I wouldnt really mind white chicklet keyboard ie just like the wireless. Aluminum and White!
 
neiltc13 said:
The construction is great. It's amazing just how much they improved this compared to the old ones.

But damn, the computer itself is ugly. There was no reason why Apple needed to give it all that hideous black plastic - the best thing about the old MacBook Pro was that it was all silver, it looked like it was all metal. That was the beauty of it.

Why on earth would you want to put a black rim around the display like that? If it was silver, it would just look like a continuation of the lid which would be much nicer. Same goes for the keyboard, it could easily have been made silver and much more beautiful.
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The rim around the screen is not plastic. Apart from that there is the keys. What would you suggest they made them out of?
 
Tinknock71 said:
Yes she is very sexy! Oh you mean the Macbook! yes they did a great Job on the build, quality, finish. I love the look of it nice and thin. I think they will upgrade the MBP to look like the rest of them. The wife said the other day I wish you spent as much time with me as you do your Macbook! I told her at least it turns on and off when I want it to!!!
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You said that and you are still among the living??? WOW!:)
 
It is a great little notebook. I have taken it on two business trips lately and it gets the job done. I run VM Fusion and Windows Vista with a bootcamp partition, Office 2008, do work on the corporate VPN etc. All good.
 
I am simply blown away by the new unibody MacBooks. before they came along, I wasn't really interested in laptops at all. but, I saw one in real life and I just thought, "Wow! That looks so cool!" the first thing that really caught my eye was the keyboard -- it's hard to really grasp how good-looking it is online (since there are no Apple stores nearby) and you don't know how cool it looks until you actually see it for yourself. it looks so nice with the black border around the screen which, along with the chrome bezel, makes the screen look like it is much brighter and has a much higher contrast. I think that, along with how thin it is and just how damn sexy it is makes it an amazing machine.

since I saw one for the first time 3 weeks ago, I have saved up over $300 and I'm planning I buy a 2.4GhZ model as soon as I possibly can

:)
 
friekunater said:
I am simply blown away by the new unibody MacBooks. before they came along, I wasn't really interested in laptops at all. but, I saw one in real life and I just thought, "Wow! That looks so cool!" the first thing that really caught my eye was the keyboard -- it's hard to really grasp how good-looking it is online (since there are no Apple stores nearby) and you don't know how cool it looks until you actually see it for yourself. it looks so nice with the black border around the screen which, along with the chrome bezel, makes the screen look like it is much brighter and has a much higher contrast. I think that, along with how thin it is and just how damn sexy it is makes it an amazing machine.

since I saw one for the first time 3 weeks ago, I have saved up over $300 and I'm planning I buy a 2.4GhZ model as soon as I possibly can

:)
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*whip noises*
 
Eric S. said:
Lack of Firewire automatically disqualifies it for consideration as "best ever."
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why do people always complain about lack of FireWire? I had never even heard of FireWire until people started complaining about it! our 4-5 year old Dell desktop doesn't have it, and I don't have any FireWire cords or anything that connects to FireWire ports.

when did FireWire come around anyway?

doesn't seem like a big deal to me
 
friekunater said:
why do people always complain about lack of FireWire?
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Well you can read all of the arguments in this very long thread, and see that for many people it is a big deal:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/583377/

But arguments pro and con on Firewire aside, on the new Macbook Apple removed a technology that had been included on every Mac laptop since Pismo in 2000, with no adequate replacement (a technology, moreover, that Apple invented). Obviously that rules out any consideration of this laptop as Apple's "best ever."
 
Eric S. said:
Obviously that rules out any consideration of this laptop as Apple's "best ever."
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To some that might rule out any consideration of the Macbook as best ever, but to make such a blanket statement is unfair as people have very different needs. For a large amount of people, Firewire is unnecessary and the Macbook is the best. I certainly do love my Macbook Pro and can see how people would love the Macbook so much.
 
Chandler Adaway said:
I think the 12" powerbook was such a technologically advanced machine for it's time that everyone who got to experience it's release are still in love with it till this day.
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I gotta agree with you. I bought 12" iBook (what I'm typing on now) instead of getting the 12" PB. I just wish I could have afforded the PB, I was 24 and about to head to grad school. Oh well :(
 
Eric S. said:
It is clearly not the "best ever" if it lacks even the capabilities of the previous model, regardless of people's needs.
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Considering the capabilities of the newer model are superior to the previous model in almost all areas, I'd hardly call the previous model better, which it would have to be to say that the new model is clearly not the best ever.
 
I really think the Power Book Ti was one of the more refined Apple notebooks.

I was much much younger (still very young at 19...), but the design was enthralling.
 
MysticMage said:
I personally feel the 12" PowerBook was, but meh.
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the 12" powerbook was and will always remain the best laptop for its time

in todays market it was more compact than the macbook air (its not as thin) and as powerful as the current macbook pro.
 
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