Hi Gang,
Took posession of my 13" Black MacBook this Morning. Ordered yesterday from B&H Photo Video in NYC - delivery in under 24 hours from the time I placed the order. Well Done B&H!
Last Night I also ordered 2GB of RAM from MacSales ($225 total 2 1GB Sticks) Also Arrived this morning. Well Done MacSales!
Now onto the Review
Luckily everything was delivered via FedEx so it all came at the same time. Before I even turned on the computer, i unscrewed the L Shaped Panal and removed the stock ram, and popped in the two 1GB sticks. about 5-10 minutes later I'm up and running.
Now, I use to have a MacBook Pro 15" 1.83ghz, and when the 2GHZ MacBook came out, I really needed to sit down and think If the MacBook Pro was worth it, and it wasn't so up on eBay it went. I'm not a graphic designer to the Integrated Graphics don't bother me.
With the 2GB of RAM this computer flies, and knocks the socks off of my MacBook Pro. The Screen is Gorgeous, very bright and crisp colors. Keyboard is a much better design than the MBP, in some ways i'll miss the backlit kybd, but the screen is so bright on the MacBook that I shouldn't have a problem. Excellent feel to the keyboard as well.
Trackpad is the same as the MBP, nice and wide with plenty of room for your fingers to be comfortable. Speakers sound decent for a laptop of this size, and i think they are placed up near the screen.
One thing i need to make a note of is the Charger size, what a dramatic difference from the MBP reminds me of the old PowerBook Charger. Much more easier to lug around than the MBP brick.
The Black Casing is BEAUTIFUL - I'm a big fan of black techy stuff, have a black cell phone, black iPod so why not a black macbook?
It's worth the extra money just for the cool factor alone.
Haven't had much time to "play" with it yet, just been copying over my iTunes and iPhoto libraries this morning.
I will update this thread with a more Performance Detailed and Battery Reviews within the next couple days.
Thanks for Reading! Leave Comments!
Took posession of my 13" Black MacBook this Morning. Ordered yesterday from B&H Photo Video in NYC - delivery in under 24 hours from the time I placed the order. Well Done B&H!
Last Night I also ordered 2GB of RAM from MacSales ($225 total 2 1GB Sticks) Also Arrived this morning. Well Done MacSales!
Now onto the Review
Luckily everything was delivered via FedEx so it all came at the same time. Before I even turned on the computer, i unscrewed the L Shaped Panal and removed the stock ram, and popped in the two 1GB sticks. about 5-10 minutes later I'm up and running.
Now, I use to have a MacBook Pro 15" 1.83ghz, and when the 2GHZ MacBook came out, I really needed to sit down and think If the MacBook Pro was worth it, and it wasn't so up on eBay it went. I'm not a graphic designer to the Integrated Graphics don't bother me.
With the 2GB of RAM this computer flies, and knocks the socks off of my MacBook Pro. The Screen is Gorgeous, very bright and crisp colors. Keyboard is a much better design than the MBP, in some ways i'll miss the backlit kybd, but the screen is so bright on the MacBook that I shouldn't have a problem. Excellent feel to the keyboard as well.
Trackpad is the same as the MBP, nice and wide with plenty of room for your fingers to be comfortable. Speakers sound decent for a laptop of this size, and i think they are placed up near the screen.
One thing i need to make a note of is the Charger size, what a dramatic difference from the MBP reminds me of the old PowerBook Charger. Much more easier to lug around than the MBP brick.
The Black Casing is BEAUTIFUL - I'm a big fan of black techy stuff, have a black cell phone, black iPod so why not a black macbook?
It's worth the extra money just for the cool factor alone.
Haven't had much time to "play" with it yet, just been copying over my iTunes and iPhoto libraries this morning.
I will update this thread with a more Performance Detailed and Battery Reviews within the next couple days.
Thanks for Reading! Leave Comments!