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It's a great little machine, but just add one firewire port. People say digital video cameras use mainly USB now, but I'm sorry to say it's still all firewire.

And if that's the case, why is it in the Mac Mini? Or the iMacs?

I don't buy the "Pro" reasoning. You don't edit home movies from a $200 camera on a Pro machine. Potential iMac buyers aren't up-sold to the Mac Pro to edit video, so why are MacBook users?
 
There are heaps of threads in the macbook section documenting people using 8GB in their macbooks.

Just because apple won't let you doesn't mean it doesn't work.
 
miicah said:
Plus an extra 2GB of ram
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AppleFreak89 said:
a lot of you are complaining that the only difference now between the white and the base level mbp is the firewire and aluminum. But what about the SD card slot AND the illuminated keyboard ;] :)?
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seb-opp said:
Don't forget that the 13" MBP lets you upgrade to 8GB and the MB still only allows up to 4GB RAM.
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It was much too early for me to even notice these differences. The 999 US price is now a bit bad.

I already knew my next MacBook was going to be a MBP but it's just a debate between i5 and C2D.
 
List of differences between the Macbook and Macbook Pro :

- Illuminated Keyboard
- FW800
- Crack resistant aluminum case
- SD card slot
- 4 GB of RAM

Yeah I'd say the MBP still deserve its name. Anyone saying otherwise is not looking at the whole picture. Also, I'd say for 200$, you'd be a fool to opt for the white Macbook. The illuminated keyboard alone is enough for me (why didn't I get the damn thing when I bought mine :mad:)
 
There is absolutely no reason to get a white MacBook anymore unless you are on a very strict budget...

For $200 more you get..

- an extra 2GB of RAM (with more room to upgrade later to 8GB)
- Firewire 800
- SD card slot
- illuminated keyboard
- more durable aluminum unibody

There really is no contest in this comparison...

The white MacBook needs a price drop to provide any meaning to its existence.

Hickman

edit: it looks like KnightWRX and I are on the same wavelength ;)
 
ziggyonice said:
The Mini DisplayPort supports video AND audio. Hopefully this will be across the line so that Apple can introduce their own HDMI adapters.
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Yeah, because it would be too easy to just use what the whole rest of the industry uses: HDMI. No. Apple has to use proprietary plugs again so that they can sell adapters at hilarious prices. (30 Euros for a Mini display port adapter cable. If that's not a rip off, then what is?)
 
Polycarbonate unibody enclosure?

I wonder how much different the cost would be if they would have made it from aluminum?

But I'm sure no one cares about stuff like that... :)
 
Honestly, the only reason Apple should continue selling these is for educational institutions.

They should take it off of the main store and just let schools buy them in bulk via the education store (similar to what they did with the eMac a while ago). They would then be able to remove the iSight camera from the design too (unless they want other school spying/privacy issues to pop up).

Hickman
 
this seems familiar... didn't they update the MacBook last year a few weeks before WWDC?
 
WTF? it is a whole whopping €100 more expensive ($130) here in the Netherlands. With a upgrade to 4gb RAM at €90 It comes to €1089 .... that is just €70 less then the MBP13.

What *were* they thinking when they made a laptop using 2007 tech more expensive instead of cheaper? The C2D are almost give away now and DDR3 doesn't cost didly squat anymore ... so why a €100 increase?

I wouldn't even get a MBP13 using technology this dated ... but this "new" plastic MB surely must be a joke, they could have just killed it off or rebranded the MBP13 as MB13 instead.

thumbs down apple!
 
Winni said:
Yeah, because it would be too easy to just use what the whole rest of the industry uses: HDMI. No. Apple has to use proprietary plugs again so that they can sell adapters at hilarious prices. (30 Euros for a Mini display port adapter cable. If that's not a rip off, then what is?)
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From my own experience both are bad choices because of the DRM that is inherent in both.
 
KnightWRX said:
List of differences between the Macbook and Macbook Pro :

- Illuminated Keyboard
- FW800
- Crack resistant aluminum case
- SD card slot
- 4 GB of RAM

Yeah I'd say the MBP still deserve its name. Anyone saying otherwise is not looking at the whole picture. Also, I'd say for 200$, you'd be a fool to opt for the white Macbook. The illuminated keyboard alone is enough for me (why didn't I get the damn thing when I bought mine :mad:)
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That makes it a pro??

Pro users demand performance. What does a cheap sd card slot do? what does a aluminium case do? what does a illuminated keyboard do etc...?

These are novelties and does not cater to the expectations of a pro user
 
Can someone tell me how they managed 10 hours of battery life? I mean, wow, Apple has made some serious battery improvements. The iPad has a 10 hour battery life (as well as the MBP 13in.), there's an 8-9 hour battery life for the MBPs 15 and 17 inch and now another 10 hours of battery life in the Macbook. Now, who wants to guess how much battery life there will be in the next Macbook Air? From what I'm seeing, it's going to be amazing.
 
whirlpool said:
That makes it a pro??

Pro users demand performance. What does a cheap sd card slot do? what does a aluminium case do? what does a illuminated keyboard do etc...?

These are novelties and does not cater to the expectations of a pro user
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The 13" MacBook Pro has always been a bit unusual, trying to bridge a gap that has been narrow since the Intel change. The MB and MBP specs have always been close.

It's when you get the 15" MBP when the moniker starts to show.
 
whirlpool said:
That makes it a pro??

Pro users demand performance. What does a cheap sd card slot do? what does a aluminium case do? what does a illuminated keyboard do etc...?

These are novelties and does not cater to the expectations of a pro user
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I don't think that was the point....

The point is that there is no reason to buy the non-"pro" version. Whether he was classifying it against a "pro" standard is outside the scope of that post.

Hickman
 
Screen quality

Hi,

can someone tell me is there a difference in screen quality between the Macbook & Macbook Pro 13" ?
Are they exactly the same screens?

Thanks
 
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