Wow - there's not a lot to these machines when you strip them down, is there? Those second and third photos really demonstrate how small the core of a modern computer is. Honestly, the youth of today don't know they're born.
...the edge of the top case at the front that chips (known prob, they don't even blink when you take it back) and requires the replacement of the whole top case and keyboard
-- the case starting to bend in the middle from being pulled up to open
Perhaps I'm just old but that's a hell of a lot to pay for not a lot of hardware.
I guess they've taken the pragmatic approach - firewire isn't as heavily used as USB and I don't know anybody (not that I know everyone in the world :-) that uses IR nowadays.
The lack of rubber feet is a bit curious though - I would have thought they'd stop a lot of nasty residual-reducing scratches.
It has firewire, it doesn't... it has firewire, it doesn't...
This is just another generation of MacBook to be skipped...
Using Firewire over USB for external drives is really preferable for transfer rate, for the reduced CPU utilization, and daisy-chaining drives for multiple mirrored sets.
"I guess they've taken the pragmatic approach - firewire isn't as heavily used as USB and I don't know anybody (not that I know everyone in the world :-) that uses IR nowadays."
IMO, it pretty much kills the system for iMovie use, which is a top use of the Mac platform. It wouldn't kill Apple to have a 4-pin FireWire port; it bothers me that once again, this was taken away.
Price is up another £50 makes you think they want to push you towards the aluminium 13 incher which is only another £100 and has firewire an SD card slot and an illuminated keyboard
I'd been pricing up a MacBook when I found out another one was on the cards.
The price hike is because it now ships with a 250GB drive rather than a 120GB. It does, however, work out £10 more expensive than the previous version.
But, even better than that, most Apple resellers are currently offering £100 off a new MacBook Pro or iMac if you bring in an old machine so you can get the MacBook Pro for the same price as the MacBook. Simples.
Apple 13.3" MacBook Pro Notebook (2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile, 2GB DDR3, 160GB HDD, DVD±RW DL, Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, 13.3" LCD)
Apple MacBook Notebook (2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile, 2GB DDR3, 250GB HDD, DVD±RW DL, Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, 13.3" LCD)
Apple iMac All-In-One Desktop (3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR2, 1TB, DVD+-RW DL, Mac OS X v10.5 Snow Leopard, 27" LCD)
Apple iMac All-In-One Desktop (3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR2, 500GB, DVD+-RW DL, Mac OS X v10.5 Snow Leopard, 21.5" LCD)
Apple 13.3" MacBook Air Notebook (1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile, 2GB DDR3, 120GB HDD, Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, 13.3" LCD)
Unibody MacBook unzipped
Charlie Clark
Battery #
Posted Wednesday 21st October 2009 10:35 GMT
Moving from Li-Ion to Li-Polymer reduces weight as well as improving battery life.
Jimmy Floyd
Is that it? #
Posted Wednesday 21st October 2009 12:00 GMT
Wow - there's not a lot to these machines when you strip them down, is there? Those second and third photos really demonstrate how small the core of a modern computer is. Honestly, the youth of today don't know they're born.
Mine's the one next to the zimmer frame.
tempemeaty
Right from the toy store... #
Posted Wednesday 21st October 2009 12:00 GMT
Looks like they are moving more and more to building things the way prefabricated toys are made.
dodge
Hope this fixes the old one's niggles #
Posted Wednesday 21st October 2009 12:00 GMT
...the edge of the top case at the front that chips (known prob, they don't even blink when you take it back) and requires the replacement of the whole top case and keyboard
-- the case starting to bend in the middle from being pulled up to open
Greg J Preece
Sounds like they took a lot of stuff out #
Posted Wednesday 21st October 2009 12:00 GMT
No?
Evil Graham
For an extra £100 you can have aluminium #
Posted Wednesday 21st October 2009 14:14 GMT
I can see the point of making a lower-cost option and all that, but £799 (plastic) isn't so far away from £899 (lovely shiny aluminium Macbook Pro).
If it was me, I'd save up the extra £100.
Anonymous Coward
Maybe... #
Posted Wednesday 21st October 2009 14:14 GMT
Perhaps I'm just old but that's a hell of a lot to pay for not a lot of hardware.
I guess they've taken the pragmatic approach - firewire isn't as heavily used as USB and I don't know anybody (not that I know everyone in the world :-) that uses IR nowadays.
The lack of rubber feet is a bit curious though - I would have thought they'd stop a lot of nasty residual-reducing scratches.
Still, would love one!
Anonymous Coward
The missing of firewire is really irking #
Posted Wednesday 21st October 2009 20:19 GMT
It has firewire, it doesn't... it has firewire, it doesn't...
This is just another generation of MacBook to be skipped...
Using Firewire over USB for external drives is really preferable for transfer rate, for the reduced CPU utilization, and daisy-chaining drives for multiple mirrored sets.
Anonymous Coward
@AC #
Posted Wednesday 21st October 2009 20:19 GMT
"I guess they've taken the pragmatic approach - firewire isn't as heavily used as USB and I don't know anybody (not that I know everyone in the world :-) that uses IR nowadays."
IMO, it pretty much kills the system for iMovie use, which is a top use of the Mac platform. It wouldn't kill Apple to have a 4-pin FireWire port; it bothers me that once again, this was taken away.
I agree with you that IR is no big deal.
bex
going up #
Posted Wednesday 21st October 2009 20:19 GMT
Price is up another £50 makes you think they want to push you towards the aluminium 13 incher which is only another £100 and has firewire an SD card slot and an illuminated keyboard
Hans 1
ridiculous pricing compared to mac book pro #
Posted Thursday 22nd October 2009 00:14 GMT
title says it all ... ;-)
Anonymous Coward
ir #
Posted Thursday 22nd October 2009 10:44 GMT
allows me to control my macbook pro with the apple remote - i rather like that :D
Anonymous Coward
The Devil's in the detail #
Posted Thursday 22nd October 2009 10:44 GMT
I'd been pricing up a MacBook when I found out another one was on the cards.
The price hike is because it now ships with a 250GB drive rather than a 120GB. It does, however, work out £10 more expensive than the previous version.
But, even better than that, most Apple resellers are currently offering £100 off a new MacBook Pro or iMac if you bring in an old machine so you can get the MacBook Pro for the same price as the MacBook. Simples.
Neill Mitchell
Can you imagine... #
Posted Thursday 22nd October 2009 15:22 GMT
Dell or HP coming up with alternative display connectivity and getting away with it without howls of protest?
Apple are such control freaks. Will this make me buy an Apple display, ummn no. Especially at their prices.
Yes, I know you can buy DisplayPort to DVI converters, but I shouldn't have to shell out extra to plug into my standard monitor or TV.