New Apple MacBook out

Danny Futuro · Post by **Danny Futuro** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:14 pm

scientist wrote:gomi, yeah that'd be my best guess. from the looks of the hacks people were doing it was as simple as changing a few numbers, so apple could have fixed it easily. that would explain why the macbook pro gets worse cpu % than the macbook in live (it hasn't had an update to fix the problem yet).

tomperson, the new macbooks are polycarbonate, same as the previous ibooks i think. the white is shiny finish, and the black has a matte finish. the build is just as good, just not as cool (to some people). the macbook pros are still aluminum.

the black matte finish strikes me as a bad idea...wont the oils from your hands leave stains where your palms rest?

_vrsn · Post by **_vrsn** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:30 pm

just cancelled my order a few minutes ago after seeing photos of the black finish already flaking... makes me think it's worth waiting a couple more months.

how annoying...

tomperson · Post by **tomperson** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:42 pm

How come?

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:51 pm

_vrsn wrote:just cancelled my order a few minutes ago after seeing photos of the black finish already flaking...

links, please.

_vrsn · Post by **_vrsn** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:54 pm

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/05/18 ... assembled/

zfigz · Post by **zfigz** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:55 pm

hmmf, I'm in the apple store now and these babies look nice.

In Feb. I was thinking about plunking down for a macbook pro in the fall, but these macbooks are jsut fine for audio work. I'm going for it...

I just wish the black ones didn't cost an extra $150...weird.

I might just go for the white one. Whatever...

Oh and yes...I'm wiping my hands on it and it gets dirty. But meh...

I just wanna save a bit of cash so I'm going for the white one.

ps anyone have any questions about the mac books? I can mess around with it and let ya know what ya wanna know...

kabuki · Post by **kabuki** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:55 pm

Danny Futuro wrote:the black matte finish strikes me as a bad idea...wont the oils from your hands leave stains where your palms rest?

YES. Went to the Applestore and fillally got my hands on one - and left my handprints all over it.

The Glossy screen looked nice but glare was BAD.

They feel nice and heavy (to me that is a good thing) and thier size was perfect.

The keyboard was the shit. I hope the Pros get the same keyboard soon.

zfigz · Post by **zfigz** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:03 pm

Anyone know a good place to purchased third party memory for the macbooks?

this has probably been asked before...

oh yes, a place in canada would be nice

kabuki · Post by **kabuki** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:24 pm

zfigz wrote:Anyone know a good place to purchased third party memory for the macbooks?

this has probably been asked before...

oh yes, a place in canada would be nice

crucial.com

hands down.

erichkopp · Post by **erichkopp** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:34 pm

kabuki wrote: The keyboard was the shit. I hope the Pros get the same keyboard soon.

Yes! I love the new keyboard. I don't know if it's a mental thing because it looks cooler, but it felt really nice. I like it a lot better.

Digi V · Post by **Digi V** » Fri May 19, 2006 1:14 am

went to store myself today and checked htem out again.

i dont know if i like the keyboard, i mean they seem to be better quality or at least more durable than the ones on the PRo line but i dont know if i like the feel.

the glossy screen is BLAH, fuck i hope they never transfer this over to the pro line (i know its an option) . i cant stand the glare or even the look to be honest.

i love the magnetic latch,wish the pro line had that.

Danny Futuro · Post by **Danny Futuro** » Fri May 19, 2006 2:03 am

does the 1.83ghz model have a noisy optical combo drive like the ibook G4 did?

anyone?

Nikolaus · Post by **Nikolaus** » Fri May 19, 2006 3:05 pm

is the macbook-soundcard usable for liveacts/producing or do i need to buy a firewire/usb soundcard`???

robin · Post by **robin** » Fri May 19, 2006 3:09 pm

Nikolaus wrote:is the macbook-soundcard usable for liveacts/producing or do i need to buy a firewire/usb soundcard`???

I've gigged just using the output from my powerbook (when my USB external card wasn't about), sound quality and latency is pretty good. I see no reason why the macbook shouldn't be of similar quality.

sqook · Post by **sqook** » Fri May 19, 2006 3:25 pm

Danny Futuro wrote:
scientist wrote:gomi, yeah that'd be my best guess. from the looks of the hacks people were doing it was as simple as changing a few numbers, so apple could have fixed it easily. that would explain why the macbook pro gets worse cpu % than the macbook in live (it hasn't had an update to fix the problem yet).

tomperson, the new macbooks are polycarbonate, same as the previous ibooks i think. the white is shiny finish, and the black has a matte finish. the build is just as good, just not as cool (to some people). the macbook pros are still aluminum.

the black matte finish strikes me as a bad idea...wont the oils from your hands leave stains where your palms rest?

No, it's the same finish they use for the iPod nano's.