depressed:Girlfriends macbook kills my powerbook...

robin · Post by **robin** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:41 am

Hold a powerbook, then hold a macbook. It's obvious that the powerbook is better made.

That said I've just swapped my 12" 1.33 powerbook for a 2GHz black macbook rev b. I'm well pleased. It's well solid performance wise and stupid cheap because I get edu discount (850 quid!).

I'd love a small mbp though. Until they come out I love this macbook.

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:18 pm

Performance has increased, quality and quality control have dropped.

Sad but true.

robin · Post by **robin** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:26 pm

hambone1 wrote:Performance has increased, quality and quality control have dropped.

Sad but true.

I think quality and quality control went down for a bit for sure. This Rev B macbook is flawless. No moo, whine, bad fitting casing, RSS...none of that.

My mates Rev A was a nghtmare though, all of the above. It's had new keyboards, logic board the lot.

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:53 pm

A Rev A buyer and his money are soon parted...

I refuse to be an Apple hardware beta tester!

freqn · Post by **freqn** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:13 pm

Go for the macbook!!! I'm gonna definitely shoot for one here in a month or two after I work some more overtime and get my tax $$.. I may sell a few things, so I can get it earlier. We'll see.

robin · Post by **robin** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:35 pm

hambone1 wrote:A Rev A buyer and his money are soon parted...

I refuse to be an Apple hardware beta tester!

At the moment everything is Rev B., pretty safe to buy.

jesso · Post by **jesso** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:16 pm

Yea the macbook dosnt feel quite as well built as my powerbook, but thats mainly the feel of the keys otherwise its pretty solid.
Im gunna wait to see what happens tommoro with the alleged small macbook pro.... then wait a while till the first batch have all been sold, then the next thing will proberbly come along, and ill want that.
Want want want want want, i spend too much time wanting and not enough time making music. Must remember to kick my arse more frequently.

dancing Ray · Post by **dancing Ray** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:40 am

The powerbooks are more solid than the macbooks, yes, but what about the macbooks pro?
They should be made of the the same fine quality than the PBs?

robin · Post by **robin** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:49 am

dancing Ray wrote:The powerbooks are more solid than the macbooks, yes, but what about the macbooks pro?
They should be made of the the same fine quality than the PBs?

I'm pretty sure they are. They also don't have the neat touches like a magnetic latch, easy to replace HD (the killer for me) etc.
They also have a plastic wrist panel (painted to look alu), the powerbooks had alu.

I was talking from a small laptop perspective btw., the mbp is a little big for me.