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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:14 pm
by Danny Futuro
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?
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:30 pm
by _vrsn
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...
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:42 pm
by tomperson
How come?
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:51 pm
by Machinate
_vrsn wrote:just cancelled my order a few minutes ago after seeing photos of the black finish already flaking...
links, please.
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:54 pm
by _vrsn
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:55 pm
by zfigz
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...
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:55 pm
by kabuki
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.
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 8:03 pm
by zfigz
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
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 9:24 pm
by kabuki
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.
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 10:34 pm
by erichkopp
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.
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 1:14 am
by Digi V
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.
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 2:03 am
by Danny Futuro
does the 1.83ghz model have a noisy optical combo drive like the ibook G4 did?
anyone?
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 3:05 pm
by Nikolaus
is the macbook-soundcard usable for liveacts/producing or do i need to buy a firewire/usb soundcard`???
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 3:09 pm
by robin
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.
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 3:25 pm
by sqook
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.