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Apple Unveils New Macbook
Several readers have written in to mention that Apple has released the new Macbook on their site. Yahoo! has details from the press release: "With prices starting at just $1,099, the MacBook lineup includes three models: a 1.83 GHz and 2.0 GHz MacBook in a newly designed, sleek white enclosure and a 2.0 GHz MacBook in a stunning new black enclosure. The new MacBook offers performance up to five times faster than the iBook and up to four times faster than the 12-inch PowerBook with a completely new system architecture including a 667 MHz front-side bus and 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory expandable to 2GB."
Anyone hoping for 9in MacBook Micros, 36in MacBook MegaPros or other outlandish designs might be disappointed - the hardware overview page describes the Apple laptop family as 'now complete'.
So, is this the full range?
The black MacBook seems a bit weird - it's $200 more than the nearest equivalent white model, except it has 20GB more hard disk and, erm, a rather pay-as-you-go black finish. Odd.
Tedious Bloggy Stuff - hooray?
Leave it to Apple to set the trends again. I bet all the other companies are gonna copy them and come out with black laptops now... ; )
This guy's the limit!
Hi. yeah i'd like a macbook 20 with black cover and maybe a side order of ram.
is a brushed metal MacBook Pro that's black. That would be sweet.
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If they use Windows, they'll call me about their blue screens of death. What to do?
First you stop installing Windows ME on your friends computers.
I mean, it's really not that great value for the black ones. It's quite an expensive price bump for the black finish and an extra few gigs of hard dr....OH GOD I WANT A BLACK MACBOOK!
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"... MacBook in a stunning new black enclosure."
And here is the new MacBook logo
Well, I'm gonna get a white 2.0 dual core, upgrade the harddrive for $60 and buy a $5 can of black spray paint. A net savings of $135!
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Introducing the superfast, blogging, podcasting, do-everything-out-of-the-box MacBook.
Finally, a laptop that can do blogging and podcasting. This is exactly what I've been waiting for! Go Apple!
12" is definitely dead. There's a black MacBook now for people who want to pay a lot of extra money for what was always essentially just an iBook in a different color.
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Maybe he wants to tell us the second mouse button is too far away ;-)
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck
I for one welcome our porn creating dorm-room overlords.
Um, one hour later they'll want to run it again? </OLD_JOKE>
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Yes, I often find myself thinking "Oooh, St. Moritz or Wilmington? I just can't decide."
He wants his spaces to resonate. Maybe he needs an interior decorator.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
Go easy on him. He just got fired as the stage manager for Spinal Tap. :-)
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MacBook in a newly designed, sleek white enclosure
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A WHITE apple product!? you must be kidding!
and [...] in a stunning new black enclosure.
BLACK LAPTOPS!? no way! what ultra-ingenious artist could come up with such an idea? I'm totally stunned! http://www.total.net/~hrothgar/museum/Compass/Com
The new MacBook offers performance up to five times faster than the iBook and up to four times faster than the 12-inch PowerBook
does that mean it overheats five times faster or does that mean apple sues people five times faster who point such disadvantages out publicly?
The MAFIAA is a bunch of mindless jerks who will be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes
Compare:
Mattel Aquarius
WHAT DO I DOO??!!
Your Options:
1. Kill yourself.
2. Kill someone else to release anger.
3. Start an anti-Apple website.
4. Sell your Apple and get a Dell.
5. Abandon all this computer stuff to become a Monk.
Or, just realize that Apple is a company and you are a consumer and that newer models will eventually match the specs of older models so that the new ones have added value. Be Thankful that Apple didn't drop the price to 600 dollars for this laptop. At least you can still sell your laptop and buy one of these newer models.
Most of the U2 iPods were sold, not to U2 fans, but to black-colored electronics fans.
That's funny. None of the black people I know have one.