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Hands-On With the New MacBooks
Paige Philuer writes "Macworld has a hands-on article examining the new MacBook and MacBook Pro — not a quickie look from Tuesday's event, but a lengthy, in-depth look with laptops they actually have in their offices. Some interesting observations: No FireWire on the MacBook; the TrackPad doesn't feel like you're running your finger across a pane of glass, though that's what it is; and switching between graphics cards in the MacBook Pro requires you to log out."
Reader Bourbon contributes three links at CNET related to the new models, too: a positive written review (giving a score of 8/10 to the new MacBook), a video review, and a behind-the-scenes look at how the new models are machined.
They feel rigid and sturdy
But they had to keep at least one feature which reminds Mac users of their boyfriends
Yeah, it'll be more work and more cost, but it's not as if there isn't an option out there if you just can't stand the glossy look. (Me, I love it.)
Shiny lips weren't meant to be on men. Next!
The MacBook Pro's prominent...grille holes on both sides...are now much smaller
Because the hole in Mac users is way too big as it is.
The sensation of moving your fingers across it is a little disconcerting; there's friction but not a lot of texture.
That's what happens after years upon years of receiving anal sex.
The gestures supported by the past generation...are still there, including two-finger scrolling, pinching and spreading fingers... and swiping three fingers to navigate...
That's a little extreme for the newer crowd but its necessary for MacFag(tm) indoctrination.
I don't really like Apple, but whatever.
1) Don't buy AAC tracks if you have no device which can play them.
2) Just a retard would buy a black macbook for a premium. Of course you can use Linux, how is Expose stealing? Now OS X releases have new features, sure I'd also argue they are not worth the full price.
3) Of course there exist cracked OS X software.
4) It doesn't run because Apple don't want it to run.
5) Yeah, x86 isn't that cool but since it's better for now I understand them.
The rest was even more useless junk which even less deserves to be answered and is such a waste of everyone time.
That's the difference between Windows and OS X. On Windows (XP anyways, not too sure about the new graphics architecture in Vista) all GUI drawing is handled directly by the CPU. So switching the GPU would just entail having to redraw everything all over again, something that the OS can push through fairly easily.
On MacOS X though, every single window, every little widget you see is directly tied into OpenGL (hence the purty animations without killing your CPU)... it's a bit more involved, since each app is now holding onto oodles of resources tied *directly* to the hardware. Switching your GPU becomes a lot more difficult then, and it looks like Apple has taken the route of simply shutting off your graphics subsystem and rebooting it on a new device.