MacBook

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Tue May 16, 2006 6:36 pm 0

More pics.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pealco/147 ... 136649292/

ThetaReactor · Post by **ThetaReactor** » Tue May 16, 2006 6:41 pm 0

Dammit. I was that close. I wanted a small notebook, figured Mac would be the way to go. And then they cut the balls off the GPU.

skweek · Post by **skweek** » Tue May 16, 2006 6:49 pm 0

Yea if the GPU was better I would have ordered one of these straight away.

Think I'll get a Pro then, but I might wait and see what they do with them. When do you reckon they will update them again then?

dw · Post by dw » Tue May 16, 2006 6:54 pm 0

Pah! predicted all this before Christmas, almost (admittedly, via what was popular on Google)

Apple predictions for 2006, rumors from Google
> Black iMacs

> Hi-Definition screened iMacs

> New iBooks and Powermacs (finally), including slimline notebooks aimed at girlies

> Return of firewire (against the rumors of it being dropped)

> And finally, Windows platform software running on Apple hardware, Apple OS (Cupertino, Yellow box and all that)

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Tue May 16, 2006 6:55 pm 0

Kemper_Boyd wrote:*warning* Dangerous photos of the StealthBook.

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1748

*edited to go to Apple Insider*

Spuff, spuff, spuff-ety spuff!

matt303 · Post by **matt303** » Tue May 16, 2006 6:57 pm 0

ThetaReactor wrote:And then they cut the balls off the GPU.

Have you noticed these have the best battery life of any of the MacBooks?

How important is games performance on a laptop?

tufty · Post by **tufty** » Tue May 16, 2006 7:01 pm 0

matt303 wrote:How important is games performance on a laptop?

It's important if you want to run games on it

Simon

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Tue May 16, 2006 7:02 pm 0

tufty wrote:
matt303 wrote:How important is games performance on a laptop?
It's important if you want to run games on it

Simon

Buy the white one and you'll save enought to get a Wii.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Tue May 16, 2006 7:22 pm 0

Seems to be a huge amount of whining about the glossy screen on the Mac Forums, most are saying that an option not to have it is almost essential for most users with the glare you can get, true ?

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Tue May 16, 2006 7:25 pm 0

matt303 wrote:
ThetaReactor wrote:And then they cut the balls off the GPU.
Have you noticed these have the best battery life of any of the MacBooks?

How important is games performance on a laptop?

if it wasnt important at all Dell would have canned the xps/xps2 series of monster laptops. and theyre tiny compared to rocks 19inch dual 7900go laptop!!

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Tue May 16, 2006 7:29 pm 0

Deckard wrote:Seems to be a huge amount of whining about the glossy screen on the Mac Forums, most are saying that an option not to have it is almost essential for most users with the glare you can get, true ?

ultra glossy screens make movies look more "TV like" but i hate them. some people have windows in their rooms

i like the white apple laptops, black isnt for me if i buy one (give me a chance not officially in the club until thursday!

)

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Tue May 16, 2006 7:57 pm 0

I guy I work with has a Vaio with the uber-shiny screen on it and he swears by it. He's also a Macwanker and desperately wants a Blacbook now.

Me? I don't like the shiny screen....too much glare, too many muppets sticking their greasy mits all over it and smearing it

Secret Vampire · Post by **Secret Vampire** » Tue May 16, 2006 8:30 pm 0

It's heavier, and longer, and the keyboard looks like it may be a comedy offering.
On the other hand it's much faster, but still, I want a 10" machine with no optical drive that weighs significantly less than 2kg, because I like the idea of a portable machine actually being portable.
I also want a model M style keyboard built in, but I suspect this may be incompatible with size/weight considerations.

A_Lee_N · Post by **A_Lee_N** » Tue May 16, 2006 8:47 pm 0

Intel GMA950.

I've been looking forward to the macbook since they announced the macbook pro, but my main worry was that they'd include a shitty graphics chip. One thing they had to do to get me to buy one, and they got it wrong.

matt303 · Post by **matt303** » Tue May 16, 2006 8:57 pm 0

The thing is to put a graphics chip in that would stop (a very small % of) people from moaning, they have had to go with whatever is the current cream of the crop of 3D chips that would have then.

1) easily added $100 to the cost of the thing.
2) reduced the battery life.
3) cause increased cooling problems.

If you want a high performance gfx solution go and buy a PC laptop that weighs 4kg, runs for an hour off batteries and sounds like a jump jet taking off. If on the other hand you want a light, usable and affordable laptop I think you'll find they've got a good balance.