Black or White?
2 years, 3 months ago Michael Jackson seemed to be of the opinion that ‘It doesn’t matter‘. All well and good I say, but he wasn’t dealing with the heart wrenching dilemma about which colour MacBook to purchase…
Black
Black is sleek. It’s got a professional quality which is matched only by brushed aluminium. It’s unique, original and won’t lose it’s value as much as the standard white over time. On the flip side, it’s more expensive, scratches easier than white and Apple or not, still has the potential to be confused with a Dell. Shock horror!
White
Ah, white. It’s the timeless Apple masterpiece, with an elegant and classic feel. It doesn’t come at a price, and would match my white iPod perfectly. However, it’s potentially nickable as it makes your beautiful laptop stick out a mile in a crowd.
Why upgrade?
I’ll be thinking about this for a while, but as far as I see it there are a couple of damned good reasons to sell my faithful Mac Mini and upgrade to a MacBook:
- Portability
- Dual Monitors
- Intel Speed
- Runs Windows (purely for testing websites in IE. promise.)
I’ll keep you posted!
Macbook, Apple, Macmini, Intel, Coreduo, Black, White, Colour
May 17th, 2006 at 9:10 pm
It’s always great to hear Apple release new products but they haven’t really impressed me. I like the Black but I would have preferred a Black MacBook Pro.
May 20th, 2006 at 3:15 am
I’m a little uneasy about the macbooks. If you were going to get a black one, I’d actually start considering the MacBook Pro. After adding 512MB of ram to the black macbook, the price comes out to be $1,599.00 (USD). For $499 more, you can get the basic MacBook Pro (with 1GB of ram).
First off, you get a *seemingly* better enclosure (for some reason the aluminum seems to me to be more durable than the plastic). You also get a bigger screen and a higher resolution. You also get a MUCH better graphics card.
Especially if you are designing stuff, the integrated intel card in the macbook will lose out no doubt to the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 on the MBP.
I don’t know, the mac book line (along with the iBook line) never really impressed me much. Decide for yourself:
http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/comparison_chart.html
It just seems like you get so much more with the MacBook Pro for not too much more.
What do you think?
May 22nd, 2006 at 9:52 am
One of the main things I’m looking for is portability - the 13 inch is perfect. For the extra money all you get is the nicer case, larger size (which I’m not bothered for) and better graphics. I don’t play games, so that doesn’t worry me
I’d be upgrading a MacBook to 2gb RAM, so it would be easily as fast as a MacBook Pro…
December 8th, 2006 at 9:38 am
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