Reviews by minimalist1969
Apple MacBook 1.83 GHz
Price: $1049 - $1049
Speedy laptop with all the software you'll need.09/04/06
- Pros:
- Fast, bright display, good battery life, buit in camera/speaker for video chat, built in iLife apps for music, photos, music creation and remixing, movie creation and editing, dvd authoring and website creation, runs windows as well.
- Cons:
- Needs more RAM than the stock 512 MB to really shine (1 GB min), onboard graphics chipset not good for anything more than rudimentary 3d work.
The Macbook is by far the best laptop I have ever owned (after a Sony Vaio and a Dell). It has basically all the software most home users or media enthusiasts will need right ot of the box. Since you can run Windows (natively under boot camp, or within Mac OS X using Parallels Desktop virtualization software... with the later you can even run Linux).
In my experience, you can do basically anything you need to do with this laptop... unless you are a graphics professional in which case you need the Pro version with a dedicated graphics card.
Apple support has always been helpful and courteous however you really should buy the 250 dollar AppleCare plan that extends the warranty on all hardware and software issues to 3 years. Especially given that laptops are more delicate and recieve more jostling than a desktop.
The price is a few hundred more than a bottom end Dell, etc... but Apple's included iLife suite of software would run several hundred dollars exra on the PC... even if you could find comperable software. Not to mention, OS X is a better operating system than windows XP and you generally don;t need to worry about spyware removal programs and virus subscriptions.
Highly recommended.
PS: The heat issue has disappeared for me after the recent Macbook firmaware update Apple released.
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