SpiceWare's Blog - Checked out the new MacBook today

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One work review - NICE

 

At first glance the keyboard looks odd, kinda like a chicklet keyboard from a cheap 80s home computer, but it feels just fine when typing on it. They also added an eject button so you don't have to hold down F12 anymore. That's a plus if you use the dashboard.

 

The screen's a lot more usable than I was expecting. The glossy screen was distracting at first, but once I started doing stuff I didn't notice it anymore. The fact that they now allow you to use external monitors w/out having to hack the Mac to get desktop spanning is a major plus.

 

The black looks just a tad nicer than the white - but not $150 nicer.

 

I like it enough that I applied for Apple credit to use the 90 days same as cash; however, the session hiccuped when going back to the Apple Store so I have to wait until next week for the card to arrive before I can order it.

 

I plan to get a white 2 GHz model and up the drive to 80 GB. I'll get the RAM through OWC - they have 2GB for $225, much cheaper than Apple's $500.

 

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