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MacBook has everything you need to do everything you want. Faster than ever, it features a 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2GB of memory, so you’ll have more than enough horsepower to get the job done. Advanced NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics provide outstanding performance for 3D games and graphics-intensive applications. With a larger 160GB hard drive,2 you have plenty of room for all your photos, movies, and music. And it comes with a SuperDrive for playing and burning CDs and DVDs. MacBook lets you stay connected with fast AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi.3 While connected, you can video chat on the go using the built-in iSight camera.4 At 1.08 inches thin and just 5 pounds,5 MacBook slides effortlessly into your backpack, putting a world of advanced features within your reach. And since it’s sure to become a constant companion, a durable white polycarbonate shell keeps it ready for the rough and tumble of everyday life. (2)1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. (3)Based on an 802.11n draft specification. Wireless Internet access requires a base station or other wireless access point and Internet access; fees may apply. Some ISPs are not currently compatible with AirPort Extreme. (4)Testing conducted by Apple in May 2009 using preproduction 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo–based MacBook units. Battery life depends on configuration and use. See www.apple.com/batteries. The wireless productivity test measures battery life by wirelessly browsing various websites and editing text in a word processing document with display brightness set to 50%. (5)Weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process. more info
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MacBook
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
My wife purchased this great machine for me and I’m a happy camper. It is as fast wireless as hard wired and small enough to carry anywhere but big enough to still be used in comfort. Good-bye PC machines.
I can and will recommend an Apple MacBook for all the reasons all Apple users state. Be a friend to the environment and buy an Apple
Faulty Hardware
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I bought my macbook Jan ’08 (around 18 months ago)… i have to admit i love OS X. But a couple of months ago my macbook just wouldn’t come on. I took it to the service center. To cut a long story short they said that there was in the logic board and it had to be replaced. The cost was $[...]. I was completely upset with this. I went online and saw that many people had similar hardware problems with the macbook. It was really upsetting to have a laptop completely useless 15 months into buying it. And also more upsetting that apple would charge such a premium almost equal to the cost of the laptop for the motherboard. It shouldn’t cost that much.
Unfortunately, even though apple has a great operating system the reliability of the hardware is another story
Punit (pthakkar@gmail.com)
Excellent Laptop, does have drawbacks though
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I am in love with my laptop. I love the highly intuitive nature of a mac. I never have to troubleshoot with a mac, the way i had to on a daily basis with a pc laptop. Each new laptop that comes out is faster and more fully loaded than the last. Each new laptop the comes out also seeks to correct some issues that the previous model had.
This particular model has an issue with heat. The computer gets so hot it will burn your legs if you actually use it on your lap. The excessive heat also causes hairline fractures in the encasement around the fan in the back. After the fractures have shown up, dirt is attracted, and then you have dirty looking cracks all over the back of your computer. The most annoying problem with this model is the encasement cracking and breaking off from the wrist resting area, leaving an exposed rough and sharp edge. It is difficult to get apple to replace this, as it is not a default, but wear and tear according to them. Its been a major issue among users of this model. I suggest getting a skin to protect the area, I use Moshi PalmGuard Macbook 13-inch Unibody and 13-inch Pro Palmrest Protector – Silver and it has prevented my palm area from cracking this time around for over a year now.
Overall this machine is an excellent product. Once you go Mac, you wont go back.
good for people who travel, good first Macintosh
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Just got one of these and love it. Small enough that it’s easy to travel with, but large enough that it’s easy to use as your main computer, if you like working on a laptop.
This thing is fast and the new operating system is solid. Love the automatic backup, which has saved me a couple of times. There is also a great selection of open source software available, so you can outfit this thing pretty much for free.
If you’re not a Mac person, this is a good entry level Mac. If you’ve got a desktop and want something to take with you, this is a good entry level laptop. Goes way beyond what most entry level machines can do though.
Love this computer.
Very Happy
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I picked up the white Macbook about 7 months ago and have been very happy with the purchase. This is my first Apple laptop and my second Mac all together. The 13 inch screen is perfect for my needs. A netbook is too small, and the bigger ones are too big to haul around (for my needs, anyway). I mainly use the machine for typical office use (OpenOffice, web surfing, etc…) and it’s been great. I’ve also looked into a little bit of development with it, and it performed those tasks admirably (although I’d like a bigger screen if I get serious with it). The only draw back is the small hard drive. I have to keep pretty much all of my media (photos, music) on my other machine, but it doesn’t really hinder me too much. Granted this laptop is more expensive than a comparatively equipped XP laptop, but I’ve more than made up for it in that I don’t have to spend time maintaining the OS and the fact that the Mac still boots up in less than 2 minutes, while my XP laptop takes at least 5 minutes before it’s usable after startup (and no, I don’t have a bunch of startup items and garbage starting on boot on either machine).
More for the money!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
As a 2nd time owner of a MacBook (my previous MacBook Pro purchased last September) I am amazed at the huge package you get for such a little price. At the Apple Store, I was able to purchase a newly released product (3 days old) for less than Amazon (949.00 with the student or teacher discount, and they didn’t even ask for proof) charges and until September 2009 it includes a free iPod Touch. (Or any iPod valued up to 229.00). I compared the specs side by side to my Pro and found it to be almost completely caught up, except for the video card and display screen size. Even the memory had a faster bus! My Pro is still working great, but my husband needed something mostly for school. The glossy display is gorgeous and the slightly smaller resolution than the Pro goes unnoticed. I have the Pro for photography and graphic design but this little MacBook can handle those as well if it really needed to, what with all the extra processing speed. (2.4 vs 2.13).
Overall a tremendous value and a power packed little computer. For an entry level, I think it is loaded with a ton of power to stay ahead for the next few years. Even the Mac “pro” at the store recommended it over some of the more expensive ones due to my husband primarily using it for Office programs and internet based with some photos and music on the side. I’m confident there isn’t anything this little Macbook white couldn’t do that my Pro could.
P.S. Play with all the menus in the apple icon on the LH top for the most personalized experience. This includes touch pad “gestures” letting you use finger combinations to scroll, right click, turn pages, etc; hotspots that let you make a program or app come up just by going to a deep corner of the screen; Spaces, which lets you have multiple applications running on several screens that you can hop between so your windows are more organized; and many more options. Don’t be afraid to try stuff with menu options, you won’t break it!
New Model Available
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Although the white macbook is a great machine, be advised that this is the older model. Apple released an updated model on 10/20/09 with upgraded features for $999. You may want to check it out on the Apple website before you purchase. However this older model is still a great machine and if you are looking to save $100 this is still a good deal.
Best Computer I’ve ever owned.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
In the month since purchasing my macbook it has become my bestfriend. Surprisingly it’s quite dirt resistant considering it being completely white. If you tend to use your computer away from home a lot I’d recommend a sleeve or keyboard protector. The colors are amazing & the speed is impeccable! But, what else is there to expect from a mac?
The best
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
The whole buying process was easy. A new Apple laptop with a free iPod Touch with free shipping and no sales tax for $999. Beats any education discount because of the savings on sales tax of almost $100. Came in about 4 days, setup took minutes. The newest of 5 laptops for my college kids.
3 years later, going strong
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Most reviews, strangely enough, are written within a week or 2 after something is purchased. This is a problem when it comes to laptops, which need to prove sound over time.
I bought my white macbook 3 years ago. I’ve probably used it, on average, for 5 hours a day. I carry it with me all over the place, on planes, on my bike, and I’ve used it to DJ at dance parties (no spills, thankfully).
This is a really great and very sturdy laptop. There have been a few problems. Because of the way the top of the casing is designed, the edges near where your palms rest have broken slightly. And there is a tiny bit of roughage on the screen where it closes, but I only notice if I look really hard.
Other than that, smooth sailing and much happy use. I’ve never had a virus, never had to bring it in for repairs, and no real problems.
Least expensive MacBook, but go Pro
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This is Apple’s least expensive notebook, but I believe the 2009 13-inch MacBook Pro is worth the higher price for the following reasons:
- it’s a little faster
- it’s a little lighter
- the aluminum finish is more durable
- the all metal body should dissipate heat better
- trackpad is larger and fingers glide easy over its glass surface
- multi-touch gestures make it easier to navigate
- LED-backlit display has better color and wider viewing angle
- keyboard lights up at night
- expands up to 8GB of memory (useful for the future)
- longer battery life
- the matte aluminum finish with black keys is beautiful
For me, these features justify the extra cost, which is why I purchased the Pro — others might not feel they are important. I am writing this review mostly so people thinking about the white MacBook at least consider the Pro version before making their final purchase.
Note, the 13-inch MacBook Pro has two versions. I got the least expensive which has a slightly lower processor speed, smaller disk and just 2GB of RAM. The processor speed of the more expensive model is not significantly faster and the disk and memory can be upgraded later when prices drop (I eventually will get a solid-state drive and 8GB).
There are some rumors floating around that this entry-level MacBook is going to be updated soon. No saying when that will happen — Apple has organized a press event for September 9th, but they may only announce their new iPods then.
Fast and furios
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
My 11 year old bought this computer and here is what he thinks about it:
This computer is really fast and its worth all the money for all the things it does, I like it a lot.
I like this computer for its design,the magsafe power adapter and the keyboard design.
I also like its colors and the beautiful graphics.
I really recommend this computer. Its better than the xp windows vista and windows 7. Windows programs are not so good and don’t function as well, they function but
not as well as a Mac.
If Your going to buy a windows computer don’t even think twice D-O-N-T, in my opinion I don’t like windows.
BUY A MAC.
Now I’ve gone Mac, I’ll never go back
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I used Macs all through college, but then I entered the work force and had to learn and use PCs. In my current job, I was provided with a PC laptop, but I was so frustrated with it that I bought a Mac with my own money in December and haven’t looked back since. I even got an iMac for my office (you know, so that I’m not supplying my workplace with a computer at my expense). I travel a lot for my job, which makes me love my Mac for several reasons. First, my Macbook is LIGHT. I was previously lugging around an IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad, which got extremely heavy when walking around airports for hours on end. I travel overseas for work, and the Thinkpad was not only cumbersome to carry to a place where I might have internet access, I was lucky if it worked when I needed it to. Email became a nightmare. Getting it to hook up to wireless internet, or any internet for that matter, was a crap shoot. And then the crashing. And crashing. And crashing. Only a few months after I got my IBM, it was crashing so much that I was having to reboot several times a day. Not fun when you’re overseas in the field, with no IT department to help you.
And then came my Mac. It’s pretty, it’s intuitive, it has features and software that make my husband’s PC look like a donkey with pots clanging around on it. It doesn’t crash. Setting up email was a snap–not a several-day ordeal as with my IBM (that’s right–switching email from PC to Mac was easier than PC to PC). I’ve traveled with it several times, and haven’t had any problems. It did what I needed it to, when I needed it to.
It took some getting used to, but Apple’s site has some great tutorials on switching from PC to Mac.
I’m still exploring and figuring out some features, but I’m always pleasantly surprised. My only complaint is with the Finder. I find it difficult to organize and locate my files, but I figure it will just take some time to get used to the new system. For example, I want to find a document, say with the word “Costumes” in it. I type “Costumes” into the finder, and it pulls every email I’ve ever written that contains that word, which could be hundreds, and I need to find my one costume document out of that mess. But this is probably user error. Even with that, I’m still extremely happy with my Mac.
My mom and her husband are constantly grumbling about their PC and use me as their personal IT person. Neither of them are particularly tech savvy, and I think a Mac would be perfect for them. With a PC, you really need to understand how the machine works in order to troubleshoot. With a Mac, you don’t have a lot to troubleshoot, and everything is so intuitive. You don’t have to “look under the hood” all the time.
amazing mac
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Macbook providing me thrilling experience, way different from PC. Everything is excellent so far. Amazon did a wonderful job in delivering this product on time.
Have two: one is great, one is dying!
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Had I written this review, say a half-year ago, I would have undoubtedly given the Macbook 5 stars. I took it with me to college after my previous laptop – an Acer Aspire – failed me horribly. My Aspire had an issue with overheating, which only presented itself after my warranty expired. The cost of repairing it was not worth it when compared to getting a new laptop that was smaller, lighter, more powerful, and more capable of multi-tasking (more RAM).
I come from a family that has been using Macs for over a decade, although I myself preferred Windows computers…up until Windows Vista came out. We had many Macs around the house growing up since my parents use Macs in their office, and I was never really impressed with the Apple Operating System, so I had doubts about the Macbook. But since the Macbook is loaded with 2GB RAM and an Intel processor, you can run BOTH Mac AND Windows operating systems with ease. I therefore figured worse comes to worst, I’ll use my Macbook as a laptop to run Windows XP with. I used it very heavily in college and it served me very well. It’s light weight allowed me to easily carry it from class to class, its included photo and video editing software gave me hours of productivity, and perhaps best of all, it was reliable! I really loved my Macbook and would like to give it 5 stars…but…
My sister, who was in graduate school, also got a Macbook at the same time I got mine. Her laptop fared well, up until the end of last year. For some reason, the laptop started getting buggy…it’d freeze, it would overheat, it became a major nuisance. We’ve reformatted several times, hoping that would solve the problems, but to no avail. I HIGHLY recommend getting the AppleCare protection plan. We regrettably didn’t, and really don’t feel like forking over the money to repair the Macbook since she doesn’t use it much anymore anyway. But our attempt to save money by not getting the protection plan will end up costing us more money now, should we choose to repair the laptop! The experience with our second, identical Macbook, is why I have to give 3 stars instead of 5 for an otherwise strong performance product, that can run both Windows and Mac, that comes bundled with a lot of great software, and that looks really cool (especially on a college campus where almost everyone has Macs!)
A last note…I have more recently purchased the sleeker Macbook, and would like to emphasize that while its construction is nicer, and it doesn’t look as cheap as this plastic one, I still think this is a good deal. If you’re looking to “wow” people and can splurge, get the newer model, but if you are looking for a powerful laptop and don’t care too much about having the latest build, this one is just fine. I still use my plastic one even though I have the newer (cooler-looking!) one.