I've bought a 13.3" MacBook with Intel Core Duo 2.0GHZ, 1GB RAM and 80GB hard drive. I've not received it yet but I would like to know people's opinions and experiences with this particular Apple laptop, whether they've had any issues or problems with it, basically the overall picture. Anything that can contribute about this laptop would be great because it will then confirm what I think to be a great choice.
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Kind of a poor choice of place to ask this question, assuming you want an unbiased opinion.
Given that the MacBook is Apple's highest-selling computer model and most popular laptop, along with the ground it's gaining in market share, I would say people think it's good.
It's also much less defect-ridden than the MacBook Pro, by all indications.
I'll say no.
Only because you didn't post any information about the specifications, the price, or if it arrived as presented.
In before "shoulda waited for Leopard".
Only because you didn't post any information about the specifications, the price, or if it arrived as presented.
In before "shoulda waited for Leopard".
I've had the C2D 2.0 for over 10 months now. No problems whatsoever. Depending on what you are going to do with it, you may need to get more RAM. An external firewire hard-disk is always a good idea for backups.
I have one as a secondary, portable Mac, and I have to say it's one nifty little computer. Good battery life, quality screen. I love it!
But personally I would never get the white one any more. It gets dirty pretty quickly.
But personally I would never get the white one any more. It gets dirty pretty quickly.
I love my macbook, the only issue is that it is somewhat slow when I run parallels, but everything I've read says that is due to the 1gb of ram, I'm thinking of maxing it out (4 gigs, will only actually use 3.3 gigs however) to reduce the slugish parallels performance. The computer is very fast when just using Macintosh programs, however.
Well, yeah, you can clean the dirt. But bodily fluids such as sweat also seem to affect the material, making the trackpad and keys look greasy after a couple of weeks. I haven't been able to remove it, so it's something you'll have to live with.
I got a matched pair from Corsair, exactly : VS2GSDSKIT667D2, Value Select
.It was only 3 Euro more than 2 single DIMMs.
There were reports of kernel panics with 4GB of physical. So be warned ! (search for the thread, I think was something like 4GB in a macbook).
Fusion (VMWare) was a bit sluggish to resume and suspend (320 MB allocated), now it just flies. But I only use that for 2 programs, Propeller Tool and Logic Port soft (Logic analyzer). Not very demanding at all.
There's no such thing as a 13" MacBook pro.
Other than that, though, I think you'll like it. I have the 2.16GHz C2D model.
As far as the case issues/dirty whatever: I haven't had any problems with my case becoming dingy at all. It doesn't look grimy or greasy or anything. I don't know if it's because of the case change with the speed bump or what, but I haven't had any issues with it.
Like everyone has said: it depends on what you want to do with your computer whether you'll find it to be adequate or not, but for a lot of people, it's a really good choice.
Other than that, though, I think you'll like it. I have the 2.16GHz C2D model.
As far as the case issues/dirty whatever: I haven't had any problems with my case becoming dingy at all. It doesn't look grimy or greasy or anything. I don't know if it's because of the case change with the speed bump or what, but I haven't had any issues with it.
Like everyone has said: it depends on what you want to do with your computer whether you'll find it to be adequate or not, but for a lot of people, it's a really good choice.
Well 13" was just a rounding down of 13.3" but some people are quite pedantic lol. Oh right, how much was it for the matched pair? I can't wait to get it! I want to show it off even though it's a year old
There's no such thing as a 13.3" MacBook Pro either.