 "Insane bang for the buck" | 2008-02-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2CJM82EPPZFRW |
I was searching for a laptop to replace my old Compaq, which had motherboard problems, and decided to opt for this Mac. I had always wanted a Mac, and wondered if this bottom-of-the-range laptop would be a good choice for the money I'd be spending.
As it wound up, this is a fantastic laptop. For something at the bottom end of performance and amenities (tiny hard drive, not much RAM for any OS you could throw at it), the performance was very snappy. Upgrading the memory (maxed out at 2 GB) made this laptop just simply fly. The battery life was something else too -- three-and-a-half hours, easily, and that's true even today, more than a year after I bought the thing. And that's with Wi-Fi on.
The speakers only have mediocre sound quality, but a good pair of headphones solves that "tout de suite," I'm happy to say. Multitasking on this box is exhilarating; I can run Xcode, iTunes, Opera, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and pretty much any other app I can throw at it at the same time, and there's no perceptible slowdown. It's a very fast machine, and one I highly recommend.
And if it turns out that your Mac OS experience isn't what you thought it'd be, you can also turn this into a superb Windows machine or Linux laptop. |
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| "Get a Laptop for Christmas - Only $5" | 2007-11-06 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3F91W3XUCA1FA |
Get a Laptop for Christmas - Only $5
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 "Black mac makes me the mack." | 2007-07-25 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2ITGW4E6U909T |
I already used the Macbook Pro for over a year now and I picked this up for my wife to replace her older laptop. After testing it out for a month already, I do recommend this laptop.
For close to half the price of the Macbook Pro, it includes a lot of the features: great build quality, simple and elegant looks, and blazingly fast performance. It also would be the choice mac for people on the go as it does have better battery life and a smaller form factor.
Definitely, I would have liked a few things: 2GB of RAM would be on par with similar PC models and the monitor adaptor should have been included in the box rather than charging $20 as an accessory. I think for the extra money spent on the black finish, these extra's should have been included.
Aside from that, my wife loves the lappy which is the most important thing for me! |
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| "Totally happy with my forst Mac" | 2007-07-07 |
| - Reviewed By ale_castro |
Great machine and Mac/OS es another world far better than windows. This notebook has 2 weak points in my view:
1) It doesn't offer descent speakers. So if you work with video and you need to play something in a presentation you will have a hard time because the volume is really low.
2) Black color is great, but it gets dirty quite easily. You need to polish the computer daily in order not to look like a pig or lear to live with it as a pig with all your fingerprints over the pearl black color of your mac. |
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| "mmm... mac." | 2007-06-28 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1S5EBIGYQGVKO |
| I will never buy a PC again! Everything in a neat little package right out of the box! I've been using PC's for 15yrs and I was tired of fighting the good fight day in and day out. This is the first Mac I have every owned... it took me about 15 minutes to get used to it. The only thing I had trouble with was, everything was SOO easy that I kept thinking "is that it? that can't be all you have to do." I made a book in iphoto for my sister for a gift, she said it was the best present she every got. I record music in Garage Band, its awsome! But, my favorite thing about my Mac... is it always works! .:ROCK:. |
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| "Buena Buena...." | 2007-06-27 |
| - Reviewed By jackjardim |
Buena computadora , Linda presentacion, larga duracion en la bateria , rapida , sistema operativo excelente... vale la pena por el precio...
No le doy 5 por que no es la Mac book pro.. |
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 "all good but 2 things" | 2007-06-16 |
| - Reviewed By ruiyang |
1. the edge is jagged, sharp and unrounded. It cuts my wrist especially when I type on the macbook on my knees.
2. CPU is easy to be heated. As long as my cpu usage is more 30%, the fan will reach 6000 rpm within 20 seconds |
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| "Very Nice" | 2007-06-06 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1WV7OBKSBBNIA |
I bought this laptop over many of the cheaper PC's, mostly because you couldn't fine a new one without Vista. OS X is a wonderfully awesome, the graphics astounded me right out of the box. But for a 5-year Windows user, it was very confusing when i tried to install applications that just needed to be dragged into the Apps folder, but the documentation included as a booklet and as a pdf file helped me through it.
One of the "problems" Ive noticed is the battery life, which, even in energy-saving mode, is only about 3 hours. But since I haven't taken the laptop away from the charger for a long period of time, I don't know the real amount.
Over-all, Mac's have many features that I wish windows do, including the wonderful Dashboard, xcode, and iLife, just to name a few. And if you love windows guess what: you can run windows with Parallels which runs smoothly for me even with 512 RAM. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a quality laptop with quality software available for it. |
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| "Great, not perfect!" | 2007-05-30 |
| - Reviewed By nheto |
I had just recently acquired this machine and my overall impression so far is that it is a fantastic product. The laptop itself is very light, compact and manageable. You could take it with you pretty much anywhere with little hassle. Apple has tried to improve on the battery life, which they did slightly, so kudos to that. Expect to get about 4 hours of heavy usage, with Bluetooth and WiFi on.
From the design point of view, it is a sharp looking machine. Great curves, thin profile and the glossy screen are just a few to name. Apple incorporated an iSight camera into the screen which was a smart move. It is amazing how much time you can spend playing with it. PhotoBooth is just simply addictive. The keyboard is not entirely my favorite design choice. They keys lie flat and are an actual part of the computer. You cannot remove the keyboard like in previous Apple laptops. I am still gettting used to typing on it. The color white is wonderful for about five days, but then you start noticing all kinds of dirt on the machine. You will need to clean it regularly to kep it looking stunning.
I have noticed with this computer that the system is actually a bit shaky. Every once in a while I will get a horrible black screen prompting me to restart the computer. That has never happened on my PowerBook G4 17" model, and it is highly annoying. I have also noticed that Safari freezes up quite a bit on this model. Very curious and frustrating as well.
To summarize, a wonderful eye candy of a machine, great new design and a portable companion. |
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| "Love my Macbook!" | 2007-05-24 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2VA6TXD83M5AZ |
| I am happy, enough said. It's worth the money and the interest that I will be paying on it for 40 years. |
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