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Silver said 12:36PM on 5-16-2006
What the hey? The black MacBook comes with a white power adapter and white remote???
Lame. Very un-Apple-esque that.
Good call on the matte finish though, Apple. That should keep the scratch screaming at bay. For a little while anyway.
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Winston said 12:44PM on 5-16-2006
It's good they used a matte black for the case.
Still, I'm getting a white MacBook. It's cooler-looking (not "cool" as in "hippy/trendy", but "cool" as in "lighter-colored/less dull")
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andy said 12:44PM on 5-16-2006
it doesnt have the apple style about it, maybe cause its not glossy, i dont know
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keihan said 12:48PM on 5-16-2006
If you order a iPod nano black, it comes with white cables too. Like it or not.
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Andy said 12:52PM on 5-16-2006
I really dig the Glossy displays, much better looking and higher quaility than the old junk displays.
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Alex said 12:58PM on 5-16-2006
At least from the pics, the laptop outter shell looks terrible, like a $400 dell, I could be wrong, haven't seen it in person. And the screen, well dont get me started on that.
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Marco Senf said 1:00PM on 5-16-2006
And mine is still two weeks away... :((
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Brian said 1:01PM on 5-16-2006
3 questions.
1) What is that little indent next to the infrared port on the front?
2) How does it close? is it still a latch?
3) Anyone seen battery life yet?
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Brian said 1:05PM on 5-16-2006
#2 answer is that it is now a magnet rather than a latch.
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Nook said 1:08PM on 5-16-2006
Belive it or not, Glossy is much better. I have a Sony LCD with glossy connected to my Dual Powermac G5 and its awesome. And this is only from the testimony of a sony screen so you gotta belive the apple display is going to be the sh*t.
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natmgriff said 1:10PM on 5-16-2006
Battery life up to 6hrs posted on Apple site... better than MBP (but to be expected w/ smaller screen.) And #4 "old junk displays" ??? MBP display is same as cinema display...wouldn't call that junk! Glossy looks pretty reflective, think I might prefer without. Wonder how that'll do in a brightly lit Starbucks ; )
And BTW...Black looks very IBM Thinkpadish IMHO...hahaha! Def would put the extra $ into a nice laptop bag instead!!!!
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HAMU said 1:10PM on 5-16-2006
EGAD that display is ugly. the gloss shows too much reflection.
the rest of it looks slick though.
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MacWebHosting said 1:22PM on 5-16-2006
Hmmm... just how I like my women!!! ;) hahaha....
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Adrian vG said 1:45PM on 5-16-2006
This actually helped me decide to buy the WHITE one. Black was too PC-ish...
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EricbUNNY said 1:50PM on 5-16-2006
Glossy is only better if you don't have a freaking bright room
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Don said 2:19PM on 5-16-2006
If you take the white one and upgrade the hard drive to 80GB it becomes IDENTICAL to the black model for $150 less.
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S said 3:00PM on 5-16-2006
You have to understand that ANY screen, glossy or not, will show reflections when it's off, or when you look at it from an extreme angle. From the normal angle of view, when it's on, I've never seen any real glare. The other thing to remember is that if you are in direct sunlight, the old matte screens turn virtually invisible. These screens reflect that light away, making it easy to see outdoors and in bright lights.
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greatslack said 3:01PM on 5-16-2006
Definitely not diggin the black on this one
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Jeremiah said 3:11PM on 5-16-2006
I agree with S. I own a golossy screen Dell and the only issues I have with glare are if I am looking at it at some odd angle, that said I almost just like them better from a provacy standpoint... I can see what i am doing just fine to other people they get glare!
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Christian said 3:13PM on 5-16-2006
One question... Does it whine?
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