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Rig of the Day: What else?

Picking a rig to highlight this afternoon was pretty easy. Flickr user cdevroe has posted some nice shots of his brand new, not-even-24-hours-old MacBook. In black, no less. We're jealous.
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Faithful NewsReader said 5:39PM on 5-17-2006
Envious. I'm sure you mean envious. :-)
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David Blumenstein said 5:44PM on 5-17-2006
The glossy reflective screen. Why? Just because SONY's X-Brite has curried favor with the masses. Tis a sad state of affairs. Is there a chance that Apple will source matte screens in the future, or will all of their machines go glossy and the option on the MacBook Pro is due to backlog of the matte screens. Once they're out, that's it.
Once kitted out appropriately with the requisite 2 Gigs of RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, spare power adapter, dvi video adapter....and what case would you put this all in?
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andy said 5:51PM on 5-17-2006
whats a macbook?
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Nicholas Smith said 6:55PM on 5-17-2006
And already the fingerprints appear, has no one learned from the psp?
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Dean said 8:29PM on 5-17-2006
is the screen soft? or rigid, it looks soooo cheap when you see a computer with the wavy revlection on the screen...
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Wry Cooter said 9:04PM on 5-17-2006
Anyone remember IBM's PC Jr? With the infamous chiclet keyboard? I'm sorry but I cant help but think of that with this keyboard design-- I hope it actually feels good.
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Peter said 9:23PM on 5-17-2006
I just ordered a new MBP today. I was all set to buy an MB last night, but I sat on it for a day and decided that between the integrated graphics and only glossy screen, that I wanted the MBP (with matte display).
It took me a while to decide whether I wanted to get the glossy screen on the MBP. Having read more negative than positive, and after talking to an apple rep, I decided against it. I guess we'll see when it arrives next week!
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Colin D. Devroe said 11:30PM on 5-17-2006
Rig of the day? Me? This MacBook is definitely worthy. No fingerprints (to those that are just looking at the pictures I ask that they take a look at the notes, description, and comments - before they judge based on the photos alone).
I believe the MacBook will be Apple's number 1 seller, and that it is their best laptop they've ever put together to-date.
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Matt Hamrick said 1:29PM on 5-19-2006
I was a bit surprised to find chiclets making a comeback. Clearly no one remembers the TI-99/4 or original Tandy Color Computer. Touch typing on such devices was always a bit of a challenge; at least when compared to non-chiclet keyboards. BTW... Stacking Fault has an expos on the history of the chiclet keyboard at http://www.cryptonomicon.net/msh/2006/05/chicklets-are-you-frikkin-kidding-me.html . Fun stuff.
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