Flickr Find: MacBook Generations

Voting down a post that speaks the truth = fail. I guess you just don't want to hear it. Angry you spent a lot of money on a machine with overpriced hardware? Just let Steve obsess each model to death to ensure your next computer will be obfuscated already by the time it becomes available for purchase. Microsoft is the opposite extreme: They just slap individual drivers together in an afternoon and call it a day. It's very annoying there is no good middle ground on this. Now, it's true that people would like their hardware to work nicely together. What they don't want is for you to take six months or more of testing to make that happen. Because the hardware you purchased for testing together depreciates too quickly, and you still have to sell it at inflated prices to make a decent profit. So, listen to the market, Apple... People want hardware that works nicely and is current. Don't let Jobs OCD everything to death.

This post inspired me to make a Genius appointment to fix my PowerBook G4. Screen flickers. :-(

Every last one of them is just a superb machine!

Why haven't I discovered Apple before a spend lots of money on pc's

... long time lurker; first time poster.

Looking at the picture, I thought, "hey, I think I still own all of those." Then I looked up to realize that not only do I own them, but I can see all four from where I'm sitting: the two PPC laptops uselessly stacked on my bookshelf, the old x86 under my TV serving up hulu and iTunes, while I type this on my new x86 MBP. Such a pack rat...

They're not exactly "all over it" - just the hinge, the display frame and the keys - but I like the black bits, they add contrast. The unibody machines aren't like the past pseudo-metallic models, they're all smooth aluminium all over without the usual screws and telltale plastic, so the black acts like a highlight.

i still curse the idiots who chose the paint for the Tibook...
only us apple fan-boys/girls could accept the fact that a 3000$ notebook had paint that peeled off with use.

still... i LOVED my powerbook.
a 800Mhz DVI, still in use by a friend of mine :)

It shows a very interesting evolution, but that one on top is certainly the pinnacle of that process. Glad it's the one I'm typing on! No wonder they're selling a lot more MBP's these days, they stand out next to anything else, past or current on the market.

Really shows how perfect the current generation is. No screws, no air vents, no plastic. Just perfect.
(I am aware that the hinge is made of plastic, or at least plastic covered, but if it was aluminum, it would look weird when it's open, so still, perfect)

Apple design is incredible

i'd like to see the foot prints of the 15" books they continue to grow with each revision. I personally hate that, slim is fine but i'd really like to see the footprint shrink again. i bet you find a big difference between the current pros and the ti powerbook. /not related but needs more usb ports instead of dropping ports and adding none...