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Choose your colour... Core duo across the range. <http://www.apple.com/macbook/> hc bounce.this@rude.you (Hugh Chaloner) enlightened us with: > Choose your colour... > > Core duo across the range. > > <http://www.apple.com/macbook/> If you check the specs... you'll notice that that lovely black case adds $150 to the price (and is only available in the $1499 MacBook at this point.) -Andy-  SignatureYou can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant -- Excepting Alice > bounce.this@rude.you (Hugh Chaloner) enlightened us with: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > black case adds $150 to the price (and is only available in > the $1499 MacBook at this point.) This way, they get to see what the demand for a black MackBook really is; if it's not there, they have lots of wiggle room to drop the price. You can see the inside and comments of the new MacBook here: http://www.powermax.com/articles_reviews/article.php?id=26 > Choose your colour... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > hc I want one; I mean I really, really do want one - the 15" Macbook Pro, to be specific. If I get it, this will be my first Mac, after very many years and very, very many p.c.s. But, I need to ask, How long has it taken Apple to work out design and manufacturing defects in previous new models? I ask because I am not encouraged by the number of complaints I've seen coming from long-time Mac owners, of numerous niggling defects in some of the units already owned - distracting noises from the cpu and from the screen lamp, visual screen artifacts, mechanical glitches (e.g. the magnetic power connector seems defectively designed), etc., such that I would find hard to accept, since I am not (yet) a Mac True Believer, and therefore not ready to overlook small annoyances in a luxury item, Thanks for any perspective you have to offer a newcomer who expects a lot. Jacques > How long has it taken Apple to work out design and manufacturing defects > in previous new models? rev B? I waited till rev C for the early iMac >> How long has it taken Apple to work out design and manufacturing defects >> in previous new models? > > rev B? I waited till rev C for the early iMac If it is possible to generalize, what has been typical? 3 months? 6? a year? ...for b? ...for c? Jacques > If it is possible to generalize, what has been typical? > 3 months? 6? a year? ...for b? ...for c? > Jacques iMac Rev A: Aug 98 iMac Rev B: Oct 98 iMac Rev C: Jan 99 iMac Rev D: Apr 99 Pretty rapid for the iMacs, but I suppose the manufacturing processes 7 years ago may have been different. > Choose your colour... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > hc Are there good descriptions of the various ports? I can't read the writing on Apple's pictures. What is that dot on the front right?? SignatureClem "If you push something hard enough, it will fall over." - Fudd's first law of opposition > > <http://www.apple.com/macbook/> > > > > hc > > Are there good descriptions of the various ports? Take a look for yourself: http://www.apple.com/macbook/specs.html > I can't read the writing on Apple's pictures. What is that dot on > the front right?? Receiver for the infrared remote control. >>> <http://www.apple.com/macbook/> >>> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Receiver for the infrared remote control. That's kind of what I suspected, but I find it strange that there's no mention of an infra-red port on the specs page. SignatureClem "If you push something hard enough, it will fall over." - Fudd's first law of opposition David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy - 23 May 2006 07:06 GMT > Choose your colour... > > Core duo across the range. > > <http://www.apple.com/macbook/> As the owner of a G4 12" powerbook, I have to say that this looks _very_ attractive. I'm particularly pleased about the external video support, which has been among the most important factors in always choosing the powerbook over the ibooks. SignatureDavid Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org In article <1hfs3k9.uraltv12nsldiN%this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.com>, this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.com (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote: > > Choose your colour... > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > which has been among the most important factors in always choosing the > powerbook over the ibooks. I'm planning on getting two in a bit. One replaces my 12" PB (which goes to daughter #2), the other to my wife, replacing her TiBook. A workmate just swapped his 12" PB for one, and at the office, it looks just fine, and the lighting there is a *lot* worse in terms of glare than where I'd be using the machine at home. |
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