“We don’t write much about Macs at iLounge, but I wanted to make an exception today to pat Apple on the back for doing something very right: the new aluminum MacBook,” Jeremy Horwitz reports for iLounge.
“Say what you will about the economy, the need for a Mac netbook, and Apple’s iterative approach to new product releases; in quick summary, the economy’s rough, a cheaper Mac would have been really smart, and the company definitely has become Machiavellian about dragging out user-requested feature bumps. If you can look past all of those things, the new 13” MacBooks are staggeringly close to the ideal portable Mac—so much so that three or four iLounge editors have either bought them or are planning to do so as we speak. All of us have Macs, but we never upgrade simultaneously, let alone to the same machine, which should be a sign that Apple has accomplished something amazing with this product,” Horwitz reports.
“I’ve been using mine for the last day and completely loving it,” Horwitz reports.
The reasons:
• The design
• The size and weight
• The glass trackpad
• Speed, drive, and screen: I am actually very pleased with the glossy display, which I had resisted across several prior purchases and unnecessarily feared would impact my productivity.
Of course, there are a couple of bummers:
• No FireWire or ExpressCard slot
• Mini Display Port: For the time being it means that my 23” Cinema Display is useless, at least until Apple releases that adapter cable.
Horwitz reports, “Having owned a number of Apple laptops in the past, starting with (seriously) the Macintosh Portable, I think it’s the company’s best portable computer ever.”
More in the full article here.
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