New Apple Lust Objects

this looks like any other macbook to me. surprisingly cheap though. i thought macbooks ran in the 2K-3K range

reports that the mooted $899 inventory might be an LED screen?!

don't like those chiclet keyboards, but otherwise the design is nice. intrigued by the glass touchpad, annoyed that gestures aren't something that current MBPs can be updated to unerstand

GLASS TRACKPAD!

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i want to snap that over my knee

$2k, $2.4 k.

new display!

1:32PM Engadget:
This will also be the first MBP that we offer SSD on, and you can access the drives from underneath the battery." Nice! That's a nice touch.

:D :D

I just do not understand the move to high-gloss glass screens.

regular macbook dropped to $999. bah.

why do ppl hate the glossy so much?

fingerprinty

fuck 999$? that's CRAP

they should've done away with the entry level macbook; or at least made it a metal enclosure too and kept it at that price

it will look silly next to the family of macs

I think that is the point an easy upsell/something for schools.

there is a new macbook with metal enclosure, they are talking about now.

$1299

yeah, I know, akm

but the entry level one is still that shitty white

I can't use glossy MBs/MBPs or the new iMacs because of glare and short of being in a completely dark room, I've never found a situation where glare wasn't an issue.

right.

$1599 for the one with a readable screen

they really needed to get the prices down on these things. fucking hell, there is a massive recession and everyone is broke, these are about $200-$400 too much for me.

they cost a lot to make. the mark up is much lower than most consumer electronics.

hmm, apple have traditionally had the best margins in the business.

The manufacturing photos are cool.

dude I'm getting a dellintosh

bellyachers in bellyaching shocka!!

count me in

dellintosh will be all kinds of butthurt

I didn't think I would be torn between the MB and MBP, but I am.

oops I guess I was wrong, the $1599 one still has a 13" screen, taht's kinda bullshit.

Frankly, for that price (or even $100) it should have a 15" screen. I'd happily buy that. As it is, the MBPs seem overpriced, and the MBs seem too small.

thus it has ever been, thus it shall ever be

MBs seem too big more like

i'm confused ... my MBP can do gestures on the trackpad. three finger swipe, pinch and expand, rotate, etc. are there new ones?

also am i the only person that thinks the two-tone look is butt ugly?

ya, stet otm

11" MB pls, apple

get rid of white macbook and put a $900 11" MB = nintendodsprintsmoney.gif

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I think the MacBooks are too big compared my beloved (RIP) PB G4 12" XPOSTS

ha.. the new 'entry level' metal macbook has a slower processor than the 'cheaper' white macbook..

lame... too expensive... too big and heavy

MB white:

Processor and memory
intel Core 2 Duo

* 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache running 1:1 with processor speed
* 800MHz frontside bus
* 1GB (two 512MB
SO-DIMMs) of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB

new MB:

Processor and memory
intel Core 2 Duo

* 2.0GHz or 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache running 1:1 with processor speed
* 1066MHz frontside bus
* 2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB

also the white MB is more expensive than the old cheapest MB in UK. Seems weird for Apple to be going all-guns on expensive stuff as, yknow, world ends etc.

really? They dropped the price by 50 euros to 949euros in europe

i'm confused ... my MBP can do gestures on the trackpad. three finger swipe, pinch and expand, rotate, etc. are there new ones?

also am i the only person that thinks the two-tone look is butt ugly?

― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:52 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

expln!

Does the 13" MacBook have the hard disk behind the battery like the MBP?

I'm guessing yes just b/c they have to share the same case, but can't confirm.

4-finger gestures? Yeah, that keeps it simple. How far will they go before they just put two fucking buttons on the thing?

Isn't the MacPro 15" in?

haha yes thank u cold meds/stupid pills

4-finger swipe is totally ridiculous. i can already do two-finger right click but i don't really like to use it.

are they phasing the 17" mbp out? i can't even figure out how to get to the spec page for it.

expln!

― the valves of houston (gbx)

expln what?

are they phasing the 17" mbp out? i can't even figure out how to get to the spec page for it.

― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:05 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

apparently not

NONE of the new MacBooks has FireWire 400 and only the MBP has Firewire 800! Wow

I wouldn't buy a 17" right now…