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    New Unibody LED MacBook Hands On

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    10/20/09

    In reply to New Unibody LED MacBook Hands On
    Chunky.

    Perhaps they should call it a FatBook..
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    10/20/09

    In reply to New Unibody LED MacBook Hands On
    John, yes, rubber is an insulator. Generally, if it is an electrical insulator, it's also a thermal one. #whitemacbook
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    10/20/09

    In reply to New Unibody LED MacBook Hands On
    You guys have been holding out on us! I guess as this blogs enters more mainstream you have to learn to put a gag on pre-releases. I'm sure you guys learned about this "event" weeks or at least, days before today. #whitemacbook
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    Image of Walter VanRooyen Walter VanRooyen
    10/20/09

    In reply to New Unibody LED MacBook Hands On
    Can someone explain why the low end 27" iMac has a 3.06GHZ processor and the high end has a 2.66GHZ quad core? Does the quad core help that much? Confused! #whitemacbook
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    10/20/09

    @Walter VanRooyen: Well, think of it like this-- for properly written software that can take advantage of multicore hardware (see: SNOW LEOPARD), a 3.06ghz dual-core system means about 6.12ghz in functional power, whereas as 2.66ghz quad-core system gives you about 10.64ghz under the hood. Yeah, the difference is sizeable-- but the real advantage is that this particular quad-core (the core i5) is designed to support triple-channel memory, which removes some of the theoretical bottleneck you'd suffer while multitasking. #whitemacbook
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    Image of teohhanhui teohhanhui
    10/20/09

    @wild homes loves you but chooses darkness!: The Core i5 does NOT have triple-channel memory. #whitemacbook
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    10/21/09

    @teohhanhui: Indeed. My mistake. I actually knew this, but replied in a hurry and got mixed up. Thanks for catching my error, gentlemen. Cheers! #whitemacbook
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    Image of my name is jonas my name is jonas
    10/20/09

    In reply to New Unibody LED MacBook Hands On
    Interesting. So what is the difference now between this and the 13" Macbook Pro? What does the extra $200 get you? #whitemacbook
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    10/20/09

    @my name is jonas: Better unibody enclosure, FW800, backlit keyboard, glass panel display.

    The big issue though, is that Apple currently has 13" MBP's in its refurb lot for the same price as a brand new white Macbook, at least for now. #whitemacbook
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    10/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Yup. I got my 13" uMBP back in August refurbished for $999. I'm not to upset by the new WhiteBook, except for the hard drive. But, meh, I have an external drive. #whitemacbook
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    10/20/09

    @zwaldowski: Personally, I feel that the difference of ease of swapping HDD's in the white MBP and the sealed MBP is negligible. #whitemacbook
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    10/20/09

    In reply to New Unibody LED MacBook Hands On
    A rubberized bottom sounds like a really bad stain magnet, being an even softer surface than the standard polycarbonate.

    The aluminum "Macbook" pretty much foreshadowed the eventual disappearance of the FW400 port it seems. Bummer. #whitemacbook
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    10/20/09

    In reply to New Unibody LED MacBook Hands On
    I'm glad the white macbook hasn't become second-class, and they still give it the new stuff for the people who can only afford entry-level. Brings down the price point for great tech. #whitemacbook
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    10/20/09

    @jakebathman: With the cutting of Firewire, it's being kept a second-class notebook to keep appeal going in favor of the more expensive "Pro" option. Lacking firewire basically kills the appeal for people who actually do "pro" things but don't want to spend "pro" money on the laptop. #whitemacbook
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    10/20/09

    @jakebathman: I had bought my last unibody MB for under $1000.

    Really, there is no excuse for not buying from the referb bin. It's not other peoples used "crap". They are as clean as a whistle. #whitemacbook
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    10/20/09

    @UnderLoK: I have a refurb 17" MBP (non-unibody) and I love it. I have zero problem buying refurb, but I'm saying it's nice to have new machine entry prices at $1000 without having a stripped-down version of the hardware. #whitemacbook
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/20/09

    @UnderLoK: A lot of the time, "refurbished" means that it was opened and returned for issues outside of technical fault of the laptop, so really it's often a brand new laptop that's been de-minted. #whitemacbook
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    10/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: A lot of refurbs are actually machines that were set up as CTO by VARs, but the transaction was never completed for whatever reason and the computer can't be sold as new. #whitemacbook
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