Comments on: The White Unibody is the Second-Best MacBook Ever, So Why Do I Feel So Let Down?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:03:16 +0000

I have owned this MacBook for about 8 months now. Yes the body is sleeker, but I have a couple hairline cracks on the screen hinge. It seems the body is less durable. I would much rather have the aluminum MacBoo. Also, the bottom is extremely prone to dirt. And it doesn’t come off!!! I also find that an sd slot would be extremely helpful. I am a pretty serious photographer. I ended up getting an sd card that can plug into a USB, but like it was said earlier, there is only enough room for one USB device at a time. As for the battery, it feels as though apple has locked me out of my own computer. I can’t even change the battery! If I ever need a new one I have to bring it back to the apple store. Recently, I just had to get my display replaced because it was loosened not aligned. As for the audio in/out, it is a big dissapoitment. I play bass guitar so record allot with garage band. The audio in processing is quite good, but you can never tell because I am forced to listen through crappy speakers. By the way, I am in grade 8, so this Mac clearly isn’t great for all younger people. Overall, this was a disappointment with apple. It seems as though they are always making their products worse. If I could take it back, I would rather have bought the MacBook pro.

By: pete

pete — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:01:06 +0000

fail

By: Stenny

Stenny — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:48:33 +0000

people are putting bad reviews on this computer. I have myself bought this computer and it is outstanding. Compared to last years macbook this one is 1000 times better. Its thinner,more durable,more memory, better mouse pad, just overall much better. The only thing I dont like is the very bottom that gets dirt stuck to it easily but i bought myself a cover witch fixed it. NEW MACBOOK=AMAZING!

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:01:03 +0000

The lack of SD and firewire is bad howver the size is an issue. This is a compact machine, VERY small in comparison to most laptops. A netbook as you point out has a SD slot. It also has a cpu the size of a coin. The macbook has a larger, powerful cpu with a decent graphics adapter. But still: Apple, we dont mind 0.1 inches extra for some ports/slots.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:57:18 +0000

It is a slightly worse screen. The Pro has 60% more colour gumat. But otherwise they are identical. Put two side by side (I saw this in an apple store) and unless you decide to go into graphics and high end photo editing its not noticable. The lighting creates a blue tint. One in the store looked the same while another looked as though the screen had blown. Move it from the light and its fine.

By: Stan the crazy man

Stan the crazy man — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:12:55 +0000

excuse me, but i have almost never used a mac (for about 15 minutes) and even i have used a firewire port. I’m not saying anything personal about it to you, but i think ‘most of the people won’t never use a firewire port in their whole life’ is a bit of a stretch. But, don’t worry, i give you, say, 60% credit because although i have used one it is only going to my PC (trust me, it’s a desktop and i really want a mac) to charge my iPod.

By: Dorkishperson.

Dorkishperson. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:08:37 +0000

Oh sorry. By the way, the photos on the website look fine, but seeing it in person is a whole other story. :|

By: Dorkishperson.

Dorkishperson. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:07:27 +0000

maybe the new white Macbook is just a bit of a joke product to get people to buy the Macbook Pro 13 inch? I just don’t see people buying these :/

By: Dorkishperson.

Dorkishperson. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:05:33 +0000

This is so NOT a better looking model. I was excited about it, and in Australia the full-spec 4GB 500GB HDD model is only $1649, but after seeing the ugly lines around the screen and awkward looking trackpad etc, im going to have to go with the MacBook Pro 13″. I have no idea what Apple were thinking with this design, it just looks really cheap, like they’re trying to flog them off to people who don’t know any better. The lines and the new shapes look inelegant, the old white Macbook had a much sharper, leaner square-edge look, this new one just looks bad. Yeah ok, “ugly”. Sorry if that’s mean, but they could have made it look so much sleeker.

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:21:09 +0000

SD readers that plug into USB
USB Hubs?