The new Macbooks

Nonsense Man · Post by **Nonsense Man** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:17 pm

Has anyone seen the updated Macbooks? I just looked at them and they are amazing for their price. 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo,2GB memory, 250GB hard drive all for $1500.

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:26 pm

A friend of mine is going to buy one of them soon. He's been waiting for an update.

Negative_Creep · Post by **Negative_Creep** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:43 pm

Thats not a good price :/ I've seen notebooks way better than that for $1500

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:55 pm

For that price, I'd get an X61 then buy a desktop computer too.

So Many Kinds of Bagels · Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:49 pm

Sweet. You can look cool in Starbucks with your Macbook while I make HD movies and play high resolution games for about $300 less.

nightwheel · Post by **nightwheel** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:04 pm

Nonsense Man wrote:Has anyone seen the updated Macbooks? I just looked at them and they are amazing for their price. 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo,2GB memory, 250GB hard drive all for $1500.

Dang, Thats a good deal for all that

. And plus it's a mac

. Way to compete Apple!!

Post by **Triton** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:13 pm

meh lol, no trackpoint/pointing stick no deal! i hate trackpads on any laptop, thats why i love my desperatly underpowered (in compairison) lifebooks lol. plus i would go nuts without a touchscreen

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:16 pm

Triton wrote:meh lol, no trackpoint/pointing stick no deal! i hate trackpads on any laptop, thats why i love my desperatly underpowered (in compairison) lifebooks lol. plus i would go nuts without a touchscreen

+1 I hate trackpads.

Post by **Black Six** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:22 am

Negative_Creep wrote:Thats not a good price :/ I've seen notebooks way better than that for $1500

Show me please?

Negative_Creep · Post by **Negative_Creep** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:02 am

Can't give you internet links... but I went to a computer shop and seen a laptop with a 2.66ghz Celeron D (okay not a C2D)... 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD and a X1500 (something like that, i'm not knowledgable on ATI).. all for $1000

Post by **bicostp** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:29 am

Negative_Creep wrote:Can't give you internet links... but I went to a computer shop and seen a laptop with a 2.66ghz Celeron D (okay not a C2D)... 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD and a X1500 (something like that, i'm not knowledgable on ATI).. all for $1000

And how is that better? It was probably a refurb; I wouldn't pay more than $550 for that.

Just about any C2D will run circles around a 2.6 gig Celery.

I just built up a 13" Dell laptop to specs comparable to the top of the line Macbook. The total came out to $1369, which is only $130 less than the Macbook. That's not a big deal when you consider you also get OSX and all its goodies, and Apple's high standards in presentation and build quality. (Why does an Escalade cost more than a GMC Yukon, even though they're really the same truck?)

Here's the printout from their online store, since it stores customized builds on a session ID / cookie system:
http://bicostp.googlepages.com/xpsm1330.pdf

Negative_Creep · Post by **Negative_Creep** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:35 am

bicostp wrote:
Negative_Creep wrote:Can't give you internet links... but I went to a computer shop and seen a laptop with a 2.66ghz Celeron D (okay not a C2D)... 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD and a X1500 (something like that, i'm not knowledgable on ATI).. all for $1000
And how is that better? It was probably a refurb; I wouldn't pay more than $550 for that.

We pay double what americans pay though anyway.

Bibin · Post by **Bibin** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:05 pm

The celeron is slightly worse than the Pentium III. It's horrid.

Now, if you get just about any laptop made in the last four years, it'll run Mac OS X. Better, you can get one much better than the macbook and run OSX on it while saving money.

Post by **bicostp** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:22 pm

Bibin wrote:The celeron is slightly worse than the Pentium III. It's horrid.

Now, if you get just about any laptop made in the last four years, it'll run Mac OS X. Better, you can get one much better than the macbook and run OSX on it while saving money.

Not legally. Apple's EULA specifically states that you can't run OS X on third-party computers.

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:58 pm

Macs.......

ewwwwwwww.................

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