Comments | mattia: MacBook: to buy or not to buy, that is the question.

mattia

MacBook: to buy or not to buy, that is the question.

Dec 19, 2007 15:32

Should I buy a MacBook? Basically for the shiny, but also so I can work/post/faff on public transport/holiday/whatever, and because the dollar is Most Weak. Or are there other 13"-ish notebooks around the same price that are better deals, bang for the buck, etc.?

Poll MacBook: YAY or NAY

EDIT: if you say Nay, you must suggest alternatives. Just 'cause.

Comments 18

phrench_phried December 19 2007, 15:02:39 UTC

I'm probably going to get one sooner or later, exactly that model, and I have to pay for it in dollars.

dolganoff December 19 2007, 15:44:47 UTC

Roughly one third of notebooks I see in my daily train are macbooks (some running Windows). One day I'll be one of them trendy Mac-commuters when my 3 year old notebook fails :)

snowking December 19 2007, 16:03:56 UTC

They are now so cheap, you should buy one for yourself and one for me.

mattia December 19 2007, 22:03:54 UTC

Rachel likes how you think. I remain to be convinced.

kalorlo December 19 2007, 16:14:35 UTC

Or you could get an Eee PC if you just want to be able to do non-intensive stuff on an ickle tiny machine :)

mattia December 19 2007, 22:07:15 UTC

It is tempty, were it not for the fact I pretty much must have Word and a Translation (CAT) tool that integrates well with it for work purposes. And that I do like taking photographs and therefore would want some decent quality screen-action and image editing capacity.

r1cardo December 19 2007, 17:20:14 UTC

Go for the medium one if you can the slight upgrades are worth it. I am making this post from mine that i got at work and it's been lovely.

mattia December 19 2007, 22:05:38 UTC

My issue with the 15" is that it's quite simply too big; won't fit my tiny backpack, and small (14") laptops are already a tight squeeze in many dutch trains in terms of space to open up the screen. I don't need the power for gaming or video editing, and it remains TOO BIG.

Have a desktop at home, after all. And I figure I'll get the DVI adaptor thing so I can plug the powerbook into the LCD TV for giggles.

r1cardo December 19 2007, 22:11:42 UTC

Noooo sorry i meant get the middle one of the 13" laptops. There's a low spec white one, a slightly higher spec white one and the black one. The one in the middle the slightly higher spec white one has some nice upgrades for the money.

For some reason i didn't realise the 2.2ghz one you mentioned is the one i meant :) so you've already chosen it. So yeah buy it! buy it now!

mattia December 20 2007, 06:16:10 UTC

Aaah...yes, that's what I'd be getting.