On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Antonio Lulic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8 Dec 2008, at 20:40, Mark Smith wrote: > >> The weight is the thing. Those are about 700g. That and the fact that >> 2GB RAM is getting a bit slim these days. Wifey has an air and I love >> it, but I usually only use it to surf, mail and browse the main iPhoto >> library on the LAN. Those and the fact that my extra viscous treacle >> experience with the Rev1 MacBook and Office 2008, Outlook over VMWare >> Fusion and other greedy apps makes me keen on extra GHz and RAM. > > I got myself a 2.4GHz MacBook (topped up to 4gb by Apple for an > uncharacteristically reasonable price [seriously, I think this is the > first time they've priced their RAM competitively]), with the plain > 250gb HDD. I've been using it almost exclusively for a month (my 24" > iMac is getting a bit dusty), and it's been fantastic. I had a rev1 > BlackBook myself beforehand, and this machine's a lot more capable. I > don't know if it's just the RAM, or the extra graphical power > (unlikely), but it's been a dream. Also, it weighs four fifths of what > the BlackBook did, so it's a lot easier on my shoulder.
Good to hear. Though, the new MacBook remains 680g heavier than the Air. > > Those cracks on your Black MacBook, by the way - Apple will fix those > out of warranty if you ask nicely at a genius bar. I had my case (the > bezel around the screen and the whole keyboard/wrist rest assembly) > replaced just before I bought my new MacBook, to increase the resale > value. Took 3 days and cost nothing. I recommend you do the same. Well, I would, but the nearest Genius Bar to me (Berlin) is about 600km away (Münich) and the local authorized repair shop quoted a turn around on a case repair of about 2 weeks. Since this is my main office machine and I don't have a stand by, I think I'll suffer the cracks for a few more weeks. _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
