Indeed. My white macbook was the same specs exactly as the black (larger HD then a standard white macbook along with a bit more ram I think) and it was less expensive then the "base" black macbook. I also wasn't too jazzed about the black macbook when is saw it. It looked too "flat".
But if my white book is going to discolor I'd prefer a black macbook that stayed black. Greg On 8/15/06, David McDowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
the black has 80GB vs 60Gb for the harddrive, otherwise, it is identical cpu, etc. etc. On 8/15/06, Cristobal Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, no. My dad just bought one, and was told explicitly that > there was a premium for getting it in black. Exact same internals: > different color, different price. > > Or, go to the apple store (online) and upgrade a white one to match > the specs on the black default... see what you get. > > -CMP > > On 8/15/06, Matthew West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Actually, the Black Macbook has a faster CPU and a larger hard drive. I > > think it looks a little better also. > > > > Matt > > > > Larry Karnowski wrote: > > > For an extra $200 bucks just for the color? That money is better spent on > > > AppleCare, in my humble opinion. > > > > > > Larry "Thought this was a Linux list" Karnowski > > > > > > On 8/15/06, Matt Frye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> On 8/15/06, Matthew West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > Yes, the first few models of the macbook did have a bad discoloration > > >> > problem...apparently they fixed the problem with the newer models. > > >> > > >> It seems so. My wife has had her white macbook for a little less than > > >> two months. No discoloration. > > >> > > >> When the time comes, I plan on getting a blackbook. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattfrye > > >> -- > > >> TriLUG mailing list : > > >> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > >> TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > >> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > >> > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (Darwin) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFE4kPv3jWsqwxNSVYRAiR4AJ9gTNSAmiiEDn2DcobnVJeVEbTUbQCfX709 > > oYUIe1pGz2ysA177nNCSJ38= > > =/SX/ > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > -- > Cristobal M. Palmer > UNC-CH SILS Student > TriLUG Vice Chair > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer > "Television-free since 2003" > > <tarheelcoxn> iank has trouble with English. his native language is Python > <iank> Yeah > <iank> I'm forced > <iank> To indent > <iank> My sentences > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
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