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Apple has replaced the iBook and the 12-inch PowerBook with the new MacBook. more

[jldinsdale]

AND IT COMES IN BLACK!!!!!

[pdbreske]

Sweeeet.

[NoSalt]

This pretty much sucks. You HAVE to buy the top end model to get it in black. What were they thinking??? I love it that it comes in black but I don't want to drop $1,500.00 on a new system. Apple has done it again, handed us some candy and punched us in the stomach at the same time.
Thanks for nothing ...
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[JasonD]

And, like the Mini, there has been a price bump. Not surprising since the new MacBook has many new features...

[jxself]

This leaves the Power Mac G5 as the only remaining PowerPC machine. I wonder when that makes the transition???

[sereluna]

Isn't that the same speed as the MacBook Pro?
What do they means by "a 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display thats 79% brighter with 30% more viewing area than the iBook before it"? Which iBook before it?
It's got audio-in, and FireWire, but it's not as pretty as the MBP: the infra-red sensor's too far to the right, and the things which stop the screen bumping on the keyboard look totally uninspired.

[d00d]

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What do they means by "a 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display thats 79% brighter with 30% more viewing area than the iBook before it"? Which iBook before it?

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In terms of pixels, both.

[alexjohnson]

It's what was expected - though the screen resolution shows the rumour sites were FOS - but it is heavier than my 12" AlBook. That's not exactly improvement for a sub-notebook. Waiting to see what the Civ 4 specs are before getting upset about Intel graphics (though 64MB is on the low side).
While most of the boxes I was looking for can be ticked, somehow after all the sepculation it isn't as sexy as I was hoping for. I may get one anyway, but I'm not rushing to the Apple Store today. An aluminium-clad thin 13" widescreen MacBook (Pro or otherwise) with a 128MB graphics card would have got my purchase today.

[d00d]

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This pretty much sucks. You HAVE to buy the top end model to get it in black. What were they thinking??? I love it that it comes in black but I don't want to drop $1,500.00 on a new system. Apple has done it again, handed us some candy and punched us in the stomach at the same time.

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While I think you're being a little over the top, $200 for 20 GB and black coloring seems a little foolish. People will still buy it, but Apple has clearly recognized the overwhelming consumer demand for black over white.
EDIT: Furthermore, the 80 GB drive is a $50 option for the white top end MacBook. That's a whopping $150 for coloring only. Boo.

[Jamus]

The deal with the devil also has a downside and here it is in the form of the oh so lovely Intel Graphics chipset. So I wonder how much RAM this one is going to gobble up?
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[JasonD]

Hmmm, a can of black spray paint is pretty cheap.

[astromino]

Glossy screen? I hope not like Dell and all the rest of them. I HATE those - iiiikes. They look fine in a dark room, but you might as well look at a rearview mirror. I don't know why people put up with this crap.
That pretty much rules out the MacBook for me.