My pretty new Macbook Pro

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Reading this thread reminded me of the ring in Lord of the Rings. :D

I feel the same way about my laptop though. I did buy a gamer edition and it has harman/kardon speakers with a built in subwoofer so I can do anything on it. Listen to music, play games, write code, watch movies, all the good stuff.
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Ive just bougtht myself a MacBook white. It's sweet!
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Just thought I'd post this little gem:
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com
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Kieran Huggins wrote:Just thought I'd post this little gem:
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com
You trying to bankrupt me!?
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Dude, I am so screwed. I can almost hear it audibly "get your arse out there a buy two of each one of those things".
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@Jcart - I'll see you in line @ the Apple store in January :twisted:

@Everah - It seems we'll both have to cut back on the Peppermint Mochas in order to save up.
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Is the whole board converting to Mac? I'm waiting on the January updates to go select either a MacBook or Pro version - I was considering the smaller MacBook but it looks like I'll be doing less travel than expected, sufficiently less that a Pro would not be dragging my shoulders into the mud day after day...

Does anyone have an opinion on black vs white? ;) Start a new flamewar! Hehehe
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Black shows dirt and fingerprints like LED powered icons in a dark room. White much less so.
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That's true. But white is very white to start with. Depending on your hand-washing habits it'll not be as white anymore after a while...
But even then I prefer white! I think it's cool :)
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Maugrim_The_Reaper wrote:Is the whole board converting to Mac? I'm waiting on the January updates to go select either a MacBook or Pro version - I was considering the smaller MacBook but it looks like I'll be doing less travel than expected, sufficiently less that a Pro would not be dragging my shoulders into the mud day after day...

Does anyone have an opinion on black vs white? ;) Start a new flamewar! Hehehe
As you may have seen in other posts, i have just taken delivery of a new MacBook in white. I compared the 2 colours, and i just couldn't resist the apple white. It just look more classy in my opinion.

I didn't really considered the MacBook Pro as it was more than i needed, but even though the MacBook is small, i haven't really noticed the small screen size of the MacBook, as the resolution is good enough to compensate.

I guess it depends on what you are going to be doing. if you need lots of power, the Pro is the way to go. If you need a brilliant little laptop for surfing, coding and all the day to day stuff people get up to, then you cant go wrong with the MacBook
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...PS two fingered scrolling is possibly the best idea EVER!!
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Whoa - I just got finished making the same observation in another thread! I guess it's not just me...

The black and white MacBooks both have dirt issues (it shows, a lot). I never liked the MBP aesthetic either, metal coloured paint looks cheesy IMO, made worse when it starts to rub off in spots (ugh).

This new "gunmetal" finish that's coming in Jan sounds sexy, though I was initially hoping for the "real-aluminum edges + glass" look of the current iMacs.

I hope someone posts the forum's OS stats over the course of Jan so we can see what kind of an impact this has on us 8)
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I was really disapointed to see that Apples did not provide the black model for the Macbook Pro's... all they had was the silver :( I think the white by far looks the best, then the black, then the silver. Nothing a can of spraypaint can't fix though. Muahaha :twisted:
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I've seen rumors of the Macbooks going to (completely) aluminum exteriors with the update.
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My macbook had the "browning" issue (not dirt) but after replacement under warranty, it's white as new for 3 months now. I guess it helps that I wash my hands.. :lol:

My macbook is great for on the go stuff. Browsing, word processing, coding (although I still feel the windows code editors are years beyond OS X compatible ones), etc. Definitely helps that it's on unix too.
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