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 enlarge | Brand: Apple
Category: Personal Computer
List Price: $1,499.00
Buy New: $1,478.99
You Save: $20.01 (1%)
New (5) from $1,478.99
Rating:  140 reviews
Sales Rank: 67
Color: Black
Media: Personal Computers
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Mac OS X
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.4
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo
Processors: 1
System Bus Speed: 800
System Memory: 2000
Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 250
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Native Resolution: 13.3
Modem: None
Display Size: 13.3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.7
Dimensions (in): 17.3 x 5.4 x 17
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: MB404LL/A
Model: MB404LL/A
UPC: 885909214297
EAN: 0014100088066
ASIN: B0013FNZ1M
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 101-105 of 140
 Great for Productivity April 22, 2008
K. Ritter (Ohio)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is my first Mac product, and I am not disappointed. The interface is superb and responsive and the differences from Windows are not difficult to adapt. I am a full time student taking courses exclusively online, and I couldn't be happier that I have a Mac. The best feature I have found is the expose button. At anyone time I may have fifteen windows open and it is nice to be able to see them all on one screen so that I can select the one I want. The included software blows Microsoft out of the water.
I Used to Be a Hardcore MS Windows advocate.... April 20, 2008
John Schinter (Chicago, IL)
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
Once you have spent any amount of time on this MacBook - You will be obsessed!
No need to spend time with details - The Macbook is simply a SPECTACULAR piece of technology / software.
HIGHEST RATING - Nothing competes......
Couldn't have asked for a better computer April 20, 2008
W. Greely (Walpole, MA United States)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
After my HP laptop died for the 7th time (never ever will buy an HP product again ... had trouble with 2 printers of theirs as well), I decided to go with this little wonder of a laptop, mostly because we use them in our middle school, and I figured, if these babies can get beat up by middle school students day after day after day, why not just buy one? It looks good, speedy, keyboard feels great, sleep mode and start up are almost instantaneous ... no more waiting for hours while the HP booted up like before. Since I also use some windows programs, I decided to install Parallels with XP, and it runs WAYYYYYY faster and better on this little macbook than it ever did on any other PC or laptop I've tried before. If you want a computer that will last you a long time, is reliable, can take a tough environment, and looks great, this one is it. The only caveat I have with the black one is that it shows fingerprints very easily, but they also wipe off easily. We have the white ones in school, and you can't see any fingerprints on the outside. They keys on the inside, however, and the wrist wrest can get quite dirty, so you may want to invest in a keyboard cover from iSkin (I'm using one right now ... fits perfectly and makes typing comfortable and quieter), and a wrist pad cover from marware, and you should be good to go if you're worried about dirt. I'm fastidious about keeping things clean, and these just fit the bill perfectly. DVD performance on this thing is outstanding ... there is no reason to not get this high quality computer from Apple. Apple really cares about their customer experience, from shopping to customer service. BTW, I recommend getting the apple care package as well ... always have been helpful when I had simple questions about hooking up wireless and printer. I didn't get my macbook from Amazon, but from the apple store in Braintree, MA. They were very helpful, had answers to all my questions. For Windows users who are concerned about the lack of a right mouse button, you can set up the track pad in preferences to read a one-finger tap of the pad as a mouse click, a two-finger tap as a right mouse click, and a two finger glide to scroll. Great!
Better Value than the Macbook Pro April 19, 2008
Jeff Stewart
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I'm a first-time mac user and have been very happy with this notebook. I thought 10 years of windows use would make the first month or so a hassle, but it was a surprisingly easy transition. Leopard is fast, easy to use, and has great features. The browser Firefox and Microsoft Word are the same, and bootcamp/parallels allow you to run Windows within Mac seamlessly if you need a windows program for some reason.
Just one tip for people trying to decide between this or the considerably more expensive Macbook Pro- aside from the video card, the main difference is the screen size and the speakers. For this upgrade, you pay about double the price. I suspect they deliberately kept the Macbook screens stuck at 13" to push people to go up a tier.
By buying the Macbook, you can afford to get 2 extra gigabytes of ram to compensate for the videocard, a full-size, 22" monitor, a decent 2-button mouse, and a mac external keyboard.
At your desktop, hook up the mouse and the keyboard to the macbook and make the larger monitor your primary one, and you have an excellent desktop computer. If you have parallels, you can run windows on the macbook monitor, and OSX on the larger monitor, and switch between then effortlessly. When you leave work, just unplug the macbook from the keyboard and monitor, and boom, your powerful desktop just turned into a laptop. It's the best of both worlds.
These extras more than compensate for the Macbook Pro's extras, And it'll still be cheaper for you to do it this way!
Wow! April 19, 2008
Karen Woodworth Roman (DeKalb, IL)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
After owning several PCs and a Gateway laptop, we are back to macs. My husband had a Mac when we got married in the mid-90s. We bought the cheapest Apple laptop and we are very happy with it. I thought if a laptop is going to only last 3 or 4 years, why spend top dollar for it. I like the small size and the screen is plenty big. It is light-weight, too. When I don't know how to do something, I find the help menu, well, helpful. The battery life seems to be pretty good. I bought the Microsoft Word, Excel, etc. package and I go back and forth between a PC at work and the documents work fine. I use a MacBook Pro at work, but I'm perfectly happy with a MacBook at home.
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