Apple MacBook MA254LL/A 13.3" Laptop (1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive, DVD-ROM/CD-RW Drive)- White
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With Intel Core Duo processing power, you'll be amazed at what your MacBook can do--and how fast it can do it. Its 13.3-inch glossy widescreen display lets you see more of your photos, movies, websites, and documents at once and with more clarity than ever. A built-in iSight camera gives you hassle-free video chatting,1 while Front Row and the Apple Remote make it simple to navigate your digital media from across the room. At just 1.08 inches thin and barely over 5 pounds,2 the versatile and portable MacBook puts a world of advanced features all within your reach. 1Video conferencing requires a broadband Internet connection; fees may apply. 2Weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.
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Technical Details
- 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor with 2 MB shared L2 Cache- 512 MB (two SO-DIMM) 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300); 60 GB 5400 rpm Serial ATA hard drive; slot-load Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
- One FireWire 400, two USB 2.0 ports, Mini-DVI port with support for DVI, VGA, S-video, and composite video output (requires adapters, sold separately)
- Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit); built-in 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme (802.11g); built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
- 13.3-inch (diagonal) glossy TFT widescreen display, 1280 x 800 resolution
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By J. Hunter (Austin, TX USA)
Great Computer. I have had it for about 2 years now and I use it every day for 10 to 12 hours a day and it has been trouble free. Reliable and easy to use.
By David Lethe (Texas)
I've used Dell business-class (Lattitude) notebooks since the 90's, and bought one of these for my wife as a replacement for her iMac. Since I was going to move over her applications and reload a fresh copy of the O/S anyway, I took the opportunity to see whether or not this was good enough for a multi-O/S development platform.
First, my company writes storage diagnostic software and we support 32 & 64 bit versions of just about every O/S there. We can't use emulated operating systems or peripherals since the software talks directly to hardware. That is why I have to actually install and boot multiple operating systems rather than use an emulation product or even VMWare.
I had no problems getting this to quadruple-boot Vista64; Fedora LINUX; Windows 2008 and OS X. Didn't get a chance to try Solaris or BSD, but it probably would have worked fine.
I didn't run into any software compatibility problems other than some printer-driver limitations. (So make sure your favorite printer has drivers).
If you're a windows-only person (I pity you, BTW), then this makes a very nice Windows PC, and I suggest making this a dual-boot machine, but just add a 3rd partition that can be used by both operating systems, so you can use that to save programs, data, whatever that can be used by whatever operating system you want to use at the time.
No reason to repeat other things people have said about general features of this notebook. Let me say that MY next notebook will be a macbook.
There were no compatibility problems that I previously expected to run into. This is a Mac that can run any and all 32 & 64-bit Intel-compatible operating systems.
Note - Buy with the minimum RAM, and get the remainder from a vendor that specializes in memory and make sure that it is tested & certified for this notebook. You'll come out ahead by buying a pair of the 3rd-party memory sticks and throwing the apple one away rather than upgrading the Apple memory.
By Gustavo Cadeiras (Argentina)
la pantalla es demasiado chica. La bateria de calienta demasiado. A veces la uso sobre las piernas y realmente quema!!!
By Dan (Omaha, NE)
I love my MacBook. The screen is beautiful. When used with power-saving mode, the battery can last 3+ four hours!
Really, nearly everything about this laptop is great. I would recommend this computer to ANYONE (from programmers like myself to someone with little computer experience).
As an aside, when we purchased our first computer running OS X, I was very busy with work and did not have time to teach our, then, Kindergarten-aged daughter how to get around on the computer. After a couple days, she pretty much figured it out for herself. This is a testimony for OS X's ease of use!
By Joseph Albanese (New York, New York United States)
First, don't hate me because I am a dyed-in-the-wool PC user. I've been using Microsoft and Windows for over 10 years.
The new MAC commercials really got to me though and it really made sense to know a dual system. Besides, no virus worries/ nothing but plug it in and turn it on. Hey. Even an old dog like me could learn that trick. Right?
So I went to the MAC store in SoHo NYC. The sales people were basically young and couldn't care less. I got the MacBook, a service plan and went on my merry way home. I mean, the electric bill was paid so certainly there were no problems waiting for me. Right?
I unpacked it and plugged it in. Love the magnetic thing. The screen was bright and crystal clear. It set up but it seemed a bit slow and sluggish but hey . . . It would be a walk in the park.
First thing, it needed AIRPORT to find my Linksys. It picked it up and wanted the password. I entered it and it kept rejecting it. Call Number One. Finally somebody said, "Try putting the '$' in front of the password." OK. It worked. PC's still take just the number but that is a small quibble.
Then I went to the mail program. It was there I discovered you have to pay one hundred dollars for a mac mail account. This made little sense but I decided to be a sport. Again, the system rejected my password. I then made Call Number Two. I was told to e-mail my problem to . . . Wait a second. If I could use e-mail why would I be calling? OK. So I went to the PC, e-mailed as I found out that the telephone support for MAC does not include the e-mail program and got an answer. Ironic? Well. These things happen.
Then I installed Microsoft Office, the MAC version. Again it was slow and clunky and it paused to update. OK. It finally loaded, updated, etc. As a person who had corrective eye surgery for retina detachment, I have always relied on a program filling the entire screen. I was shocked, to put it politely, to discover the small postage-stamp sized writing space. I am the author of two books (available from Amazon) that I wrote on a PC hooked up to a 15" monitor. No matter what I did or how I tried, I could not increase the size of the document. This led to Call Number Three and all they could recommend was change the screen resolution which made the screen look cartoonish but not really that much larger.
Then I tried to hook up a card reader and put in my SD card with jpeg files on it. It found the card reader, the card, the folder, the files but refused to show me the pictures. Call Number Four. Mac had no suggestions other than hook the camera directly to the PC.
Before I get a thousand "DISAGREES" with this review, let me say that I am not knocking the product. It is well built, light weight and works. However, it shouldn't be touted in ads as the do-all-end-all. I am determined to work this system (and there are a lot of key stroke moves similar so the transition is not that difficult) but I was seriously disappointed by the fact that it was nowhere near perfect. And the on-line support that I paid for was hardly worth the price.
For my money, I still find the "right mouse click" a time-saver (how on earth do you right click on a picture you see on the web and save it as a jpeg? Open multiple versions of the Web? Use on-line research with WORD? I know it has to be there but it doesn't mean it comes easy.
So, if you love your MAC, swell. But from now on I don't think there should a PC vs. MAC war going on because both of them have a few faults.
UPDATE:
It isn't easy (think trial by error) but slowly a lot of things are falling into place. By searching the web, I discovered that the right mouse key for PC's equals CONTROL plus hold the button down for a MAC. It makes life a lot easier. But I still am having a devil of a time with the small screen for the web/ word processing/ etc. applications.
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