What's up with the MacBook?
Catalogue of Ships uses a lot of Apple computers. David has an iBook and a brand new iMac. I have a small powerbook. So we are avid followers of the news of all the latest Apple releases. Eagerly, we have awaited the arrival of the Macbook, the replacement for the iBook.
It seems pretty cool, actually. My biggest complaint with the iBook was always that it had no sound input, but this thing does, which is nice. Not something I use a lot, but it is convenient for quick and dirty recordings.
I also like that the superdrive is now standard. I can count the number of DVDs I've burned on one hand, but using DVD media for backup storage is fantastic.
But what I am totally stymied about is the price of the 2 Ghz models. Go ahead. Click that link. I'll wait for you.
You see the comparison of the white and black models? Point for point, they are exactly the same. Well, except for the hard drive space, but to upgrade the white model to 80 gigs is a small $50 upgrade. This means that Apple expects consumers to fork over $150 because they prefer the color black!! I find that hilarious. But I guess they know what they are doing.
I also think it's funny that the black model takes longer to ship. As if there is a huge, unanswerable demand for it.
It seems pretty cool, actually. My biggest complaint with the iBook was always that it had no sound input, but this thing does, which is nice. Not something I use a lot, but it is convenient for quick and dirty recordings.
I also like that the superdrive is now standard. I can count the number of DVDs I've burned on one hand, but using DVD media for backup storage is fantastic.
But what I am totally stymied about is the price of the 2 Ghz models. Go ahead. Click that link. I'll wait for you.
You see the comparison of the white and black models? Point for point, they are exactly the same. Well, except for the hard drive space, but to upgrade the white model to 80 gigs is a small $50 upgrade. This means that Apple expects consumers to fork over $150 because they prefer the color black!! I find that hilarious. But I guess they know what they are doing.
I also think it's funny that the black model takes longer to ship. As if there is a huge, unanswerable demand for it.
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