July 3, 2009
Last Wednesday I ordered a new 2.13ghz Macbook to replace the iBook. Although I’ve owned (and still own) quite a few computers in the past 10 years, I’ve always considered my Mac to be my real workhorse. The iBook has been a damn good computer but the single-core 1ghz processor and 512mb RAM just aren’t cutting it anymore. I went ahead and ordered 4gb RAM for the new Macbook, and instead of ordering a bigger HDD, I’m just going to use the two 500gb Passport drives I have for storage. I took a look at the new Macbook Pro line but I can’t get over the buttonless trackpad. It’s not that I wouldn’t be able to adapt to it, I just don’t like the idea of not having a button there. On top of that, all of the added multi-touch features that you CAN’T turn off would really piss me off. Pinching and rotating pictures can be done just as quickly and as easily with the frakking button. Those things were just annoyances that I didn’t want to pay for. The real kicker for me was the fact that the battery can never be changed. EVER. Yeah, yeah.. The unibody is bitchin’, but bitchin’ only goes so far when it starts to interfere with the performance of such an expensive piece of machinery. What happens when the battery goes bad? Are you just supposed to throw the thing away? F-U-C-K THAT. So that is why I ultimately chose the Macbook.

Last Wednesday I ordered a new 2.13ghz Macbook to replace the iBook. Although I’ve owned (and still own) quite a few computers in the past 10 years, I’ve always considered my Mac to be my real workhorse. The iBook has been a damn good computer but the single-core 1ghz processor and 512mb RAM just aren’t cutting it anymore. I went ahead and ordered 4gb RAM for the new Macbook, and instead of ordering a bigger HDD, I’m just going to use the two 500gb Passport drives I have for storage. I took a look at the new Macbook Pro line but I can’t get over the buttonless trackpad. It’s not that I wouldn’t be able to adapt to it, I just don’t like the idea of not having a button there. On top of that, all of the added multi-touch features that you CAN’T turn off would really piss me off. Pinching and rotating pictures can be done just as quickly and as easily with the frakking button. Those things were just annoyances that I didn’t want to pay for. The real kicker for me was the fact that the battery can never be changed. EVER. Yeah, yeah.. The unibody is bitchin’, but bitchin’ only goes so far when it starts to interfere with the performance of such an expensive piece of machinery. What happens when the battery goes bad? Are you just supposed to throw the thing away? F-U-C-K THAT. So that is why I ultimately chose the Macbook.

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