First of all, the Engadget review isn't a review, but more of a quick hands-on. It does seem as if they haven't spent a lot of time with the unit. It also seemed a little negative to me. I had my MacBook now for 4 days in constant use and no scratches or smudges at all. So this problem... Read the full review →
great!
Speed and features
great!
Design and form factor
great!
Battery life
great!
Portability (size / weight)
good
Display
good
Noise
so-so
Durability
awful!
Expandability
great!
Speed and features
great!
Battery life
great!
Noise
good
Design and form factor
good
Display
good
Durability
good
Portability (size / weight)
poor
Expandability
great!
Design and form factor
great!
Battery life
great!
Expandability
good
Speed and features
good
Display
good
Durability
good
Noise
good
Portability (size / weight)
good
Speed and features
good
Design and form factor
good
Battery life
good
Display
so-so
Durability
so-so
Noise
so-so
Portability (size / weight)
poor
Expandability
great!
Speed and features
great!
Design and form factor
great!
Battery life
great!
Display
great!
Durability
great!
Noise
great!
Portability (size / weight)
so-so
Expandability
Overall this is a great laptop. I have little to no problems with this laptop over the whole time i have owned it. Read the full review →
great!
Design and form factor
great!
Durability
great!
Expandability
good
Display
good
Noise
good
Portability (size / weight)
so-so
Speed and features
so-so
Battery life
great!
Design and form factor
great!
Battery life
great!
Display
great!
Durability
great!
Portability (size / weight)
good
Speed and features
good
Expandability
so-so
Noise
great!
Design and form factor
great!
Noise
great!
Portability (size / weight)
good
Battery life
good
Display
good
Durability
so-so
Speed and features
poor
Expandability
reviewed on Dec 12, 2010
purchased on Dec 27, 2009
great!
Speed and features
great!
Design and form factor
great!
Battery life
great!
Display
great!
Expandability
great!
Noise
great!
Portability (size / weight)
good
Durability
great!
Design and form factor
great!
Battery life
great!
Noise
good
Speed and features
good
Display
good
Durability
good
Portability (size / weight)
poor
Expandability
I bought my MacBook in December 2009. I bought the basic configuration except for the RAM (I have 4GB of memory instead of just 2GB). After more than two year it's still a great laptop. After installing OSX Lion it has lost some speed during the booting process, but once it's up, it's snappy! Very... Read the full review →
great!
Display
great!
Durability
great!
Noise
good
Speed and features
good
Design and form factor
good
Battery life
good
Expandability
good
Portability (size / weight)
great!
Speed and features
great!
Design and form factor
great!
Display
great!
Durability
great!
Expandability
great!
Noise
great!
Portability (size / weight)
good
Battery life
great!
Design and form factor
great!
Battery life
great!
Noise
good
Speed and features
good
Display
good
Durability
good
Expandability
so-so
Portability (size / weight)
I bought Macbook two weeks ago and this is my first Mac, and I was deeply impressed by OS and speed of the computer. May be everything is a bit dated, but I still can do a lot of tasks easily (like Office, heavy browsing or working in iMovie) and even play some games (like Team Fortress 2 or... Read the full review →
Having never had a portable Mac before, the Unibody MacBook was somewhat of a new experience. With 2.26Ghz, it was easily the fastest notebook I had ever used. As far as internals go, the Unibody MacBook is easily pro level, and would win the hearts of any who are looking for an entry level Mac. The... Read the full review →
Right now is the brief window in time when MacBooks just got bumped up in specs to match the low-end MacBook Pros, in order for the MacBook Pros to have room to grow without leaving the entry-level machines too far behind. If you're in the market for a MacBook, this could be the best time for you to buy and feel good about your purchase, knowing that you'll get the same performance as a machine that costs $200 more.
The MacBook is an extremely competent, utterly boring laptop that doesn't have enough ports. If you're desperate for a new Mac and you've only got a grand, it'll do you fine, and the unibody upgrade and nicer screen are certainly welcome -- plastic laptops simply don't come any more solidly built than this. If it were up to us, however, we'd stay home on Saturday nights until we'd stashed enough coin for the $1,199 13-inch MacBook Pro.
Apple's latest version of the popular $999 white MacBook gets an upscale makeover, while keeping the price the same. It's a strong alternative to the more expensive Pro line, if you can live without extras such as an SD card slot.