Apple MacBook notebook review

MacBook or go MacBook Pro?

Apple MacBook notebook. Hardware, Laptops, Apple 0

Reviewer: Stuart Miles
Review Date: 19 November 2008
Manufacturer: Apple
Price as reviewed: £1149
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Our score

9/10

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Quick review

The good: Size, design, ease of use
The bad: USB sockets too close together, glossy screen
Verdict: You are still paying £949 for the basic model, but for the first time the MacBook Pro and MacBook are very much of a muchness

Comments

A USB extension cable should solve the problem of sockets being too near to each other. Quickly scanning on a popular computer cable web site, you can pick a 20cm one up for about £2. Job done! Posted by Will, UK
I understand that Will, but why as a user who has just spent £719 or more should i then have to go and buy yet more bits and bobs to fix a design fault. It's like selling you a car and then expecting you to pay extra for a spare tyre. Posted by stuartmiles, United Kingdom
You Two Are Rather Strange. Posted by Mavis, Bosnia
Not enough USB (not well placed) no firewire no hdmi no expansion port, dont like the screen (pros is better). If you use a modem in one of the USB ports the other USB is useless, nothing fits.

Works like a Mac! but a bit expensive for what you get wait for the next upgrade (unlike me) Posted by Joao Nascimento, Portugal

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