I love MacBook hardware
I’d like to talk hardware for a moment. I’ll admit; one of the things that drew me to the MacBook was the beauty of it. I was very fond of the iBooks, and when I gathered a MacBook was going to be released I hoped it would be just as gorgeous. I was not disappointed.
I was worried that the 13″ would be too big. To be honest, it’s a bit awkward on the train, but that’s only because of those silly little triangular tables they have on the SilverLink. It’s the perfect size. I wouldn’t want a larger laptop. Any bigger and it really would be awkward. Any smaller and it would be… well, small. The profile is awesome! It’s only an inch high. Sometimes I forget just how thin it is.
The shiny screen is not a problem. When I originally heard that Apple had introduced the glossy screen I was initially worried. I was planning on using this baby outside and didn’t want any reflections. But it’s not bad. It’s not bad at all. I never look at the screen and see reflections.
The whiteness, ooooooh the whiteness. It’s very white, which is very cool. I didn’t want the blank one, because I wanted the white one. I always wanted the white one since I saw the iBooks. I held out for the MacBooks so I could get the build in camera, the Intel Core Duo and the SuperDrive (all of which you couldn’t get with the iBook). It’s just so nice though. It cheers me up when I see it. If I was looking at a grey lump I wouldn’t feel half as happy.
The keyboard works really well. I have found some laptops a bit fiddly in the past. But I mostly hit the right key on the MacBook. I had a bit of a problem finding the hash key (#), but more on that and shortcuts later.
Two finger trackpad thing is genius! All scrolling now is so much easier. I’ve never been a fan of dragging scroll bars or clicking little arrow buttons. I make a lot of use of the wheel on my desktops mouse. Being able to scroll up, down, left and right with such ease is a relief.
Another good hardware quality is the magnetic power adaptor. Designed to save you pulling the MacBook off coffee tables when you trip over the power cord. But it also avoids those frustratingly fiddly moments, when trying to plug power adaptors in. My MacBook was under a table the other table and needed charging. I was able to simply dangle the cable near the port and the magnet pulled it nicely into place for me. It’s amazing to think no one ever thought of this before.
Not a hardware thing, but one thing that I’ve noticed whilst writing this; MacBook is not already in the MacBook dictionary. Why the hell not? If Apple have gone to the trouble of registering this name, why have they not added it to the software?
Well, that’s enough on hardware for now. Until I discover any flaws or other master-strokes. Now I’ll have to share some thoughts on daily usage, tools and shortcuts.
This entry was posted on Sunday, June 25th, 2006 at 9:40 pm and is filed under Adventures of MatBook. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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I love MacBook hardware
I’d like to talk hardware for a moment. I’ll admit; one of the things that drew me to the MacBook was the beauty of it. I was very fond of the iBooks, and when I gathered a MacBook was going to be released I hoped it would be just as gorgeous. I was not disappointed.
I was worried that the 13″ would be too big. To be honest, it’s a bit awkward on the train, but that’s only because of those silly little triangular tables they have on the SilverLink. It’s the perfect size. I wouldn’t want a larger laptop. Any bigger and it really would be awkward. Any smaller and it would be… well, small. The profile is awesome! It’s only an inch high. Sometimes I forget just how thin it is.
The shiny screen is not a problem. When I originally heard that Apple had introduced the glossy screen I was initially worried. I was planning on using this baby outside and didn’t want any reflections. But it’s not bad. It’s not bad at all. I never look at the screen and see reflections.
The whiteness, ooooooh the whiteness. It’s very white, which is very cool. I didn’t want the blank one, because I wanted the white one. I always wanted the white one since I saw the iBooks. I held out for the MacBooks so I could get the build in camera, the Intel Core Duo and the SuperDrive (all of which you couldn’t get with the iBook). It’s just so nice though. It cheers me up when I see it. If I was looking at a grey lump I wouldn’t feel half as happy.
The keyboard works really well. I have found some laptops a bit fiddly in the past. But I mostly hit the right key on the MacBook. I had a bit of a problem finding the hash key (#), but more on that and shortcuts later.
Two finger trackpad thing is genius! All scrolling now is so much easier. I’ve never been a fan of dragging scroll bars or clicking little arrow buttons. I make a lot of use of the wheel on my desktops mouse. Being able to scroll up, down, left and right with such ease is a relief.
Another good hardware quality is the magnetic power adaptor. Designed to save you pulling the MacBook off coffee tables when you trip over the power cord. But it also avoids those frustratingly fiddly moments, when trying to plug power adaptors in. My MacBook was under a table the other table and needed charging. I was able to simply dangle the cable near the port and the magnet pulled it nicely into place for me. It’s amazing to think no one ever thought of this before.
Not a hardware thing, but one thing that I’ve noticed whilst writing this; MacBook is not already in the MacBook dictionary. Why the hell not? If Apple have gone to the trouble of registering this name, why have they not added it to the software?
Well, that’s enough on hardware for now. Until I discover any flaws or other master-strokes. Now I’ll have to share some thoughts on daily usage, tools and shortcuts.
This entry was posted on Sunday, June 25th, 2006 at 9:40 pm and is filed under Adventures of MatBook. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
