Remember the greatest problem of the new MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks from Apple? If you don't, then let me give you just these two words to think about: NO FIREWIRE! The good part is that Steve Jobs himself answered a user enquiry about this move, but now I just read a very interesting report of a fact that's not so easy to justify, since we're talking by a serious quality drop, and not just dumping a certain feature...
In this TechSpot posting, Julio Franco brought into light a matter only some of those seeing the new MacBook managed to notice before buying the thing. The problem is we're
I know you're not crazy about clicking links and reading looong articles - I am not that way, either, so let's make this story short - the MacBook problems now include the screen, the smaller 13.3-inch screen that is also LED illuminated, just like the one of the MacBook Pro. OK, so it's smaller, but I guess it should have the same image quality, right?
If you look at the images above, you'll surely notice the huge difference - the new MacBook Pro is to the left, and the MacBook is the one to the right. Need I say anything else?
The conclusion is this - just as I expected, Apple sacrificed some things to lower the price of its notebooks. Unfortunately, with a price tag over $1000, the new MacBook can't be considered a "budget" notebook, but it surely comes with some "budget features."
As usual, your comments are expected to drop below, especially since I would really want to hear what's the opinion of someone who managed to see the new MacBook in action. Anyone here?
