Time Magazine’s Wilson Rothman took a look at the MacBook and discovered what most of us already knew: it’s MacBook-a-licious. He particularly lauds the low price, saying that it’s significantly cheaper than the MacBook Pro while including most of its higher-priced sibling’s features. Rothman also mentions the pricing disparity between the mid-range white model and high-end black model, and advises to upgrade from the 512MB beforehand to save money.
Rosetta gets a note, specifically in regards to the lack of Adobe and Microsoft Intel-native software, and Rothman also talks about his experience installing Boot Camp, lamenting the lack of a right click. His solution is to use an external mouse, though if you waded through my my extensively-recorded Boot Camp experience, you’d know I recommended grabbing a copy of Input Remapper to make your XP alter ego that much more pleasant.
Overall, the MacBook comes up smelling of roses. For my part, every day that goes by it becomes harder to remember what it was like in the olden days of my iBook. And though I still think wistfully of the times when I still toted a PowerBook, even the name has started to grow on me. Perhaps there’s hope for the Mac Pro yet.
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