Black Macbook No Longer $150 More Expensive?

I was recently configuring macbooks on the apple site and noticed that an identically configured white macbook was only $50 cheaper than the black macbook. I remember that the black initially carried a $150 price premium. I'm not sure if this is old news, but it seems as though the price difference isn't nearly as ridiculous as before.

 

Yep, I noticed that too when someone else pointed that out. Tough call huh? I'm in the same boat but I decided to go with white.

EDIT:

Oh I remember why I went with white. According to a review between the black c2d and white c2d + others like mbp and pb, the white c2d was faster than the black (odd) in 6 of the 8 categories.

Go White!!

 

racist....

 

Haha, I'm actually Asian

 

lol, well they are only colors. The only difference in performance would be if there was different hardware, not different colors.

 

Yup, they have the same hardware and same speed. Only difference is casing. I'm personally disapointed with the black. It's a very dull black, not a shiny black like I expected.

 

It's shiny with the BSE full body skin .

 

Hmm, this is quite interesting.
I've always longed for a Macbook but the extra $150 for a Black version was simply not possible for me. But $50 on the other hand...is very tempting.
This really does bring quite a smile to Macbook Enthusiasts such as myself

I preferred the Macbook Black version over the white because white colors are easy to be affected by dirt and discolorations.

Especially, myself who lives in a subtropical environment, it's quite hot over here and I tend to get sweaty at times. I really would dislike having my sweat create yellow-like stains on a new White Macbook.

 

The original 2.0ghz white macbook and 2.0ghz black macbook weren't equally configured because the black macbook had a larger hard drive. It still doesn't justify the higher price, but there is a difference in hardware between the two.

It's all a matter of preference, but the white macbook looks toyish in real world environments...imo of course.

 

just bought a black for the little woman. daughter has white and i have a mbp. the white scratches easier (think ipod), the black shows fingerprints, and the silver is very nice. i prefer the black and silver because i agree they look more expensive. i bought six white ones for my office because they fit better with the decor (all white). the black is preconfigured with a bigger hard drive on amazon (no tax, no shipping 75 dollar rebate) so i bought all of them there.

 

Have you had good experiences with Amazon rebates? I didn't a few years ago and hesistant to purchase the MB on Amazon.

 

yup. they are online and it seems to work perfectly. i've done 9 of them for macs