Couldn't resist....

Viewing angles are just as good as on any other laptop I've used, but the screen is brighter. I've been watching a lot of Macross and it looks great.

First desktop screenshot here.

 

Are you doing that via bootcamp or crossover? I am wondering if this will work on the old macbook, i've tried counterstrike source and its good at lowest settings. But tf2 via crossover on lowest settings does not seem to work. Once i connect to a server it freezes up.

 

Nice machine. I have to say the new unibody enclosure looks very solid. Cheers and enjoy your new tool (or toy !)

 

Bootcamp, I don't believe Crossover runs Company of Heroes yet.

Strange about your TF2 experience. I was running it in Crossover, 800x600, lowest settings in DirectX 8 mode, with my old SR MacBook, and had no freezing problems.

 

Hmmm I should try crossover....yesterday I tried running cod4 at 800x600 in vmware fusion and the computer froze for like 2hrs...had to press the power button to restart it...(is there a ctrl+alt+del thing on macs?)

 

Boot Camp is the only way to go for gaming on a Mac, everything else is way too slow and unoptimized.

 

@Lysander,

How black are the blacks in your MB? Im getting one in a couple of days and this is my biggest concern (after reading the MacRumor forums)

 

There are different panels going around. So it will depend on what panel you get.

I have something like xxC87 and it's a mediocre screen.

 

To be honest with you (and it will make sense if you think about it) you will never buy a Mac or an Apple product ever if you hang too hard on Mac Rumors. I love MR as much as the next guy but only because it's comical and the news articles are spot on but to rely on reviews from the MR forum members is the same as the same as kissing a snake on the mouth and trusting he'll never bite you. In other words placing your complete trust in MR is something you shouldn't do, neither is kissing a snake.

Do yourself a favor and go to your local store and try one out yourself. Bring a DVD or ask the store to lend you one of theirs and let YOUR eyes make the decision. Remember, people posting negativity on forums will always out-number positive posts.

 

HLdan is right. MacRumors is great for some things, but the people there can often times be anal retentive and easily get into a mob mentality about perceived "issues" with mac products. Once one person posts about something, then everyone starts obsessively checking their machines. Lemmings. It's ridiculous, not to mention it makes you a crazy, paranoid person. You'll never be satisfied with anything if you take that stuff super seriously. I'm not talking about legitimate issues, I'm talking about the ones arguing about a key being one degree off or the new macbook displays being completely awful.

I calibrated my Aluminum MacBook myself and I am happy with the display. It is far better than the BlackBook I was using previously. I first bought the new MacBook Pro, but decided I didn't like the bulk and wanted something more portable to compliment my desktop. The screen on the MBP was a bit better, obviously, but I think the comments about the MacBook screen are getting retarded and overblown. It's fine. Better yet, don't listen to people on an obsessive internet forum (and I'm a member, I'm not totally bashing), go to the Apple store and judge it for yourself.

 

I agree that its easy to scratch. it is aluminum but they painted over the aluminum so it scuffs really easy. when you actually feel it with your hands it doesnt feel like there is a clearcoat on it either.

if they anodized it instead of paint it would never chip or scratch but i guess that process is to expensive.

 

AFAIK,they are using anodized alu.

 

Wow, can't believe this thread still lives!

But yeah, as Xirurg said, the aluminum is anodized. It's not really an expensive process - basically just dipping the aluminum in an acid bath.