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    New Black Macbook

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by RobsMob, May 16, 2006.

  1. RobsMob

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    RobsMob, May 16, 2006
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    It's intel based. Should be able to Bootcamp it.
     
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  3. garlei

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    Looks great. probably gonna buy this after a month.

    Hopefully there won't be any bugs of any sort, like the overheating and noise issues of the Macbook Pro
     
    garlei, May 16, 2006
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    The overheating came from the GPU in the MBP, so that shouldn't be a problem, not sure on the noise issues...
     
    Reize, May 16, 2006
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    Nice notebook but almost 1lb to heavy for its screen size. also no express card. If it werent for those two things id pick one up.
     
    SRD, May 16, 2006
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    Here's a pic of the black MacBook.
    As far as heat not being an issue that might not be the case:
    "Like Apple's MacBook Pro professional notebooks, the company says the new MacBook has a tendency to produce a significant amount of heat. Though the notebook's operating temperature falls within national and international safety standards, it runs much hotter than the iBook G4s it replaces."
     

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    Does an express card do anything else besides allow one to access the internet via Verizon's or Cingular's cell phone network?
     
    Turion Fan, May 16, 2006
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  8. SRD

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    There are express card tv cards. express card SATA cards. audio soon. also if you want to plug a CF GPS card im sure there will be some type of adapter. there will be everything that you see in pcmcia cards eventually. its something that will be needed in the future so it should have one concidering all new notebooks do. Now if it was to save weight fine but its not any lighter so it should be added.
     
    SRD, May 17, 2006
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    Yes you can
     
    gridtalker, May 17, 2006
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    It does not get that hot, no hotter than the xps m140
     
    Bsresponsive1, May 17, 2006
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  11. RobsMob

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    Very cool....I think I'm getting one in black.
     
    RobsMob, May 17, 2006
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