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Originally posted by: notfred
Why is the screen shiny? Who came up with this stupid shiny screen trend, anyway? Woohoo, more glare, awesome.
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I have a glossy screen on my Z63a and on my previous two laptops and I love it. Much greater screen clarity and colors are much more vibrant. Standard screens look washed out to me now.
 
So what's the general consensus on this then? I might be in the market for a new laptop soon and would like to try out one of the new apple's...however the weak integrated video along with a single button touchpad turns me off.
 
Originally posted by: Alienwho
So what's the general consensus on this then? I might be in the market for a new laptop soon and would like to try out one of the new apple's...however the weak integrated video along with a single button touchpad turns me off.
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Well you aren't going to be playing many games, so the integrated video shouldn't be too big of a deal. I am used to the single mouse and can easily go between OSX and Windows, I do this everyday.
 
Originally posted by: Alienwho
So what's the general consensus on this then? I might be in the market for a new laptop soon and would like to try out one of the new apple's...however the weak integrated video along with a single button touchpad turns me off.
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Yeah, integrated stinks, but as long as you're not gaming it's fine. It even plays HD well (up to 1080). I hate touchpads anyway and always carry a mouse. I'll have to see one in person before making a decision, but I definately think I'm going for one.
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: Alienwho
So what's the general consensus on this then? I might be in the market for a new laptop soon and would like to try out one of the new apple's...however the weak integrated video along with a single button touchpad turns me off.
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Well you aren't going to be playing many games, so the integrated video shouldn't be too big of a deal. I am used to the single mouse and can easily go between OSX and Windows, I do this everyday.
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Hah, nice timing!
 
i want it so bad...BTW RossMan, it outputs a dual-link dvi signal. therefor, even though it has integerated graphics, it shoul be able to run you monitor.
 
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: Alienwho
So what's the general consensus on this then? I might be in the market for a new laptop soon and would like to try out one of the new apple's...however the weak integrated video along with a single button touchpad turns me off.
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Well you aren't going to be playing many games, so the integrated video shouldn't be too big of a deal. I am used to the single mouse and can easily go between OSX and Windows, I do this everyday.
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Hah, nice timing!
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Yeah I don't see myself doing any gaming on the thing...but it's a nice feeling I know I could if I wanted to. I could also see myself using it as a workhorse using bootcamp/XP (or vista) to do a lot of web development on while on the road.
 
Originally posted by: Alienwho
So what's the general consensus on this then? I might be in the market for a new laptop soon and would like to try out one of the new apple's...however the weak integrated video along with a single button touchpad turns me off.
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Yeah those are basically my gripes about 😛. I'm not in the market for a laptop though...

Koing
 
Originally posted by: Alienwho
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: Alienwho
So what's the general consensus on this then? I might be in the market for a new laptop soon and would like to try out one of the new apple's...however the weak integrated video along with a single button touchpad turns me off.
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Well you aren't going to be playing many games, so the integrated video shouldn't be too big of a deal. I am used to the single mouse and can easily go between OSX and Windows, I do this everyday.
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Hah, nice timing!
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Yeah I don't see myself doing any gaming on the thing...but it's a nice feeling I know I could if I wanted to. I could also see myself using it as a workhorse using bootcamp/XP (or vista) to do a lot of web development on while on the road.
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My Asus Z63a has integrated graphics. At first, I thought I was going to hate not being able to play games. Now after having the lappy for a while, I haven't missed gaming at all.

That being said, I wonder if this will even be able to run Vista Aero Glass with only 64MB of RAM allocated...
 
Originally posted by: ForumMaster
i want it so bad...BTW RossMan, it outputs a dual-link dvi signal. therefor, even though it has integerated graphics, it shoul be able to run you monitor.
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Um, it outputs a DVI signal, not dual-link DVI.
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: Alienwho
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: Alienwho
So what's the general consensus on this then? I might be in the market for a new laptop soon and would like to try out one of the new apple's...however the weak integrated video along with a single button touchpad turns me off.
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Well you aren't going to be playing many games, so the integrated video shouldn't be too big of a deal. I am used to the single mouse and can easily go between OSX and Windows, I do this everyday.
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Hah, nice timing!
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Yeah I don't see myself doing any gaming on the thing...but it's a nice feeling I know I could if I wanted to. I could also see myself using it as a workhorse using bootcamp/XP (or vista) to do a lot of web development on while on the road.
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My Asus Z63a has integrated graphics. At first, I thought I was going to hate not being able to play games. Now after having the lappy for a while, I haven't missed gaming at all.

That being said, I wonder if this will even be able to run Vista Aero Glass with only 64MB of RAM allocated...
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Yeah true that. I have a sony vaio laptop i'm using right now that's a few years old and its got a radeon mobile with 128MB and can easily play some oldschool Q3 or UT maxed with no slowdowns. And if the mac can't even do that i'd feel like i was downgrading.
 
WOOT. The Apple Store in Durham, NC have them in stock!! I've gotta run and take my friends to the airport in a few minutes and the store is about 10 mins from the Airport. I may just come back with one (they're holding a 1.83GHz model for me until the store closes) 😀
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
WOOT. The Apple Store in Durham, NC have them in stock!! I've gotta run and take my friends to the airport in a few minutes and the store is about 10 mins from the Airport. I may just come back with one (they're holding a 1.83GHz model for me until the store closes) 😀
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Pick it up and give us your review on it.
 
Originally posted by: Alienwho
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: Alienwho
So what's the general consensus on this then? I might be in the market for a new laptop soon and would like to try out one of the new apple's...however the weak integrated video along with a single button touchpad turns me off.
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Well you aren't going to be playing many games, so the integrated video shouldn't be too big of a deal. I am used to the single mouse and can easily go between OSX and Windows, I do this everyday.
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Hah, nice timing!
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Yeah I don't see myself doing any gaming on the thing...but it's a nice feeling I know I could if I wanted to. I could also see myself using it as a workhorse using bootcamp/XP (or vista) to do a lot of web development on while on the road.
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I'm not a big gamer either, but Doom3 runs pretty fine on my mac mini. games run very smoothly on the windows partition too. but i guess if i still was a hardcore gamer i'd want a better video card
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
WOOT. The Apple Store in Durham, NC have them in stock!! I've gotta run and take my friends to the airport in a few minutes and the store is about 10 mins from the Airport. I may just come back with one (they're holding a 1.83GHz model for me until the store closes) 😀
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I bought my MBP from there, very quick and painless. I may run into you since I was planning on taking a look at them this evening after work. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
WOOT. The Apple Store in Durham, NC have them in stock!! I've gotta run and take my friends to the airport in a few minutes and the store is about 10 mins from the Airport. I may just come back with one (they're holding a 1.83GHz model for me until the store closes) 😀
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Let us know!!!
 
The ibm lenvo x60 is much better IMHO, and it has a whooping 10 hours of battery Life. About time a portable with enough lasting power to get something done.

this one has only 6 hours lasting time. In the real world, that is 3.
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: Aves
It's too bad that you can't get it in black unless you get the $1500 version.
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For some reason, black on an Apple product just doesn't seem right to me. Probably the same reason why I have a white iPod.
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First person I've seen that agrees with me.
 
Originally posted by: blazerazor
The ibm lenvo x60 is much better IMHO, and it has a whooping 10 hours of battery Life. About time a portable with enough lasting power to get something done.

this one has only 6 hours lasting time. In the real world, that is 3.
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isn't that only with the extra battery replacing the dvd drive?
 
I can't believe Apple is not offering better graphic solution for MacBooks. Higher end should have ATI X1600 64MB at least.

The black version should come with:

80GB HD
1GB Ram
ATI X1600 64MB (since 15" MacBook Pro has 128MB) or have an option to upgrade to 128MB.

Extra 20gb and black for $200? :|
 
Originally posted by: Dacalo
I can't believe Apple is not offering better graphic solution for MacBooks. Higher end should have ATI X1600 64MB at least.

The black version should come with:

80GB HD
1GB Ram
ATI X1600 64MB (since 15" MacBook Pro has 128MB) or have an option to upgrade to 128MB.

Extra 20gb and black for $200? :|
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lol that does suck.
I might just consider the white one for 1099.
 
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