Finally in May 2006, MacBook arrived.
I was impressed by the brilliant design of magnet power cord and latch, as well as the simplicity to upgrade RAM and hard drive, and the touch of the keyboard. I wasn't so sure about the black color but the matte finish was definitely my taste.
Well, I still went for a white super-drive model instead of black. Yap money, money, money.
This Yonah based core duo processor does it job adequately and I "only" had three issues need to use warranty. Considering a first generation model it is quite impressive.
I was impressed by the brilliant design of magnet power cord and latch, as well as the simplicity to upgrade RAM and hard drive, and the touch of the keyboard. I wasn't so sure about the black color but the matte finish was definitely my taste.
Well, I still went for a white super-drive model instead of black. Yap money, money, money.
This Yonah based core duo processor does it job adequately and I "only" had three issues need to use warranty. Considering a first generation model it is quite impressive.
The first problem I had is the random shutdown due to the short circuit caused by expanding heatsink. It was quite an issue for the early model after running CPU intensive applications continuously for a while. It was fixed right pretty quick and I also asked them to swap in a new handrest plate. However, they bent the CD drive insert and had to do another turn-around. Another problem I encountered is a dead battery after only 190 times of recharge. They sent me a replacement for that.
Now I've owned it for 20 months and it's working fine despite all the scratches and crazy battery reading. For medium graphic demand it handles perfectly. I did need to max out the 2 GB RAM and swap a 160 GB Momentus 7200.2 to keep it flying.
I've tried BootCamp but figured it's too much hassle to switch in between. I used Parallels for a while and now use Fusion to keep my work and my life on the same desktop. My next step of upgrade will mostly likely be getting an 8-core MacPro so that both OS's can get multi-core juice at the same time.
Now I've owned it for 20 months and it's working fine despite all the scratches and crazy battery reading. For medium graphic demand it handles perfectly. I did need to max out the 2 GB RAM and swap a 160 GB Momentus 7200.2 to keep it flying.
I've tried BootCamp but figured it's too much hassle to switch in between. I used Parallels for a while and now use Fusion to keep my work and my life on the same desktop. My next step of upgrade will mostly likely be getting an 8-core MacPro so that both OS's can get multi-core juice at the same time.
