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Strengths: Solid construction, battery life, excellent (illuminated) keyboard, easy to upgrade memory/hdd, Magsafe charger awesome, speakers surprisingly robust for a machine this size.
Weaknesses: No firewire, Leopard seems to take up a lot of hard disk space, Mini-Display Port adapters not included. PriceGrabber review bonus seems to be gone :(
Summary: 2009-01-26 01:02:09 I recently purchased this laptop to replace a 15" MacBook Pro (which replaced my 12" PowerBook). The 15" MacBook was a real disappointment due to it's thinner gauge aluminum, which led to a less sold machine in comparison to the PowerBook. This new 13" MacBook is rock solid; feels even more solid than the PowerBook. Build quality is better than any laptop I have ever used. Strangely, if you bring the laptop in from the cold it can take an excess of 10 mins for the metal to warm up. Laptop runs very cool & very quiet.
That said; I really wish the screen was larger. I'd love a larger screen rather than the 1/2" black border. A firewire port or one additional USB port would be welcome in my opinion, but not a major issue for me. The reason I opted for the higher end model was strictly because the keyboard on the base model is not illuminated versus this model which is. May seem silly to some; but I work in the dark, and the illumination is welcome. I'm pleased that the hard disk drive and laptop are easily upgradable compared to my previous Macs.
I don't have much else to say about this laptop. All my expectations for this machine have been exceeded. This is a worthy upgrade to the highly respected 12" PowerBook.
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