2 Week MacBook Review

I received the white unibody MacBook for Christmas 2009. I am so pleased with it. The specs are as follows:

• 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 2GB DDR3 memory
• 250GB hard drive¹
• 8x double-layer SuperDrive
• NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
• Built-in 7-hour battery²
• Polycarbonate unibody enclosure

I am going to do a pro and cons for my 2 week review (A full review will follow soon):

Pros:

- Excellent hard drive; only using 70gb out of 250gb that comes standard on the machine!

- Exceedingly fast startup and boot down time!

- The wide variety of software; i use to be a PC user and was very limited!

- Excellent bright LED screen.

- The best trackpad i have ever used!

- Excellent Polycarbonate unibody enclosure

- Excellent battery life. I ran an experiment to see how long it would really last. It lasted for 6.36 mins out of the 7hr that apple says. 

Cons (Not many at all):

- The Polycarbonate unibody enclosure scratches very easy! I will be purchasing a speck seethru shortly when they become available in the UK. 

- The range of ports is very poor.

- No battery indicator which i would find very usful to be able to see battery life without turning the machine on!

- No infrared sensor which mean i am not able to use the apple remote which i would have found very useful!

Thank you for reading. Please follow me on twitter @emma07jones. A full review of the MacBook will be up soon. 

Comments

[jon]

you dont need an infared sensor to use the apple remote.

[Emma Jones]

yes you do!