New Macbooks Are Impressive

April 4, 2009 by admin

I switched to Mac about three years ago after they went to Intel processors. I was initially attracted to the platform by Apple’s Keynote presentation software, but Apple’s change to Intel processors (with their ability to seamlessly run Windows apps) was what finally brought me into the church of Steve.

The build quality of Apple’s notebooks have always been a notch above commodity Windows machines, but the new ‘unibody’ Macbooks seriously raise the bar. I am setting up a new 13.3″ Macbook for a friend and I am very reluctant to turn it back.

First there’s very little plastic on this thing, with the exception of the keyboard. Everything else is either metal or glass. Most of it is crafted out of a solid block of aluminum, with absolutely no seams or other imperfections that flex or feel ‘cheap.’ The result is a computer that’s extremely light weight, thin, and very sturdy.

You can read elsewhere for performance benchmarks (which are impressive), but the real standout for me is just how cheap everything else feels after working on this Macbook for an evening.

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