Why I Won’t Be Getting The New Macbooks

just want to stick with the old one for some time

I love my Air, I think I'm going to stick with it for some time.

I bought the macbook thinking that the screen was the same as the macbook pro.

holy crap, the screen is such crap, if you move your head like 1 inch in any direction the whole screen blacks out at the top, and washes out at the bottom.

I am a huge mac fan, but seriously, this is crap.

I am returning the macbook, and getting the macbook pro with adapter to 30" cinema.

Honestly though... I think it is stupid to be locked into an operating system (osx) and have no options but glossy screen.

Dont they realise that they are the only company people can buy from if you use OSX, and by shutting out (a lot) of people, they are really fucking up big time.

I love the new macbook pro, other then that fucken lame glossy screen.

I am hoping for a 3rd party screen cover (like for iphone) that will rock..

also pissed as hell about the adapter... really lame, they should include 1 adapter of your choice for free.

my 2c

btw, bought apple at 89 per share, sold at 115... not buying again.

I agree. Once you have a Mac, why change it?

I will stick with the MacBook for some time also, but I do admit that when a surplus matches the price of a Pro with 17" screen, it will be time to do our kids a favour - and buy the Pro, and give them the "old" Mac.... :-)

I was VERY disappointed to hear about the firewire! I spent weeks researching firewire vs USB earlier this summer and decided to go with the firewire for a digital recording interface. I also bought a hard drive for this purpose. My next purchase WAS going to be an Ibook- but not without FW!!!

Well hey if the glossy screen is annoyying (which I know they can be), why not send an e-mail to Apple? Just link back to this post as I'm sure once they see the user repsonse, they might just consider changing the glossy display to a matte one. ;)

John

I had been looking should I get a Mac, well I think more and more I am happy with what I have. The Mac's can stay in the shops.

I want to say first and foremost I am not an Apple fan for most of their products, especially their iPods. Had one, and was not satisfied.

So when I say this its with some bias, but for a student of marketing, I must say, Apple is not very loyal to their consumer base. One month they'll put out an iPod or Nano, or a Macbook and than price it at retail, than next month they'll put out a better version of that product reduce the old one down by 10% and create a segregated market between the new product users and the old product users. They essentially alienate their early adopters each and every time.

Harry

glossy is fine if you are outside...i guess...i've never used the glossy...i wouldn't use it because i don't want to get the glare for the photos that I am editing

A mac? No man thanks, i am geat with my toshiba.

Interesting that you feel that way, but Im a big Mac fanatic and I beg to differ. I was into pc's and their notebook variety for 15 years before that and I had my fair share of pc/ windows type nightmares throughout. The new 13 inch Macbooks were chosen for a reason-- to satisfy a market who is now looking for the mini notebooks in the mist. Lets face it, Apple are mostly a hardware innovation company and that is what they do best. These aluminum little puppies are built to last, have faster then ever displays and graphics cards, and wont hinder your work flow or crash every too often like the windows variety. I say got Mac...you'll love all the free open source software you can download, like neooffice...

Cheers!

I have never been a big fan of the mac computer but I must say I have a friend who has the mac book pro and he is a DJ so I asked him why the mac and not a pc and is answer was if you have 2000 party goers and the computer locks up Not Good! his mac has never crashed! I see his point.

Steve

Yeah, I too am holding out for the Macbook Pro with the matte display. I can only assume that it will only be a matter of time until it is released.

Its pretty much the same thing. The only difference is the size, the backlighting, the new touch pad, and the uber-cool graphics card.

I might be getting one by the end of the month.

I just can't understand why anyone would pick glass as a screen material. It can crack in the temperature changes, and it's a liquid! (non-crystalline solid..sorry Ms. G.) That means that after a while (100s of years...but hey, I'm finicky) it will start to, you know, flow away. Plus, the glare off of glass is insane, yeah.

I wouldn't mind some of those speakers, though.

I have tried the macbooks and really like them. I don't own one yet but plan on buy one shortly.

Andy

I always wanted to give a macbook a try but they seem to pricey for my budget. My friends got it and i find it amazing. I have a Dell 1420 and has Windows Vista Installed its the worst windows ever its as crappy as Windows ME, the only Windows I Liked was Windows 98 SE and Windows XP, tried installing XP on the dell and it just gave problems cause the drivers were not great.

The Macbook looks awesome

I have a glossy display on my MacBook Air and it doesn't bother me at all.

correctly said
i won't be getting it too.

John, if you decided to give away a Macbook or Macbook Pro to your readers, I don't think anyone would be complaining about the screen quality. lol

Question John

I am a heart beat away from getting my macbook pro. There is just one thing I want to ask you. My desk will not fit a 30 inch monitor, and I really like the look of 2 monitors. I was looking online and the price difference between a 30 inch monitor and a 23 inch monitor is about a grand. So, for the price of one 30 inch apple monitor I can buy 2 - 23 inch.

How do you twin two monitors together for a mac laptop?

Collin

PS

I can't wait to get this set up man....its going to rock and roll!

the new laptops will flop because this was nothing but a "gimmick" upgrade. (whats new?)
techies are also getting laid off left and right so these fanboys wont buy just to buy.
sell your apple stocks before it plummets even more.

i heard iphones will drop to $99 next year also.

Being new to blogs, I have been pleasantly surprised with the resources used. Usually, I use what I find everyone else using and that has served me well. By doing so I find help, news, community, and support easy. I am using WordPress, Aweber, Feedburner, Firefox, because everyone else is. However, the ubiquity of Mac users is not so easy to join. Priced over $1K, for a low end model, that change may be off in the future. Though with Windows Vista being one the worst softwares ever, IMHO, it is nice to hear consumer reports like this as my next machine will be a Mac.

Macbooks :( I will still stick with windows one.

Macbooks are great for looking cool and all that, but seriously they are not the only laptops available!

Have not seen new Macbooks life yet. Is display much worse then on older Macbooks?

I disagree with this.
Initially I thought the glossy screen was not good, however after i used it for a couple days, the quality and crystalization it creates is much more refined the the older macbooks.
I am very impressed with the screen, its a whole level up from the current gens.

I agree with the screens. What were they thinking? WOW!!

I have an older Powerbook with the matte screen and the last MBPro with a glossy screen. I agree that the new Apple laptops don't offer much in the way of an upgrade. In fact, with the loss of FW400, they're a downgrade. However, I don't see what the fuss is about the glossy screen glare. Sure, there's some glare when outside in direct sunlight (not enough to really bother me), but most of the time I would think that owners of the MBPro would have it hooked up to a 20+ inch LCD monitor anyways.

I love my air!

Interesting. Neither of those would stop be from buying them. I think they are great. However, I don't really need a laptop right now.

Why not just go with the older Mac Pro?

I was considering an upgrade, think i got my mac soon after you less then a yr ago, but like the latest and greatest always. Sick of VMware so might get a windows laptop, a sony the real small ones :) and of course keep the mac (this mac doesnt work on my 50" plasma which sucks)