One year with the Macbook
I purchased my black Macbook on the very first day they were available at an Apple Store in Rockaway, New Jersey. I even wrote about the first week with my Macbook. I had a few problems with the very first Macbook they gave me with a dead mini-DVI port and then random shutdowns with the second one they gave me. Third times a charm, as they say, and since then I’ve had absolutely no problems with my black Macbook.
One year ago, almost to the day
I use my Macbook on a daily basis. I’ve put it through its paces. I’v taken it on several trips across the country and it has always performed perfectly for me. The battery life is sufficient, the screen size is nearly perfect, its extensibility with external monitors and even my television is an added benefit. I have no real complaints.
Today, a little over a year
I’d say the only thing that I would change, now that I’ve used it for an entire year, would be the size of the hard drive (though much larger sizes are now available in current models). The hard drive is only 80GB in this model of the Macbook which is not large enough for me to keep all of my music, video, and photos locally on the computer. Being that I’m using a laptop that may never be possible so I’ll always be tethered to some external drive(s) when I need that data.
I’ve had the opportunity to upgrade to a Macbook Pro but I am going to stick with this Macbook. I may even run it into the ground I love it so much. Even if I did upgrade to a larger hard drive, faster processor, and the ability to have much RAM - I’d probably still stick with the black Macbook. I really like the form factor, size, and weight of this computer. It has been the best computer I’ve ever owned.
June 21st, 2007 at 5:06 pm
I have to agree with you on all points. It’s been about 11 months since I got mine, and I’m still in love with it. I was a hardcore PowerBook guy back in the day, and I said I never wanted an iBook. They just didn’t meet my needs. They were too bulky, not powerful enough, and too white. The MacBook fixes all of those issues. The size is perfect., it’s beautiful, it’s powerful, I could put a bigger hard drive in if I wanted, and 2 GB of ram is plenty to meet my needs for now.
They’ve released some nice updates to the line, but I still haven’t seen anything that made me really wish I had waited.
June 21st, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Haha, my one year MacBook anniversary is tomorrow. Mine is White, 2 GHz Core Duo, 2GB RAM, and has a 100GB Hard Drive. I’ve been lucky to not have any major issues. I only experienced one random shut down before Apple put out a patch, so far no discoloring, and everything works (although my MacBook doesn’t always like to sleep, but that’s minor).
I agree with you, I wouldn’t trade mine in for the world (well, maybe for a free upgrade to a Core 2 Duo). It performs well for my needs, is very portable, and just looks freaking sweet. You wouldn’t believe how many people have commented on the sleekness of my MacBook. Definitely an excellent purchase in my book.
June 23rd, 2007 at 4:01 pm
/stealz
June 23rd, 2007 at 5:27 pm
I have to agree. The media files issue, which is real even with current disk sizes, can easily be solve by removing all one’s music (mine is 42GB) to an external drive reachable via an Airport Extreme base station. This makes switching to oher Macs easier too.
June 28th, 2007 at 8:54 am
I am picking up a brand new black macbook today!