9 things. 「九つ」

Well it finally arrived, it was waiting for me when I got home yesturday. I have been playing around with all the features and apps, the first thing I will mention is how amazed I am with the Battery life. It displayed 5 and some hours left once it was fully charged, because of various things (I was not using it constantly without breaks) I still had nearly 4 hours left on the battery about 3-4 hours later, one thing in particular helped with this, it has a feature that auto dimms the display depending on how much ambient light is in the room, so in a dark room the display isn’t so bright that it hurts your eyes, a nice little feature.

Features is one thing the Macbook is not short on. There are a few things that will take a little getting used to as with anything new, but I don’t think I will be getting another windows powered anything anytime soon, I think I can say I have been converted to Apple. As my friend mentions here in his review of the Macbook, there are many reasons to get a Macbook as your next laptop.

The Technical Specification are as follows for the model I bought:

Main specifications

• 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache running 1:1 with processor speed
• 1066MHz frontside bus
• 2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB
• NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory³
• 160GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard disk drive⁴
• Weight 4.5 pounds
• thickness when closed 0.95″

Network & Connectivity:

• Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi wireless networking (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification); IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible
• Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
• Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
• MagSafe power port
• Gigabit Ethernet port
• Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps)
• Mini DisplayPort
• Audio line in
• Audio line out
• Kensington lock slot

The build quality is by far better than even the most expensive windows powered laptops, not much else to say about the build really, it is one of those things you have to see for yourself and compare with other laptops to realise what a difference in quality there is.

Overall I am very impressed with the macbook, yes i know, i’ve only had a couple of days, but like everything else it only takes a couple of days for you to know if you have wasted your money or spent it wisely. Happy to say this was money well spent, the screen is so much better than my old acer laptop which before now I thought was a very good screen, everything is so much clearer and brighter on this oled display, even the nifty little magnetic coupling on the charger cable, so it will pull out easily and not damage the wire or power plug if cought on anything when you get up for example.

Incase you want the wallpaper from the picture, you can download here.