whats great about macbooks?
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My MacBook is better built & lighter than the equivalent price Dells that I have had the pleasure of owning.
I have never found the need to plug anything into a PCMCIA or ExpressCard slot and I am an IT professional, so I really can't see the average user needing this. You'd have to ask Mr Jobs why he didn't bother with it...
Unless you have a recent MacBook that has the sleep bug
Fixed in 10.4.11 & 10.5 but aside from that I agree that reliable sleep mode is great and the little breathing light is sooo cute! 
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The little breathing light might be "cute" but it lights up the sodding room when the main lights are turned off!
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Well that's another thing I learnt about my macbook today, I had no idea about the breathing sleep light 
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Mood lighting.
Freakin' BAD-mood lighting.
Joking aside I've already stuck masking tape across the iSight because it was annoyng me. I'm not paranoid its the people watching me, honest.
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Freakin' BAD-mood lighting.
Joking aside I've already stuck masking tape across the iSight because it was annoyng me. I'm not paranoid its the people watching me, honest.
You can't operate the iSight without the LED being illuminated, so don't worry.
As for mood lighting... stick the remote infront of it
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A great thing about the MacBooks (and Pros) is how they can effectively function as desktop when you're at home. Using the lid-closed mode with an external monitor, keyboard and mouse is no different from using a desktop Mac.
A bad thing about the MacBook is its screen quality. The glossy screen is personal preference, but the contrast ratio and viewing angles are undoubtedly dire.
A bad thing about the MacBook is its screen quality. The glossy screen is personal preference, but the contrast ratio and viewing angles are undoubtedly dire.
You realise that there's very few laptops that can't operate with the lid shut, don't you? Dells and IBMs have been doing this for years with their combined docking station / monitor stand, you just sit the laptop in the dock and slide it away, and it connects up your video, USB, sound, network etc.
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I didn't know it was so common. None the less, it's a great feature!
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I nearly didnt buy a MacBook due to the glossy screen but I took the plunge and when it arrived it wasnt a fraction as bad as I expected.
Or more accurately, where did the non-militant ones go?
Having read your posts in this thread you seem to be one of the rare folks that sees Apple equipment for what it is - just another manufacturer of PC bits.
I'd say if you want OSX then obviously a Macbook/MBP is your only real choice - but let's not kid ourselves that they're all things to all men. My 15.4" MBP was a good £400 or so more expensive than I could've picked up an equivalent Sony Vaio or Dell for, and both of them are pretty bulletproof in terms of build quality, etc.
You're paying a lot for the name with an Apple to be honest, and the reason the residuals are so high is mainly because Apple never discount and the price stays the same for ages (they're more likely to just obsolete whatever you've just bought overnight if you happened to be unlucky enough to buy it just before a keynote).
I would actually buy the hell out of a dock for my Macbook, it's annoying having to connect up the power, USB, display, ethernet, and audio whenever I get home.
It's a real shame that Apple don't put the connectors on any of their machines.
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Ever considered that an iMac might be better for home?
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That would be a real wasted exercise, any time saved from not having to plug things in would be outweighed by having to upkeep and synchronise an additional machine!