My new MacBook, and I called it.

My previous prediction that the iBook would be re-dubbed the MacBook was right on.

This thing is awesome, I continue to read peoples initial thoughts on it but I think overall people are forgetting one major aspect.

I've read several times about someone deciding to keep or stick with their PowerBook over the new MacBook. To me this just doesn't make sense unless they have to use Adobe applications. We are in out first year of the Intel processor, the OS will continue to take better advantage of it as the PowerPC falls back. Imagine how the new OS is going to be able to use these Dual Cores. The new MacBook uses SATA drives which will become standard. These new MacBooks (including the Pros) have a built in iSight. I had an iSight and sold it, it was a great camera but a pain to use, and it was one of the easiest to use.

I'm actually going to be selling my PowerBook 1.67GHz DL to fund this MacBook. It's funny to see people compare this MacBook to other notebooks and talk down about its graphics because they are integrated. The graphics on this thing are far superior to the graphics of a many PowerBook last year. Meaning, people would have paid big bucks for these capabilities last year, but this year when compared to the MacBook Pro they are rated so so.

The keyboard is a keyboard, no problems. The screen have the same width of 19" displays I setup a few years ago, pretty awesome. The magnetic latch, you can't see it but it works.

I'm going to like this MacBook a lot. I was never a big fan of the iBook because of it's limitations but those things don't exist here in MacBook world.

Tags: Apple, MacBook