Comments on: Would you pay $849 for a new MacBook?

By: Mike Carroll, Baltimore, Maryland

Mike Carroll, Baltimore, Maryland — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:24:53 +0000

I dont understand what took so long for these companies to figure out we all wanted a cheap, light affordable lappy to do basic functions on. I remember looking a year or 2 ago trying to find a tiny laptop and the cheapest was 2k. These new netbooks definitely serve a specific purchase and will continue to steal market share for those just looking to surf, blog and write notes.

With that said I having been using and working on PCs for 15 years now and i used a buddies Imac for one day and fell in love with it. I bought one myself and now dread turning on my PC. I am a small business owner and there is no way i would ever go back to PC for anything. I still have yet to buy quickbooks for mac and have to fire up the pc once a month to do my books and its a chore and nightmare and ill never look back.

I want to buy a mac laptop but am waiting for this hyped tablet or new release and wont buy anything till they release this new beast. I hope it comes in under 800 and is light and has all the basics. If make makes a netbook i would certainly buy that as well.

By: CheapyD, Tokyo, Japan

CheapyD, Tokyo, Japan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:13:37 +0000

Msi Wind U100 – $249.99

additional 1gb ram memory – $12.99

Seagate Momentus 500gb 7200 rpm hdd – $109.99

Apple software OSx retail Leopard – $89.99

9 cell 7900mAh extended battery module – $65.99

$528.95 total I spent – one 10" MacBook Nano that I take with me everywhere I go.

By: Shawn, Stuart,Florida

Shawn, Stuart,Florida — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:54:22 +0000

Apples and oranges, I agree. I've always used a Mac. Still have my iMac I bought in 1998 that I use for old OS9 games I have. I don't think many people have a PC hanging around that long. My eMac is probably 5 years old now and shows no signs of crapping out. I have to use Windows at work and just hate it. It's just a matter of taste. The $ is irrelevant if the computer is kicking around after 10 years and still working. A few people have said their Macs have died or whatever, but they just got a lemon. Personally, I know of noone with a Mac that has died or regretted it. I know plenty of people who wanted to kill after Vista.

By: 78ad

78ad — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:58:34 +0000

everyone says that mac are much more money

but where are the cheaper pc with:

decent c2d

nvidia video 9 series

13 inch screen

less than 5 pounds

more than 4.5 hr of battery life

what I found is:

dell studio xps 13 (expensiver)

hp dv3510 (almost same price)

so where are the "much cheaper pc" or the same specs.

(I don't care about ram or disk, and I specially care about the nvidia card)

By: omaha

omaha — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:16:16 +0000

I own a dell studio 15 in laptop running windows vista with 4gb of ram and this piece of crap is still slower then honey at room temp do you know how much 4gb is that`s a lot of memory!!!!

By: n74jw

n74jw — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:01:37 +0000

Yes. Even a MacBook is much better than any computer, running Windows. I don't go Mac for the hardware, I go for OS X.

By: Hans, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hans, Amsterdam, Netherlands — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:44:42 +0000

I have a MacBook Air. It does work out, believe me.

By: Ray Montalvo Jr.

Ray Montalvo Jr. — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:13:08 +0000

Apple will always be priced higher than people want or expect. They are like Mercedes or BMW or Lexus. They can demand a premium and get a premium because there are certain people who like the brand, like the ease of the OS, or like the design. Apple will never go away because of their market share. And compared to a macbook, a netbook is a piece fo junk.

By: KPRyan, Mt Hood, Oregon

KPRyan, Mt Hood, Oregon — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:00:26 +0000

OH NO!

If Apple lowers the price that will mean batteries and power adapters will no longer be of the amazing High Quality all Apple owners know and love!

Now I'll have to buy replacements every 3 months instead of 6?

(But I'd still live with the defective bats and adaptors so long as I never EVER have to own and use Microcrap!!!)

By: Chris, New York, NY

Chris, New York, NY — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:49:16 +0000

Apple is wrong to ignore the netbooks. Even the smallest Macbook is too large and too heavy to breezily carry around the city. As much as I love Macs, I will buy a Dell Mini if Apple doesn't come out with a netbook in June.