I had to give the laptop I was using back to work a few months ago. I really want to get a mac since I have to represent as a nerd. There are always rumors that some crazy new mac notebook is coming out, but back in the august they seemed sort of creditable. The macbook hadn’t been update since feb of 08 and the overall design was 2 years old. With this in mind, I decided to wait and see what apple was busy cooking. More and more rumors started swirling, crazy iphone like touchpads, entire touch display and fancy aluminum cases. However a sept 22nd apple event came and went without any announcement.
The 22nd also marked a full month without a notebook. This is tough for a nerd. There were rumors of an event on the 14th of october, but the colck ticked down with no announcement of it. Finally the thursday before the 14th apple made an announcement about a notebook event on the 14th.
Long story short… Apple announced an update to the macbooks and the macbook pro. They have new aluminum cases, a larger multitouch trackpad and better graphics chips. The processors and hd were about the same though.
I just took the plunge and got the 2.4ghz macbook. I have had for less than 24 hours but it is def sweet!