MacBook vs MacBook Pro: What is the point?

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• Reply 1 of 4

  kwanbis Posts: 11member

  October 23, 2009 2:24PM

  EDIT: reading some other post, it looks like i loose:
  
  
  
  - Backlit Keyboard
  
  - SD Card Slot
  
  - Firewire Port
  
  - IR receiver
  
  - Battery indicator
  
  - Aluminium Body
  
  - 8GB Max on memory (I suspect the Macbook has a max of 4GB RAM)
  
  
  
  Is that right? The only important things here for me could be the 8GB of mem, and the backlit kb.
• Reply 2 of 4

  undo redo Posts: 164member

  October 23, 2009 11:29PM

  I've been wondering the same for several months. Now with the loss of Firewire in the new MacBook, the Pro seems a little better.
  
  
  
  If I find a great deal on a leftover MacBook with Firewire, I might get one before it's too late. Otherwise I might go for the Pro, which I think looks a little nicer than the new all-gloss MacBook. Resale value in a couple of years might be much better for the MBP.
• Reply 3 of 4

  guinness Posts: 473member

  October 24, 2009 12:08AM

  http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/u...e-2009-review/
  
  
  
  Go look at engadget's review of the new MB, and notice how easily it's soft plastic gets scratched and dinged up (after like a day of use), that along with the SD reader make the MBP worth the extra $200.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  That's terrible plastics used for the exterior, it might be built like a tank, but it can't seem to handle any sort of gentle movement.
• Reply 4 of 4

  kwanbis Posts: 11member

  October 24, 2009 12:42PM

  Yeah, seen that also .... mmm