Comments on: Apple refreshes iPhones, MacBooks, and OS X at WWDC

It unveils a faster version of the iPhone, as well as faster notebooks. It also showed off the upcoming Snow Leopard software, iPhone OS 3.0, and more.

[tipoo_]

As a comparison Sony just released a 13" SR with an ATI 4570, which almost equals a 9600 GT.

So much for 9 months of evolution.

[Ufotou9]

Hi. I'm thrilled with my Macbook White. Yes, it was $999, the absolute (second to) least expensive new Macbook.

Based on pure specifications, it would be hard to explain why spending $200 more than a (supposedly) comparable PC is worth the investment.

Besides the obvious Apple ascetics, most people don't understand that higher frontside bus speeds, all proprietary parts inside, and an OS that doesn't drain half your memory on boot-up- makes thisthis "entry-level" Macbook worth spending more $ on in order to avoid PCs' frustrations. So what's my point?

Well, I paid $999 for this bad boy and I love it, but I would have liked a larger Hard Drive. And I would have paid more for a 300 Gb Hard Drive. I wish the Macbooks were more customizable--even if I had to customize with Apple hardware.

When I clicked the link to go to Apple's price decreases, I was quite disappointed that the gigantic reduction in price for the Iphone didn't translate to the Macbooks. Where are the Aluminum Macbooks for $999?

I think that Apple could dominate if they allowed their customers to customize. Do yo know how many morons probably saw the 2 Gbs of Memory (like the PC hunter commercial girl who made movies but didn't buy the Apple because it comes with 2GB of RAM) and, being told that nowadays you need 4 Gb went with the 4Gb PC which Vista just cut in half on the first boot- up?

That's how people are. And Apple can't expect people to change, so they should adapt to how people think.

And unless I'm missing something, why is the SD reader such a big deal? In my opinion it takes up a lot of space on the side. I plug in a card reader that can read SD, SD mini among other cards types, and it costs $20. A lot cheaper than it would cost if it were installed in the chassis of the laptop. No?

[bernzeppi]

I was really looking forward to the new 15" laptop model....
APPLE, you removed the express card slot!
REALLY DISAPPOINTING!

I thought it was a joke but you actually replaced the express card slot with an SD slot.
Apple invented the video pro segment for computers... just when P2 (panasonic), SxS(sony/sandisc) are really taking off in the broadcast world (every ones buying sony ex3's) you remove the enabling technology!

I now will be looking for alternate solution not involving mac and therefore AVID suddenly looks good again because the computers that support AVID support me, the video professional.... p2 SxS, express SSD's.

This is a marketing **** up of the same magnitude as removing firewire... or Apple Lisa!

Now I believe that a cynical marketing department is running Apple... you enable a whole segment then you remove the enabling technology... this is not some fading technology like floppy discs.

SxS and P2 have become industry standard... the 15" laptop being the most common peice of equipment on a shoot... not anymore, it has an SD slot.... Jeeze!... the competition must be guffawing!

I'll spend my stimulus money elsewhere.

[Fil0403]

Welcome to the community of around 2 billion people who know buying a Mac is a (big) mistake. Now do yourself a favour and wait some months and buy yourself something serious: an HP notebook with Windows 7. I bet not only you won't be disappointed as you'll also be happy you weren't fooled into buying that over-expensive, uncustomizable, software and hardware-limited machine that a Mac is.

[Fil0403]

Nice to see Apple is still playing catch-up to BlackBerrys and Nokias N97, HP notebooks, and Windows 7.