Hi I am getting a laptop pretty soon and have pretty much decided on a Mac. But really a white macbook is $1150, and aluminum is $1400. And just so no one says this, the white one is updated with all the same hardware(Advanced graphics, etc.) I want to get it asap so the $250 would mean about 2 months longer which would kind of be a drag. I also understand the aluminum doesn't have a firewire port, but idk what the hell that even is so can someone explain what it is and why I would care about it. Basically, is it worth the 2 months and $250 for the aluminum. Thanks.
There is no difference between the plastic/aluminum on the inside at all except for the firewire port, and some of the aesthetic differences (the aluminum one just looks cooler in my opinion, the lcd is behind the glass panel, the trackpad is made of glass too, and the battery meter is on the side, not underneath like the white macbook). Firewire is IEEE 1394, it's like USB but not used as much except with high-speed external hard drives and digital video cameras (which can be used with video editing software on Macs). It is faster than USB.
in case you'd be utilising it for surfing the internet and doing papers for college the macbook white will be proper for you. The aluminum macbook is an same pc, except aluminum with more advantageous efficient technical specs (more advantageous RAM, swifter processor etc.) this stuff gained't make a lot of a large difference in case you only plan to apply be conscious processor and the internet. The aluminum might want to be more advantageous efficient in case you watch extremely some video clips on youtube and such, the aluminum macbooks are not getting as warm as quickly because the plastic ones do. The macbook air is something so that you could only purchase for stylish applications, it has a lot less skill than both the macbook white and the macbook aluminum, for a larger value ticket simply by this is portability. wish this enables! i'm a contemporary consumer of a 2.4 macbook aluminum btw :)
I've been researching this same thing. what I've learned is the new one pice aluminum body model is much stronger and built with a fall censer to protect the hard drive if the unit should be dropped. The screen is also lit by LED which is brighter and lasts longer than conventional screens. Save the extra $250 for it, you wont regret it. Check out the link, it clearly defines why ALUMINUM IS BETTER.
honestly just go for the white macbook! the aluminum MB is stronger as it's a unibody (its made out of a single piece of aluminum( the but it has a load of set backs, and in the long run it could be more costly, because lets say you break or a lose a key on your keyboard, you have to replace the whole keyboard instead of just a single key. if your hard drive ever breaks down, it'll cost a crapp load to replace as you have to send your MB to apple to have them repair it (my friend paid like $800 to get it replaced). also you can't remove your battery (if it dies) and you have to have it replaced by apple once again($1000) (unless you want to do it yourself and void the warrenty). It's more costly on the aluminum to upgrade hardware (RAM, Hard Drive etc..). but on the otherhand the aluminum looks shinier :), and the screen is lit with LEDs. but aswell alot of the amlunium macbooks have problems with them like faulty nvidia graphics card, and they produce alot of heat! as for the firewire port, you kind of want that because you'll eventually buy something which will use the firewire port. it's just like a usb port except it's faster. alot of external hard drives and other storage devices, video camera's, hd camera's, some hd webcams, some musical instruments (e.g pluggin a guitar into your macbook through an external sound card.) and aswell since the white macbook is fully upgraded and has the same specs as the aluminium why not go for it? and aswell its cheaper to upgrade your RAM/Hard drive on the white MB. and you wont have to wait 2 months
