Apple MacBook (2009) Review

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Updated: October 21, 2009

Apple’s elegantly redesigned MacBook offers strong performance, excellent ergononics, and good battery life for a reasonable price.

4 stars
(4 out of 5)

Macs have long been touted for their excellent design and ease of use, but have been knocked for their relativey high cost. With its new $999 MacBook–a slightly stripped down MacBook Pro in a plastic chassis–Apple has delivered a notebook that not only offers similar performance to its higher-end cousin, but is now price competitive with Windows 7 machines that have similar specs. Considering its long battery life–not to mention Apple’s excellent Snow Leopard operating system and first-rate customer support–the new MacBook is a strong buy. You just have to be willing to sacrifice some features.

Read full review @ LAPTOP Magazine

Pros

  • Clean, elegant unibody design Excellent touchpad Good graphics performance Over five hours of battery life Fast boot time

Cons

  • No SD Card reader Tinny speakers

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