Pogue’s MacBook Review
With the introduction of its new, 13-inch, low-cost laptop, the MacBook, Apple has officially eliminated its iBook and PowerBook families. Apple’s laptop line is all MacBook, all the time.
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By Apple’s own description, the MacBook is essentially the same thing as the MacBook Pro, which I’ve already reviewed, with different cosmetics.
Inside, both the Pro and non-Pro laptops have the same blazing-fast, blazing hot Intel Core Duo chip that rips through software tasks–as long as you’re running so-called Universal programs (those that have been adapted for the Intel chip). If you’re running un-adapted programs, like Microsoft Office and Adobe anything, expect noticeable sluggishness.
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