What I like about my new MacBook…

1. The screen is very good. At first I thought it was natively magenta. But now I’m convinced it’s balanced (but not calibrated), and my 17″ Apple Studio LCD is simply old and dim, and doesn’t make a good reference. The more I look at the Macbook’s LCD, the more I like it. Buttery, yet crisp.
2. The MacBook pulls in Wifi stations from neighboring countries, and joins WiFi nodes very quickly.
3. Ram is easy to install. Not a “snap” easy, but not hard.
4. It’s fast! Hooray for the switch to Intel chips.
5. Monitor spanning! Spanning, not mirroring! It spans to an external display up to 1900×1080px, a very generous feature.
6. It’s cheap! $950 for the MacBook refurb I’m typing on. And it came with an 80 GB drive instead of the 60 GB, natch.

I’m taking advantage of Apple’s feature generosity with this machine and bought it instead of a MacBook Pro, saving myself millions. I’m bumping up against the 2 GB ram limit, so we’ll see if that becomes a big thorn in my productivity’s side or not.

[Of course a blog entry titled like this one is begs the question what don’t I like? Check back tomorrow for the Evil Downsides. Read more: MacBook reviews by Nos, Java, Fred, Carl and others.]