Apple MacBook MA255LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop Review
October 30th, 2009
Apple MacBook MA255LL/A 13.3" Laptop Review from Living in Budapest livinginhungary. another great Mac, I am a longtime Apple user, having owned a variety Apple’s going all the way back to the Apple II+. In all these years I’ve had mostly great experiences with my Macs. The MacBook is no exception. As was the case with my last Apple, a PowerBook G4, my MacBook was charged and worked right out of the box. I’m certain that the new Mac user will appreciate the ease with which one can use a new Mac.
I ordered the glossy screen and am glad that I did as everything on the screen is so crisp, and well, glossy!
I would strongly recommend an upgrade of RAM to the 2GB limit. I found a great deal online for $150. While I was already extremely impressed with the MacBook’s lightning quick speed at 512, I was blown away by the additional speed with the 2GB memory.
Like many others, I work at a company with a Windows XP environment. I ordered and installed XP on my Mac. I paid a little extra money and went with Parallels instead of Bootcamp. I appreciate the ability to toggle between XP and Mac OS. The speed of XP in Parallels is very fast, even faster with the 2GB RAM.
I only have two issues with my MacBook. Both problems are those that have been discussed on various Mac support sites. The first is my somewhat annoying ’squishy’ mouse button. While it works fine, it doesn’t really click on the right side. Numerous people have reported this and exchanged their Macbooks within the return window. The second problem is one that might freak out novices or those unfamiliar with the MAC OS. On a few occasions my MacBook has started up with a colored vertical lines. I simply restarted my MacBook and reset the PRAM. This problem has something to do with one of the software updates. Since I last updated my software, I have not encountered this problem.
One other recommendation that I would make is to spend a little more and get additional harddrive space, especially if you plan on running Windows XP on your Mac. You’ll find that the 60GB hard drive may not be enough.
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