If I didn't want the SuperDrive, I wouldn't give it a second thought and go for the 'low-end'. It's a very fast notebook for a mere $1099.

The thing is that the "low-end" (cheapest consumer notebook) and the "high-end" (the most expensive pro notebook) are the closest they've ever been. The only major differences now …

If I was buying a notebook to be used aboard a small cruising sailboat or in a small RV, for its space and power savings, I'd want at least the slow, single-layer DVD burner inside…

Quote: Originally Posted by miniMoe If I was buying a notebook to be used aboard a small cruising sailboat or in a small RV, for its space and power savings, I'd want at least t…

There's nothing wrong with using rewritable media for backup as long as you have lots of them (ipods and flash drives). Using only one would be like having a tape drive with only …

Low-end for me too. Didn't need a DVD writer. Upgraded the RAM & hard drive immediately after purchase.

I got the low end too. Figured I'd end up upgrading the RAM and HDD anyway, the SDs are crap, and I really don't need to pay extra for .17GHz.

This is a heartening thread I use Final Cut Studio a lot, so of course what I really want is a MacBook Pro to run Motion. But while I'm trying to get my freelance earnings to tak…

Motion works fine on my MacBook....

Quote: Originally Posted by harrisjamieh Motion works fine on my MacBook.... Whoa So it does, I've just been reading these benchmarks. My bad, I just assumed that Motio…

Don't get too excited about Motion. Those Creative Mac benchies are for rendering only. While Motion does indeed run; its real time playback is considerably poor. Loading up one…

Point taken, and I would love to get a MBP if budget allowed. But the ability to run Motion at all on a laptop would be a major advance for me compared to my old Ti 867. Most of m…

I have the low end, since an iMac takes care of the DVD burning. It's a great Mac so far.

Just bought a refreshed low end macbook for $989 from the Apple Store. Very impressed so far and I haven't yet received my 2gb of ram. Coming from a 12 inch powerbook, this thing…

Count me in as another person likely to go for the low-end system and upgrade the RAM and hdd after the fact.

Quote: Originally Posted by zurfer Just bought a refreshed low end macbook for $989 from the Apple Store. Kind of makes you wonder where it came from, since they just came o…

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise Kind of makes you wonder where it came from, since they just came out such a short time ago. Perhaps open box returns or the like? Maybe from…

I agree with most of the others. The main difference is the superdrive. I was really tempted to go with the middle model just because it wasn't the cheap one, but after really look…

How much is an external DVD write drive, anyway? (around how much) and how would it connect it?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106011 $80. firewire (or in this case) usb 2.0.

I got mine yesterday. Also a low-end model. I don't need superdrive as my two G5s have and I have one extra external one anyway. Burning DVDs with an already hot enough MacBook …

I got a MacBook today! 2.0ghz with Superdrive... I decided for the mid-range one for resale value and to skip the harddrive upgrade for the time being. I have 700GB in my desktop …

"Also, I am picking up a boatload of wireless connections from the neighborhood." Me too. I don't live in an apartment. I live in a house on the corner (so no other houses on one …

I bought the low end. The price is a lot nicer and the speed is virtually the same in benchmarks. I have a superdrive on my desktop (which I never really use) so I didn't mind losi…

I know that there is a plugin for Backup, but it would be cool to be able to sync with a .Mac account. Similar to the plugin that I have for my Transmit favorites. -dev