- Joined
- Jan 5, 2007
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- Location
- Norfolk, England
- Your Mac's Specs
- White Macbook (refurb), 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo, 2 GB Memory, 60GB HDD
So after a few discussions (here and here) it finally arrived!
After a disappointing morning waiting around, it finally arrived late afternoon! I was so happy! Upon opening, I noticed that I was one of the lucky ones who had actually received one of the original Apple Designed Boxes. Inspection of all the accessories revealed brand new looking items; again very happy with that.
Onto the Macbook itself. The exterior of this thing is amazing - not one scratch or blemish! The black matte surface is sexy. It really stands out and looks professional and cool at the same time. The inside however, is a different story. Whilst the matte surface and screen are perfect, the keyboard and trackpad button aren't too my expectation. Btw, I have my gf's white Macbook to compare with as well which is a brand new model with a Core2Duo processor.
Clearly I'm disappointed with the f10 button breaking but I am equally, actually, more disappointed with the other things too, especially the keyboard. It just doesn't feel half as good as the other one. Plus, it looks really greasy and shiny which makes the inside look a bit disappointing compared to the sleek, cool looking outside.
Am I being too picky? It IS a refurb after all... but I DID pay extra to get this black one specifically. Do all refurbs get the keyboard problem? What about the trackpad? Grrr.. anyway like I said, I'm not entirely happy.
Since I have to get it sent to get the f10 button fixed I'm wondering if I could actually blag a replacement somehow. I dunno. What's your advice guys?
After a disappointing morning waiting around, it finally arrived late afternoon! I was so happy! Upon opening, I noticed that I was one of the lucky ones who had actually received one of the original Apple Designed Boxes. Inspection of all the accessories revealed brand new looking items; again very happy with that.
Onto the Macbook itself. The exterior of this thing is amazing - not one scratch or blemish! The black matte surface is sexy. It really stands out and looks professional and cool at the same time. The inside however, is a different story. Whilst the matte surface and screen are perfect, the keyboard and trackpad button aren't too my expectation. Btw, I have my gf's white Macbook to compare with as well which is a brand new model with a Core2Duo processor.
- The keys themselves look very shiny; almost greasy, and it doesn't look like the ones that my gf's white, new macbook has. Is this because the keys are black?
- The keys aren't as 'springy' when I type with them. They're more shallow than the ones I got used to with the other mac. So they don't feel as good - they feel harder to press and almost pc like. Is this because its a refurb? Maybe one of the problems was the keyboard? Or do you think its because its an older model (this one is the model with Core Duo processor rather than the Core2Duo).
- After about 5 minutes, without using it once, the f10 broke! One side of it is lopsided; I think a spring has broken or something. Clearly this is a refurb fault and I'm going to have to get it fixed.
- The trackpad is nice but the button is very clicky - I didn't expect it to be so loud! Again, its almost PC laptop like! The other macbook's button is dead silent when I click it. When I compared the two buttons, I found that my button is slightly more raised than the one on the white macbook.
Clearly I'm disappointed with the f10 button breaking but I am equally, actually, more disappointed with the other things too, especially the keyboard. It just doesn't feel half as good as the other one. Plus, it looks really greasy and shiny which makes the inside look a bit disappointing compared to the sleek, cool looking outside.
Am I being too picky? It IS a refurb after all... but I DID pay extra to get this black one specifically. Do all refurbs get the keyboard problem? What about the trackpad? Grrr.. anyway like I said, I'm not entirely happy.
Since I have to get it sent to get the f10 button fixed I'm wondering if I could actually blag a replacement somehow. I dunno. What's your advice guys?