Beyond aesthetics:ġ) Macbooks can crack (hinge area, palmrest), and potentially discolor rubber can delaminate from bottom.Ģ) MBP's can dent, and anodizing can be scratched or eroded by sweat, etc.

If you mean the cases, well, they each have their plusses and minuses to my mind. Just that now they have made it such a better value to get the metal MBP (even moreso now in 2011). The way I got around my dislike of touching the metal was to put on a clear plastic 'skin.' Now my MBP is all shiny and does not feel cold, and as a bonus is protected from scratches.Īgain, I say all this having been a long time fan of my plastic Mac notebooks. So, I bought a Macbook Pro in November (a friend was on the verge of buying a Macbook so he took mine). *MBP is upgradable to 8 gigs officially Macbook only to 4 although I have read that you can also make it take 8. maybe about 1/3 larger?)ħ) Infrared port (for remote control - the control is ~$20 sold separately)ĩ) Backlit keyboard (I had always wanted this ) iSight non HD camera)Ĥ) Larger hard drive (sorry, forget by how much. The first four items are new as of 2011 the others existed in 2010 and still exist now.Ģ) FaceTime HD camera (vs. I'm not counting the case as I'll mark that up to personal preference.

It seems very very favorable to me, for $200 (the price difference with the base computer, not options). Here is what you will get on a Macbook Pro now that is different than the Macbook. I think that now the Macbook should be more like $799.īut okay, back to the comparison. Now, with the MBP having added a better processor, a better camera, and Thunderbolt, I can't imagine buying a Macbook considering the price difference (yet I love the plastic and don't like metal). Even when they had identical processors (late 2010) I just couldn't justify the Macbook to myself given the differences in features for $200. Finally I decided to change over to the Macbook Pro. I went back and forth about what to do, and compared the Macbook and the MBP over and over (this was in November 2010). I liked it, BUT they had taken away several features that I liked from my older Macbook, namely: After it had numerous logic board and other failures, Apple replaced it and gave me a unibody plastic Macbook. My last computer was a non-unibody plastic Macbook. I've always owned and preferred plastic Mac notebooks. Here is my opinion, with a bit of background so you know where I am coming from: I don't understand the 'build quality' comment either.

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