I bought a new Macbook for the office for sales, one of many new ones I hope to get. The price is amazing for what you get, Dual Core 1.83GHz, 512meg DDR2 RAM, 60GB HD, 13.3″ 1280×800 LCD, iSight at 640×480, DVD-ROM/CDRW and a 5.5 hour battery life. The battery life is the part that really catches my eye, it’s to the full day at the office or school level, but I won’t be happy until it’s at 12+ hours. I digress, the point is, you get all of this for $1250CND, a price per hardware ration unmatched by anyone else.  This bundled with OSX, iLife, iWeb, iPhoto and other integrated applications which for the most part work seamlessly makes it a perfect computer for a. students b. new computer users and c. any family members you want to stop calling you for technical support. One of the greatest things about a Mac laptop is how well it works for suspend mode. Too many times my Windows laptop has drained its battery because a Windows popped up a message balloon letting me know my network cable has unplugged, where are the Apple would gracefully go into sleep. As well how fast the Mac wakes up, it’s instant, none of this waiting for 10-20 seconds.

Now the things I hate, from talking to people I seem to be the minority when it comes my my “issues”. First of all, enough of this wide screen crap. The main purpose of my laptop is not to watch movies, but to work, to browse the Internet and to type. So having a wide aspect ration screen does not help me and makes the laptop wide and rectangular in shape. I really enjoy my 4:3 ratio screen, it gives me lots of work area, in a nice confined environment. So please, Apple, make me a new 12″ laptop, like your old G4 ones which was the perfect size. GIVE ME A BACKLIT KEYBOARD!!! I hope that’s clear enough.

Things I would like, mostly a SD Slot, as all new cameras are SD, and not having to lug around my camera cable to plugging, hell I haven’t seen that cable in two years! Like I said at the beginning, 12+ hour battery life.