Your favorite new Apple product?

[Ferdinand]

Which do you like the best and are most astonished of?

[ElDiabloConCaca]

MacBooks... ooh, sexy!

[nixgeek]

The MacBooks and MBPs look nice, but that's all they do for me (after so many years, the RDF just doesn't have the same effect on me anymore). I like that they have the same cosmetics as the iMacs....makes the line of products more seamless. Now if only the Finder would follow suit.

[fryke]

MacBooks, quite clearly. I hate how they _again_ had to change the video connector. And that those don't come with the product. Because as it is, the purpose of the interface is not to connect a monitor, but to require an adapter.

[icemanjc]

I recently got an iPod 120Gb, so I am currently in love with it.
But I think the new MacBook and MacBook Pro do look pretty hott.

[mdnky]

I'm at a loss right now, as I was waiting for these new ones to make my decision on upgrading. Now I think I'll wait as long as possible. Love the new design and look, with one exception (and that's a single, major flaw.)

I just can not live with a glossy display on my notebook. I use mine in too many varied lighting conditions (many with no control on positioning) and I can not stand to see every smudge and speckle of dust/dirt that gets on the glossy screens. Not to mention to me they are harder on my eyes with constant all-day use. Worst yet is color correction, darn near impossible.

This was not a good idea for the pro models on Apple's part. I doubt it'll happen, but remain hopeful they come to their senses and figure out a way to offer a matte screen in the near future. If that doesn't come, I'm not sure what I'll wind up doing. The matte screen is in the top 5 most important features list I have (closer to #2 or #3.) Without those 5, I really can't justify buying.

The new cinema is interesting (not counting the glossy part). Having the cable setup like that would make my life so much easier, but adding FW would help even more.

[Doctor X]

Once you go Black, baby you . . . wait . . . let me rephrase that!

Actually, I was impressed with the Pismo Powerbook for many years--far better made than later PBs until recently. It was popular for many reasons including the "OMFG Macs Can Do That?" upgrading--RAM, processor, there are even those who upgrade the CD/DVD drive to DVD burners and the like.

But . . . you know . . . time goes on . . . eventually even an upgraded 550 MHz processor runs slow.

So . . . I "upgraded" to the MacBook--would have gotten a far cheaper Mac until I noted, "I love the look of my Pismo," and my friend said, "well, yeah, you want the much better Intel Macs! I love those!"

Quite happy with the upgrade. Are there "better" Macs? Of course, but I like this MacBook.

I looked at my Widdle Mac as an investment at the time--a computer I could use comfortably for years. I think the MacBook is such a product.

--J.D.

[gphillipk]

I'm still skulking about with my PB 5,6 and a 20GB 4th Gen iPod with bad sectors...the dying iPod made me look at the new line of iPods. Why don't they ship out with a mains power adapter anymore?

With the Intel macs, does the old adage still apply: "don't buy 1st gen. variants..."? And on the latest MB Pro - does "..with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory.." as far as the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card is concerned mean what I think it means? It does not have onboard VRAM?