Apple MacBook 13" - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Well-designed Intel-based notebook offers good value for the price.

Pros: Good performance, smooth adjustments, Low price, Good image quality at a low price, Comfortably curved TV remote

Cons: Limited support hours, Lacks Sunday support, Lacks physical adjustments, DVD image quality is so-so

Review summary: With the MacBook, Apple has corrected a handful of the iBook's shortcomings, hit a reasonable price point, and delivered a laptop that makes a great compromise between size and portability.

Review summary: With the MacBook, Apple has corrected a handful of the iBook's shortcomings, hit a reasonable price point, and delivered a laptop that makes a great compromise between size and portability.

Pros: Thin and light, Robust software package, including Mac OS X Tiger, Magnetic lid latch and scrollable touch pad, DVD burner, Built-in Webcam, Remote control, Can run Windows XP using Apple's free Boot Camp utility, Non-native software runs slowly on ...

Cons: Expensive, Chrome body is prone to smudging and scratching, The cap on our review sample broke within weeks, Relatively expensive, No support for U3, Lexar JumpDrive Lightning is faster, Slower than the JumpDrive Lightning and SanDisk's offerings, Non ...

Pros: Stylish design ; attention to detail ; keyboard

Cons: Picks up fingerprint smudges very easily ; a tad heavy

Verdict: The Apple MacBook is an eminently stylish laptop which offers good all-round performance. It's let down by its propensity to collect fingerprints and smudges, and by its lack of input/output ports, but its excellent keyboard and screen make it one of ...

Review summary: The iBook's successor has finally arrived

Verdict: Mac fans have been waiting a long time for this. The new Macbook is the long-overdue replacement for Apple's aging iBook laptops.