{"id":467,"date":"2006-05-18T16:07:14","date_gmt":"2006-05-18T16:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=467"},"modified":"2006-05-18T16:07:14","modified_gmt":"2006-05-18T16:07:14","slug":"new_mac_book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/new_mac_book\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mac Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, I &#8216;ve not gotten one yet.  But I have slammed the lid and kicked the tires on one.<br \/>\nFirst. they come in a shiny white, like the previous iBook and a matte black which looks really cool but shows greasy fingerprints easily.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/whitemcbook.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/whitemcbook.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/whitemcbook-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>In &#8220;innocent&#8221; white&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/blackmacbook.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/blackmacbook.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/blackmacbook-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Yearrgh!  It&#8217;s da <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dread_Pirate_Roberts\">dread pirate Roberts<\/a>!  I mean BlackMacBook!<\/em><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s noticibly bigger than the 12&#8243; PB, as seen here.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/bigger.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/bigger.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/bigger-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>That&#8217;s Bender on top and the thus unnamed MacBook on da bottom.  Despite this, my bags can carry up to a 15&#8243; laptop so that&#8217;s all good.  <\/em><br \/>\nThe screen is shiny and bright and very vivid.  The keyboard is, erm, different.  Instead of a traditional keyboard, it looks like a bunch of chiclets.  There&#8217;s also space between the keys so remembering your touch typing is a must!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/chiclets.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/chiclets.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/chiclets-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI&#8217;m leaning toward the white one because as you can see here, the matte coating can wear off, leaving a shiny spot.   Click on picture for bigger one.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/scratch.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/scratch.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/scratch-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>You can see it from a distance<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/scratch2.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/scratch2.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/scratch2-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>This could be an issue as time goes by<\/em><br \/>\nWill probably be upgrading soon.  Bender&#8217;s 3.5 years old!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, I &#8216;ve not gotten one yet. But I have slammed the lid and kicked the tires on one. First. they come in a shiny white, like the previous iBook and a matte black which looks really cool but shows greasy fingerprints easily. In &#8220;innocent&#8221; white&#8230; Yearrgh! It&#8217;s da dread pirate Roberts! I mean BlackMacBook! &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/new_mac_book\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Mac Book&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compooper-stuff"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2mgIi-7x","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}