So Apple finally released the MacBook to everyones delight. Like the iBook it’s replacing, it keeps its sharp looks and small flawless design. But dude, black?

I get the iPod white and black color option, but wasn’t the entire Mac portable line suppose to be different than all those black PC notebooks? Remember, PowerBooks use to be black, but it was Steve Jobs that set them apart from the PCs by yanking the black. Sure, no one has pure black any more (though I stare at my pure black four year-old Dell Inspiron 8100 that lays off and rested on its dock before me) but that’s because all the other guys were trying to follow Apple and be cool.

I’m only throwing out the notion that maybe black wasn’t the greatest idea. Yeah, it’s a glossy black and no laptop has ever been glossy. Yeah, Apple’s black is kinda like Porsche’s silver– it’s just not the color, its the model–but still, was black a good color to go with? I know iPod sales are high in the black color and this most likely is the reason for the MacBook getting dipped in the darker resin than it’s paler brother but I still have to ask, “Black? Isn’t that a PC color?” What do you think?

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One Response to “Apple Going the Way of “Ugly PC” with MacBook in Black?”

1. TOS Says:
   May 18th, 2006 at 11:02

   Black, for only like $150 more than essentially the same version in white, at that, since you can upgrade to the 80GB HD for $50. Why the big price increase? I’ll stick with white.