As far as raw power goes, the MacBook MB061/A is pretty promising. And the battery life is pretty reasonable... But the pricing is just ridiculous.
If you're lucky, you might find a USED MB061 for about $1,600 - and if you find one for less than a thousand, it'll likely be refurbished (and even then it'll only be just under $1000).
I myself am not heavily bothered by Macs that much despite their inability to run most games and a good chunk of office software, because you can easily install Windows XP to a virtual machine and run it perfectly from your mac, the only difference is your windows key on the keyboard is now a function key.
For the average user, however, I'd recommend a macbook like I recommend cancer. Don't.
If you're going to spend an ungodly ammount of money on a laptop -- spend it on the laptop, Not the logo the laptop has emblazened on it.
Product reviews by 'Vicious88'
I've had my PS3 for the better part of a year now, and I can finally say that I know enough about it to write an honest review.
When I first saw the price tag of the 80GB, $399 sounded a bit hefty to me. It wasn't really something I was willing to put forth right away, but in the end I'm glad I did.
Pros: The PS3 has a rapidly expanding gamelibrary and features some of the most amazing graphics available on the market today - and if what all of the game developers claim is true, we haven't even touched the potential of the PS3's graphics yet (although personally, I don't know how much of that I believe). Not only was this (for years) one of the most affordable blue ray players - It offers all the same media-center machine perks we've come to expect from Sony.
With the ability to store music and movies directly to my harddrive and play them at any time, the PS3 is used as much for movie night as it is for gaming.
Add all this in with the little details such as PSP Remote Play, Bluetooth Headset capatability, and the amazing fact that, so far, I've never plugged anything into the USB ports and had it fail to recognize. I've got a PC USB adapter for the DualShock2 controllers - which works amazingly on the PS3, regardless of drivers.
But even though this is easily one of the staples of my entertainment life - it's not without it's cons. Hard to believe it, but this think get's pretty darn hot despite being completely silent. I guess there's just not enough fan power, but in any case, if you're playing something really detailed, it'll make you regret putting it on a stone or glass table - because they'll hold the heat and it'll freeze up on you.
There's also the minor the things like Controller Syncing. The controllers get great battery life, but if power should flicker in your neighborhood while your PS3 is on, when you turn it back on, 3 out of 5 times, it won't recognize your controller unless you re-sync via USB.
And the last and final con is a cross platform con - one that applies to all current systems from all brands... Murchandising. I'm incredibly reluctant to spend real money on fake stuff. I feel as though if I just paid $60 for a game, I should own it, in it's entirity, and have the right to get free updates... But no. Every company out there, is making it to where if you want to get the absolute most out of you game or console, you'd better be prepared to spend a little bit more in the online store.
Despite these few negative aspects, you'll noticed I've still awarded the PS3 a 5 star rating. Sure, it's a bit quarky at times, but once you know how to care for it, it'll take care of you and your gaming needs.
Dispite a total lack of optical drives and raw power, this little laptop fits very easily into the lifestyles of the person on the go.
With sister-models available for less than $400, XP compatibility, and affordable USB optical drives, this is really considering if you're often on the road or your job requires you to travel.
If you're looking for gaming and adaptability, you're a LOT better off with a desktop, but if you're goal is a down-to-earth, highly portable, business-worthy laptop: Well be sure to give this one a try.
With little big planet, creativity knows no bounds.
This is a great game for people of any age. With oodles of downloadable content, hundreds of unlockables, and the ability to create and play your own levels, as well as play levels made by other players -- if LittleBigPlanet leaves you wanting, then youre probably playing wrong (try putting the disk in with the lable facing the side of your PS3 that says "Playstation 3" - that should improve things).
Ive spent a long time trying to think of something that I COULDNT create in LittleBigPlanet, and amazingly, I came up with nothing.
Replay value on the main story line is, admitedly, weak - however, if youre the sort of person who strives for 100% completion or likes to jump randomly into user-made levels online -- than this game will keep you busy for a very long time.
In the way that Guitar Hero games go, this is easily a cut above the rest.
Guitar Hero World Tour has an excellent songlist, fun gameplay, and lots of unlockables and the ability to customize your character down to some insanely small details.
To make the game even more enjoyable, fire up the playstation store and download all of the freebie songs and trackpacks, or if youve got the cash, invest in an albumb by your favorite band and play along.
If you cant quite find what youre looking for that way, try opening up the GHTunes browser in-game and downloading songs made by other Guitar Hero players.
The public had been starving for a new way to socialize online, and with the promise of endless entertainment and customization, Sony gave us Playstation Home.
This is a bit like giving a man whos starving to death grape vine seeds. Its a gift that has all the potential in the world to exceed his needs, but so little effort was put into it that itll never get off the ground.
Entertainment value is 0, and undeserving of even this 1 star that my review forces me to give. But lets be honest, this isnt about entertainment, no. Home, need we be reminded, is not a game. Its a network. A place to meet and commune.
Tasks which are made excpetionally hard and unenjoyable by endless stream of corperate spam being thrown in your face (because this is what happens when a marketing department makes a 3D enviroment) as well as the fact that theyve removed any and all features that might be helpful to the average player. One such feature is "Quick Text", as shown to us in the Closed Beta videos. Quick Text would have allowed us to string together sentances from phrases, but sadly, the feature was removed from the open beta.
The also removed the voice chat options from the public areas, untill they could figure out a way to censor foul mouths. -- Here it is 6 months later, and were still muted.
Sony hyped up the public with a lot of empty promises and blatent lies, only so that they could fail to deliver when it mattered (or in the 6 months following when it mattered).
So far as anyone can tell, Sony, like most of its players, have abandoned the project. The only updates that come out are new zones with a spam to fun ratio of about 140:0 -- no new default clothes. No new furnature, abilities, or ANY of what they promised us in the closed beta.
This is, without a doubt, easily one of the worst products of all time -- Im thankful every time I see the Icon on my PS3 that I didnt have to pay for horrible service.
Pros: Easy setup and usage.
Cons: Does not automatically scan for newly added stations (or at least mine doesn't). It also softens the volume of the channels significantly, making it hard to hear many things and increasing the volume that you have to keep your TV at. Going even further into the cons, I've found several universal remotes on the shelves that already boast compatibity with most Converter boxes, and, hoping to simply my coffee table down to just one remote, I bought one -- but the magnavox wouldn't code into it, so I had to buy another, and another, and one last one -- none of which accepted the magnavox.
A great value by itself, but even better when partnered with a PS3.
Straight out of the box, a PSP is your portable gateway to the world. Capable of storing music and movies, playing games, and even going on line via built-in Wifi -- if you're wearing pants, you should have a PSP in your pocket.
With time the system has evolved to support microphones and camera's, you can even use VOIP on a NON-HACKED system, allowing you to carry an internet-based phone around in your pocket, and at any time, jump straight into a game of Rainbow Six: Vegas.
The days of linking together portables for multiplay are gone, and if you're on the move and serious about gaming, nothing will thrill you quiet as much as a PSP.
