I’ve recently purchased a second hand unibody aluminium MacBook. Now the specificaion in terms of speed is very similar to my previous Black MacBook. Main differences is .2ghz speed increase and almost double memory speed increase. Other than that all the other differences are cosmetic and usability and its incredible how much better (even following a particularly good Black MacBook) this new one is. The LED screen colours are just incredible. I get a much brighter screen without loosing additional battery life. The back-light keyboard is surprisingly helpful in dark situations (after living without it for so long you forget that it’s even a feature that could be useful.) And let’s not forget the aluminium enclosure and multi-trackpad. It just makes using expose a million times easier, the body is stronger, lighter and so much more robust.

Even minimal things such as the displayPort. It just holds in an external display connection much better than the previously poor miniDVI connection which would come loose at frequent intervals. Oh and you don’t get that annoying sound from the superdrive when waking the Mac up from sleep. Silent wake. Lovely.

Best thing is that they go for anywhere between £600 and £700 on eBay which is over £250 cheaper than the current 13” MacBook Pro on the Apple website. So, if your thinking of upgrading your current polycarbonate MacBook for a faster machine, don’t go for another one, go for a second hand Alu MacBook from eBay or a MacBook Pro from Apple.

Yes, good ole JD is featuring today for the simple reason that this is the year that i have discovered Scrubs. I know, rather silly since it has been out for about 10 years but better late then never right? I think next time it will be an image of Elliot.

3rd Feb 2010:

Apologies for what is a rather disgusting picture but I’d like to point out that my mouth is accomodating a whole extra fucking tooth! I understand that this is not a revelation to anyone, including myself, however it still astounds me especially noticing how my innards are no longer symmetrical :-(

2nd Feb 2010:

Night time train crossing. There’s nothing more annoying. Especially when it’s the 3rd time in one day!

30th Jan 2010:

Had another awesome night out with the house and the Biggins duo (as pictured above). Good music for a change too! Very unlike the UKC venue!

29th Jan 2010:

Me and my new baby. Yes i bought a new MacBook. £650, second hand, unibody Aluminium MacBook. 2.4ghz with a graphics card(finally!). It’s quite possibly the most beautiful things i have ever owned. It’s strong, more durable, keyboard backlight plus an LED screen that is just gorgeous and phenomenally better than my blackbook. Happy day :-)

28th Jan 2010:

I went to London with Lauren today to pick up my laptop from my Dads restaurant and decided to spend the day there instead. Always nice to take some photo’s and have a wonder. Also went o Wok to Walk for some awesome noodles for only £4! Bargain!

27th Jan 2010:

So while this may not be the most personal day in the calendar it was still a day to remember. History was made yet again by Apple by creating a device that has been around for YEARS and a tablet computer is now finally seen as a desirable, practical, powerful and cheap product to own. You could argue it’s good timing technology wise but lets face it… No one else has released anything remotely similar!

26th Jan 2010:

Yes, thats right. This is how the morning of my 26th of January started. It CANNOT be all that bad ey!

Damn you Flickr. Why do you annoy me so. Passwords, usernames don’t work. Who uses Yahoo these days anyways! Argh, I think i will give up with my Project 365 however i will still try and post images regularly to keep things on my blog a little more fun :-)

25th Jan 2010:

A bit of ride the train for Georgi’s birthday before going to the works. you should be made aware that this is definitely not the extent of the amount of alcohol consumed on this fine night.

Ahhhh! I’m computer-less for the next few days till my ‘new’ Macbook arrives. What to do with my life! I think I’ll just be spending more time on campus using the university Vista machines. So expect a delay on Project 365 photos. Unless it’s on my iPhone you won’t be seeing them for a few days.

Have a good week y’all. God bless iPhone Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr!

24th Jan 2010:

Today can be easily summed up like this… HELLLLL YEEAAAAHHH!!! Almost 2 years old and i sold it for £10 MORE than i originally paid for it!

I got carried away last week and sorta bought a Unibody MacBook from eBay unnecessarily for £650 so i thought i would sell this one and thank the heavens i broke even. Means i’ll be without a computer for a few days though :-(

23rd Jan 2010:

You see these foul looking bad boys. They have lasted me 4 good years and show no sign of giving up. Originally bought for £17.50 they are most probably the physical item that I have and have lasted the longest.