MacJury #825: Deliberations on the New MacBook, MacBook Pro and Cinema Display

The MacJury takes a look at the brand new MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops, what they offer and what was missed. The pros and cons of glass screens and trackpads, the new display connector, the loss of the trackpad button, the disappearance of FireWirek and what it means for video on the MacBook, the new graphics chips, the growing dimensions of the MacBook Pro 15″, the greening of the Apple laptops and much more are all entered into evidence and discussed by the panel of:

Adam Christianson John Grzeskowiak Chuck La Tournous Jean MacDonald
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Dan Pourhadi Chuck Joiner
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Chuck
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Chuck Joiner on Twitter

Adam Christianson

Adam Christianson on Twitter

The MacCast

The MacRoundtable

John Grzeskowiak

RadTech

RadTech on Twitter

Chuck La Tournous

Chuck La Tournous on Twitter

RandomMaccess

The Mac Observer

Jean MacDonald

Jean MacDonald on Twitter

SmileOnMyMac

SmileOnMyMac on Twitter

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Dan Pourhadi

Macworld

MacUser

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Live Ars Technica coverage of Apple’s 2008 notebook event by Jacqui Cheng on Ars Technica

Bare Feats

First Look: MacBook and MacBook Pro by Jason Snell on Macworld

Sleevz for Notebooks by RadTech

ProCable FireWire 400 to 800 by RadTech

Apple Special Event – October 2008 (video)

The new MacBook video