[hatehereyes]

I'm thinking about purchasing a white macbook from guitarcenter but I'm not sure which version it is.

Is it the Core Duo or Core 2 Duo version?

The information on the website seems to be mixed up.

Thanks!

[amazing]

why guitarcenter? why not straight from apple, or perhaps an apple refurb, or even more so, why not amazon? those prices don't look like anything special, and you're very, very likely to get an older model.

for example, the innards or the white macbook were just upgraded, with better components and most, most importantly, a better display (the old display had very limited viewing angles, the new display is the equivalent of the MBA display, or so they say.)

Apple stores all over the place are discounting the previous model, but guitarcenter isn't going to be telling you that...

[Simon]

Forget about the Core Duo. That's been history for a while already.

What's their deal?

Apple is offering the white MB for $749 as a refurb. That's however the config sold before last week's (minor) bump.

[hatehereyes]

Well I'd would rather go with guitar center because I could put it on a credit card with no interest or payments for a year.

That is pretty much the only reason I'm going to be getting a macbook.

so is there any need for me to worry about getting an older rev macbook if I ordered it from guitarcenter?

[Simon]

Which rev are you getting and for which price? I'd say the benchmark is Apple's refurb.

[CharlesS]

The only white MacBook I found on their website was this:

Apple MacBook (13.3", 2GHz, 2X1GB RAM, 120GB Hard Drive, SD) and more Mac Computers at GuitarCenter.com.

Only 1 GB of RAM, a 120 GB hard drive, and a 2.1 GHz processor indicate to me that this is most likely the low-end MacBook from early 2008, with the Intel GMA X3100 graphics. Given that it's being sold for the same price as Apple's web site charges for the current white MacBook, which has the NVIdia 9400M GPU and 2 GB of RAM, this is a shockingly bad deal.

[Simon]

Yeah Charles, you're right. They took an old X3100 MB and added 1GB of RAM. For $999 that's a terrible deal. Apple's $749 refurb with the 9400M is a way better deal.

[hatehereyes]

Originally Posted by CharlesS 

The only white MacBook I found on their website was this:

Apple MacBook (13.3", 2GHz, 2X1GB RAM, 120GB Hard Drive, SD) and more Mac Computers at GuitarCenter.com.

Only 1 GB of RAM, a 120 GB hard drive, and a 2.1 GHz processor indicate to me that this is most likely the low-end MacBook from early 2008, with the Intel GMA X3100 graphics. Given that it's being sold for the same price as Apple's web site charges for the current white MacBook, which has the NVIdia 9400M GPU and 2 GB of RAM, this is a shockingly bad deal.

This is exactly why I'm confused.

I even emailed the "experts" at guitar center and they told me It was the new model.

but another thing that confuses me is isn't the 2.1ghz core 2 duo only on the newer white macbooks?
or does GC just have their info wrong?

[Simon]

The new white MacBook has a 2.13 GHz C2D. The 2.1 GHz models were sold in 2008. They come with X3100 graphics. They're actually before-last generation models.

[CharlesS]

Originally Posted by hatehereyes 

I even emailed the "experts" at guitar center and they told me It was the new model.

The specs shown on the web site point to a model that's almost a year and a half old, so either the web site or the person you e-mailed is wrong. It's entirely possible that the web site could be severely out of date, but personally I don't think it's something I'd want to risk $999 on.

[hatehereyes]

Hmm does anyone know if GC accepts returns in this situation?

I guess I'll just have to call them.

Those refurbs are looking tempting but putting the macbook on the GC credit card is the only way I could get it.