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I got a new MacBook (white 2.2 GHz CPU) on November 3rd, just after the update to the new Santa Rosa chipset.  It has been quite nice, especially since I updated the memory to 4 GB using third party memory.  Apple wanted $850 for a 4 GB upgrade, I did it for $150.  The extra RAM came in really handy using VMware Fusion.  Leopard has for the most part been stable and impressive with most of the new features working great.

I have had some problems with the keyboard freezing occasionally.  I found that if I closed the lid and reopened it a few times, the keyboard would sometimes come back.  The trackpad works fine the entire time, but the keyboard would completely stop working.  Looking around a bit, it appears this is possibly a major issue with Leopard on MacBooks and MacBook Pros.  I installed the 10.5.1 update about three days ago and haven’t had the problem since, but it appears that some people are still having the issue after the update.  Apple better get to the bottom of this quickly, or word will continue to get out and the mainstream press may stop fawning all over them.  The story hit techmeme today, so I guess the word is getting out.