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DesolataX · #1 (**permalink**) 03-17-2007, 06:02 PM

Well, I did it. I finally broke down and bought a Macbook. I never thought that I would own an Apple computer, and now I do. It's a Core 2 Duo 2.00ghz, 2GB of DDR2 667 RAM, DL DVD burner, 802.11n wireless, 80gb HDD. I got it all for $1300 CAD (Which is an insane deal)

One thing that I miss right away it the trackpoint. On my Thinkpad laptop, that is all I ever used, I was very skilled at using the trackpoint, almost at the point where I was faster than an actual mouse. Another thing I miss it the PC card slot. I forgot that my CF card reader used a PC card slot, so now I have to go and buy an all in one usb memory card reader. Another think I miss is the thinklight, great if you are using your laptop at night (I know the Macbook pro has the backlit keyboard, but I didn't have that much money)

One thing I don't like about it is the sharp edges around the bezel, it starts hurting my hands after using the trackpad for a while (doesn't interfere with typing.

The keyboard is very nice in terms of laptop standards, but still does not beat thinkpad keyboards (IMO).

Now for the operating system. OS X is an ok operating system. I was having some trouble when I had to reinstall it (would do loops while installing iMovieHD) but I managed to fix that (took 2 hours though

) Paralell's is just awesome. Being able to boot into XP amazingly fast is awesome, then I can run the apps I need to run. Haven't run into any major problems yet, a few occasional slowdowns and one crash. Booting into xp seems to take a bit longer than it did on my thinkpad, which wasn't as fast as this one.

So far, I like what I see, but it isn't as good as a thinkpad.

The iSight is a nifty feature, but won't get much use from me.

dorkdork777 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-17-2007, 06:12 PM

*Jealous*

I really want a Mac, but I've decided to put it off until Leopard, as today's Macs won't be able to run it as well as the new generation that might come out about the same time as Leopard might. (Did that make any sense at all?) Plus I'm almost skint after I blew my money on a white PSP that only worked for less than 12 hours.

Oh well, these things happen.

But Macs are great purchases. BTW, once you try Photo Booth there's a good chance your iSight will get used a lot more.

DesolataX · #3 (**permalink**) 03-17-2007, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dorkdork777

*Jealous*

I really want a Mac, but I've decided to put it off until Leopard, as today's Macs won't be able to run it as well as the new generation that might come out about the same time as Leopard might. (Did that make any sense at all?) Plus I'm almost skint after I blew my money on a white PSP that only worked for less than 12 hours.

Oh well, these things happen.

But Macs are great purchases. BTW, once you try Photo Booth there's a good chance your iSight will get used a lot more.

I don't think that the newer Macbooks (perhaps the Mac Pro's, not Macbook Pro's) will run Leopard any faster. I don't think that there will be Core 3 Duo's out by then, but perhaps SSD's or hybrid drives might be put into the next gen's. Oh well, I still got one smoking fast machine, but I hate the integrated graphics (haven't tried any games yet, but I know hey will run very slow.

I hope leopard comes out sooner than may.

dq9 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-19-2007, 01:02 AM

I have a macbook and here are my comments:

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One thing I don't like about it is the sharp edges around the bezel

I hate that too, but you will get used to it.

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Booting into xp seems to take a bit longer than it did on my thinkpad,

Don't forget, you are running two operating systems at the same time. Little side not, parallels can't run games

but if you use bootcamp (where you have to restart for XP you can run games flawlessly

)

One thing you might want to invest in is Norton Antivirus. Macs DO get viruses. I got one over the summer and it was just plain awful. Also keep in mind that while parallels is open, OS X is vulnerable to some, not all, windows viruses. So protect your self accordingly.

Also congrats on taking the plunge. Remember, when fighting with a Mac fanatic about all of the "great games" on OS X, remind them that Photoshop is not a game.

wilhel1812 · #5 (**permalink**) 03-19-2007, 02:51 AM

congrats!! welcome to the macbook team!!