Joined the dark side...

Key Keeper · Post by **Key Keeper** » Mon May 26, 2008 1:55 pm

bought a Macbook Pro over the weekend........yeah I know WTF was I thinking. Actually this thing is sweet. Super simple to use and lightning quick. Cold boot is like 12 seconds and shutdown is like 4-5 second range. Installed a "custom" copy of office 2008 and a few other apps. Installation is easier than windows imo. Going to take some getting used to Entourage for email client, lot different than outlook. Battery life is amazing! Says I got 4.5 hours left and its been on for over an hour with screen @ 60% brightness.

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Mon May 26, 2008 2:52 pm

oot

pic, pls, ~ 'n' not 1 from the website ; )

enjoy

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Mon May 26, 2008 3:03 pm

Key Keeper · Post by **Key Keeper** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:49 pm

My camera sux with the flash off but heres a pic anyways

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Tue May 27, 2008 2:17 pm

thank u

looks pretty slim! is keyboard comfy on the wrists? { looks bit closer to screen than KB on my lappie }

©LINT · Post by **©LINT** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:00 pm

b-man1 wrote:

hahaha!

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Tue May 27, 2008 5:27 pm

darcy, step away from the mac. It's evil. Just say "no".

Friends don't let friends buy macs.

Key Keeper · Post by **Key Keeper** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:00 pm

Lmao!! Lady at the hospital seen me on my macbook and was like oh, your a "Mac person too", and I said..."NO Im not one of those weirdos" she replied "Well I am"....Stereotypes are a muthrfkr!!

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:37 pm

key, i cant talk to you anymore bro....thats, thats like voting for hillary man!

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:42 pm

I can understand a mac for a laptop. Neither PC or mac are really upgradable for laptops. Though software availability would be what got me... well that & price.

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Wed May 28, 2008 1:49 pm

nitro237 wrote:darcy, step away from the mac. It's evil. Just say "no".

Friends don't let friends buy macs.

lol, ~ u r 2 funny, nitro

Key Keeper · Post by **Key Keeper** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:15 pm

TheSovereign wrote:key, i cant talk to you anymore bro....thats, thats like voting for hillary man!

HILLARY!!! HELL NO, there isnt anyone worth a $hit running for pres IMO

As for price, to get the same spec notebook (NEW not refurb) in a hp/dell/toshiba the price wasnt that much more. Its a lot slimmer and aluminum casing is nice. Im taking design and engineering classes in a few months so this fits what I need.

ZYFER · Post by **ZYFER** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:06 pm

normalicy wrote:I can understand a mac for a laptop. Neither PC or mac are really upgradable for laptops. Though software availability would be what got me... well that & price.

Well true, but with Macs now using the same hardware, you can use boot camp to install Windows on it. So not only do you have just as much in the form of software usage, you have even more.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:27 pm

Did I mention price? Yeah, I might have the order wrong.

Key Keeper · Post by **Key Keeper** » Thu May 29, 2008 10:41 pm

Software?? That would be an issue if vmware fusion and xp didnt exist. Installed Catia v5 R17, and Autodesk Inventor in xp vm so Im set for classes.

Games are a bit different though. I was able to successfully play Battlefield 2 on it though even though it was never coded for osx (native not win vm). Transgaming.org and cider engine can usually handle most games. Cider is similar to wine/cedega but with dx9 support.