I’ve finally had enough of my Lenovo T60p, after no less than six re-images, £100’s worth of lost music and weeks relying on my two year old laptop.
People have been preaching to me about Macbook for sometime and I was very aware that they were never shouting at their screens or shifting between laptops. Yesterday it arrived, a Macbook Pro 15″, 2 x 2.4 gigamuhertz, 2GB of RAM and running Leopard. Ok Ok, it also came to me with VMWare running windows and Bootcamp also runnning windows, just in case.
I have to admit, not once i my life have I touched a Mac, not one little finger. Though that was for good reason, as an engineer I needed windows for the tools that I used back then, most of which only ran on windows.
Having been playing with this thing for a day I simply cannot believe that I put myself through so much trauma over the last year. This thing is LIGHTNING fast and the build quality is nothing short of a dream.
Next time you get the chance I thoroughly recommend getting a MacbookPro, even if you are just using it to run windows.
got one my self about a week ago after finally putting the Toshiba away for the last time. And it’s everything I could of hoped of and more. Every time I fire it up it has more class than any PC based laptop I’ve ever used
Gratz on getting one.
Indeed, if only PC Suite and MS Office 2007 could be supported then I’d be all set for a full move!
I run both Windows, Mac, and even a bit of Linux … in addition to Symbian! etc
My PC setup is a dual 19″ monitor with Alienware, etc.
I also have a sweet black MacBook I’ve had now for a year …
Previously, I’ve had a 15″ and 17″ macbook pro’s … I just kept getting smaller. Next thing you know, I’ll be working on an iPhone.
or better still on a 12″ Mac tablet (a resurgence of Apple rumors is abound on that one!).
Anyways … Mark, check out: http://coolosxapps.net/ … it’s on my daily stops nowawdays. Lots of goodies. Not that you want to slow down your new fresh install … but with a Mac is MUCH LESS AFFECTED than a Windoze-machine … it’s nice in that regard!
FYI: Novamedia also makes a transfer tool called “fonelink” which you may want to look at … last time I looked at it, was so-so, but might have gotten better. I don’t do a lot of mobile workflow on the laptop right now, being that CS3 is a bit faster within my desktop XP config! But here’s the link:
http://www.novamedia.de/e_pages/e_produkte_mac_fl.html
Also, check out nokia multimedia transfer:
http://europe.nokia.com/A4423134
… Obviously, there are looking to get a sync going on Mac, and this might be the first step!
Given they already have launched their music service, makes sense, no?
Lastly, in regards to MS Office 2007 … sadly, it’s just 2003 with Mac. ;( But the iLife keeps getting better & better …
I’m still learning keynote for presentations …
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People often say Mac is just “better”.
In regards to hardware and service I found this definiately to be true … however, in regards to software and OS, I still find Window-isq, problems crop up.
Blue screen’s have just been replaced by “spinning balls of death”, etc
All in all, though, I think there’s a good reason why many are switching to Mac’s these days.
They *are* a bit better, even if they *are* overpriced … and since Microsoft doesn’t seem to be doing much to convince people otherwise in the PC realm … (aka Vista is crap), kudos to Apple.
P.S.
Welcome to the club. Ping me if you have any questions or would like to share stuff.
You already was a nice guy, but now that you are using VMWare you rock! Period. Let’s hope you got that MBP without Leopard on it….