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I'm an avid windows user. I've been using XP since before it was released. I've found my niche. I didn't like Vista when it was released. I didn't like it a year later...
Low and behold, I come across Mac OSX Leopard... Wanted to try something new. I watched a video, thought it looked cool. Main reason I didn't give a crap for Mac before was their ridiculous prices. So I thought hey, I'll just get an older machine for about the price of what a new PC would cost me to try it out.
After reading, searching, waiting (for a decent price)... I finally got a Mac. Here are my thoughts that no one cares about:
The Goods -
1 - Looks excellent. I like the layout, probably not a shock there. The laptop itself (black macbook) is actually quite nice.
2 - The keyboard. Nice to type on.
3 - Power connector. Magnetic connection was a good idea.
4 - The super easy install for Windows XP on boot camp. I've never had such an easy install for XP (Apple gets a freebie on this since they have limited models that they release, therefor all possible drivers are easy to include for the "PC" version).
5 - Gestures.
The Bads:
1 - I have NEVER seen a laptop wear so easy (especially after only 2 years?). The mousepad is shiny and sucks to use. The keyboard is still nice, just shiny.
2 - The huge mouse button is lame. One small one is all it takes. If it was smaller it would take less work to use. The lack of a 2nd mouse button isn't major since they have a gesture for it.
3 - Hotness. Man does this thing warm up and it only has a G950 in it. K?
4 - Weight. It is tiny but heavy.
After all that garbage, the real reason I wanted to post was the amazing fact that the OS locked up to where I couldn't do anything less than a week owning it. This being the "most advanced" OS system should not have this problem. Sure, in XP I'm hitting "don't send" for the error reports weekly, but it still works and I don't need to shut down and generally is never a real issue.
All in all, I don't get what the big deal is. OSX looks nice and runs nice - But isn't worth the price tag.
Nothing I didn't figure before buying it. Just thought I'd share. I mainly got it to learn a new OS for the heck of it. Maybe Linux is next? Sounds like a headache (I've used Unix somewhat so shouldn't be a big change).
Cliffs:
1 - There are things I like about Mac.
2 - Things I don't like.
3 - What is the big deal about Mac? Crashed on me 3rd day or so I've used it (I was running iWork demo straight from Apple's site).
4 - Just wanted to learn a new OS.
5 - This is a pointless post.
Low and behold, I come across Mac OSX Leopard... Wanted to try something new. I watched a video, thought it looked cool. Main reason I didn't give a crap for Mac before was their ridiculous prices. So I thought hey, I'll just get an older machine for about the price of what a new PC would cost me to try it out.
After reading, searching, waiting (for a decent price)... I finally got a Mac. Here are my thoughts that no one cares about:
The Goods -
1 - Looks excellent. I like the layout, probably not a shock there. The laptop itself (black macbook) is actually quite nice.
2 - The keyboard. Nice to type on.
3 - Power connector. Magnetic connection was a good idea.
4 - The super easy install for Windows XP on boot camp. I've never had such an easy install for XP (Apple gets a freebie on this since they have limited models that they release, therefor all possible drivers are easy to include for the "PC" version).
5 - Gestures.
The Bads:
1 - I have NEVER seen a laptop wear so easy (especially after only 2 years?). The mousepad is shiny and sucks to use. The keyboard is still nice, just shiny.
2 - The huge mouse button is lame. One small one is all it takes. If it was smaller it would take less work to use. The lack of a 2nd mouse button isn't major since they have a gesture for it.
3 - Hotness. Man does this thing warm up and it only has a G950 in it. K?
4 - Weight. It is tiny but heavy.
After all that garbage, the real reason I wanted to post was the amazing fact that the OS locked up to where I couldn't do anything less than a week owning it. This being the "most advanced" OS system should not have this problem. Sure, in XP I'm hitting "don't send" for the error reports weekly, but it still works and I don't need to shut down and generally is never a real issue.
All in all, I don't get what the big deal is. OSX looks nice and runs nice - But isn't worth the price tag.
Nothing I didn't figure before buying it. Just thought I'd share. I mainly got it to learn a new OS for the heck of it. Maybe Linux is next? Sounds like a headache (I've used Unix somewhat so shouldn't be a big change).
Cliffs:
1 - There are things I like about Mac.
2 - Things I don't like.
3 - What is the big deal about Mac? Crashed on me 3rd day or so I've used it (I was running iWork demo straight from Apple's site).
4 - Just wanted to learn a new OS.
5 - This is a pointless post.
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