Sharing my thoughts on my Macbook Pro with the world. The Specs Are: two GB 667 DDR2 RAM, 2.5 Ghz Intel Processor, 8600 GT 512 MB VRAM, 5,400 rpm 250 gb hard disk, fourth gen.
A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled across Apple's new product, the Macbook Pro. Yes, It's been around for forever, and I've heard about it, but I've never really, actually seen it. And what I saw was gorgeous. Basically, it's a powerful notebook with a pretty decent battery life. I had just gotten rid of my old laptop, a Pentium 4, 2.4 Ghz, 512 MB Ram, PCG-GRV 550 for its notorius fifteen minute battery life. Apparently, the designers decided to shove an inefficient desktop cpu into it! Anyway, I decided to look around online, do a bit of research. After an hour or two of looking on google, newegg, and tigerdirect, I decide on two options; building a barebones laptop or buying the macbook pro. Well, considering I'm a student, the price immediateley dropped to around $2,200. Additionally, I could sell the free ipod touch that would come with it and the price would be around $2,000. A same spec'd barebone that I could easily build would cost me aroun $1,600. Then the other factors came into play. I would have to either lug around a laptop with a terrible battery life, or I would have a think and reliable laptop with a decent battery life. To make a long story short, I went with the design and got the macbook pro. After about a week and a half of waiting, I got it! Right out of the box, a gorgeous sight greeted me. Instantly, I plugged in the charger and turned it on... The greeting movie.... the registration...and the desktop. This is my first mac, and here is what I can say about all of the hype; Macs are configured to be a bit smoother, and Windows pc's are great too. I didn't notice a substantial difference on using a mac (yes, some of the programs are cool) but overall, they are both computers. Although, I was a little dissapointed; I didn't acheive enlightment as soon as I bought it as Apple commercials tend to say. Oh Well :)
After using it for a couple of weeks:
Pros
Sleek Design
Battery Life around three hours
Fast!
Plenty of storage
Cons
Left corner of display is bent up, complained about it at Apple store, they refused to do anything about it
