What hooked me?
First of all its all white, it really helps in low lighting. The feel of the keys are just right, they are square but spaced apart and feel great. Apple didn't add any little control buttons, the "F" keys control all sound and screen controls. One great feature is the multi-touch pointer, place 2 fingers and you can scroll up, down, right and left. Editing photos is so cool, use both index fingers and you can rotate the photo, and pinching the pad zooms in and out. The battery life is great, using the new Intel Penryn Cpu, I find there's a lot less heat. The AC plug is incredible, I can't recall how many times I went to move and yanked the plug out, well Apple fixed it, the plug is magnetic and its square and pops right off, love it. The slot loading drive is really convenient and no fragile tray hanging out. Its really thin and light, compared to my Dell 710m. Its so sleek and smooth, no parts. plates, covers, or battery protruding from the sides or the bottom. Thats just a lot of the physical aspects. Like Alex Albrecht would say "Its just Sexy". I also love the lit Apple on the lid. Nerdy Specs are 2.4 Core 2 Duo, 2GB DDR2 667, 160GB HD, Bluetooth, Intel Graphics (could've been better but less weight and heat), 13.3" widescreen, and under 5lbs. OK it has 1 flaw, no pc card slot, say for a 3G wireless Express card, but I still love it, I'll just have to hunt down a usb adapter if needed.
Now to the Operating System, OS X Leopard "insanely Great", I'm really starting to like a Registry free OS, when a program is not needed anymore, just drag it to the trash can. Every one hates to backup files and directories, with the addition of an external drive when at home, "Time Machine" takes care of it. "Time Machine" is a program that is a graphical way of going back in time through a graphical display of windows panes to locate missing files. The software suite included is great, "iLife", it includes programs for photos, editing and publishing videos, and audio editing. If need be, to use an Windows application, Windows XP or Vista can be installed with the use of "Boot Camp", its an Apple app that can burn a CD, and partition the Hard Drive to add Windows.
OK...Windows still has its uses, its a cheaper machine, but who drives a Cavalier. Engineering is where its at, you buy everything for its design, its feel, its look, and its durability...oh yeah and its price, but Mac machines can fit in any budget, you'll just take a little longer. I just find Windows reboots are a frequent thing though. For games Windows still wins, but with the new game consoles, PC games are slowly fading, its just so easy to purchase a game for say a PS3 and insert it and your on your way. PC games now a days, require high system requirements to experience the game the way the developer intended. The worst thing is installing a game and as soon as it starts...ERROR code..This program performed an illegal action... Now its a task to go online and locate the game patch and or the latest video card driver, that will ultimately cripple any older game you have installed. Console game systems, with the help of wireless internet, can easily go online and retrieve any updates a game may need, but 9 out of 10 times it won't be a hardware issue, because all console games are built to play on specific hardware, when PC games have 100s of different Graphic cards and sound cards from different manufactures to support.
Just give me a mouse for my PS3 and Xbox 360, and my PC gaming days will fade.
You may delay your move to Apple Macs, but Apple iPhone is making its way into the business arena. Just a matter of time.
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I love it when you talk like that!
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