Yes, as you have read in my previous post, my car got hit by another car on my way back home, and I'm in need of some serious cheering up. Well, this certainly made my weekend. I have just purchased a 13.3 inch Apple MacBook Pro. Yippie! I made my purchase at Machines, OU. Their sales and technical team have been wonderful, and transactions have been zippy. I got the 4GB RAM upgrade, and I think it is a worthy addition. The looks are just gorgeous (as what you've expect from an Apple), sturdy construction; it just reflects that cool factor. Plus it's quite thin too. I've compared side by side with my Asus laptop which its LCD has failed me, and it is significantly thinner:)
Pressing the on switch at the top right corner, I could not help but feel excited. Ya-haa! it's my first Apple computer. I've always been a Windows user (for better and for worse) and I think perhaps it's a good time to try out a totally different OS. I just love the little detail, like the illuminated keyboard, pressing the keys just feel great. The only problem I have at the moment is the edges are rather rough to the skin, I think. Well, so far so good! The things that I like so far: 1) Logging in and shutting down is just super quick, unlike Windows which just take too damn long (not to forget sometimes it just crashes). 2) Then there's the interfacing aspects of Mac which are very user friendly. 3) The battery life is long (I know, it's still new and all, but come on! 5, 6 hours on a single charge for typical use like surfing, music. That has got to be something. 4) Energy saving (the light just dims when you're inactive for like 2 minutes).5) This is my favourite! The trackpad is just awesome. The trackpad acts as a button, you can have multiple finger gestures for different stuff (my favourite will be the 2 finger gesture for scrolling down web pages, documents, lists, etc2). It is unbelievably awesome!
Oh, before I forgot, I just found out the most awesome thing ever! My HTC TD2 acts as a wireless modem via Bluetooth, and I can access the internet using the Internet Sharing option. Super super cool feature. As long as there's EDGE or 3G signal, I can simply turn on BT and tadaa! Internet wherever you are, wherever you go.
It is still to early to say on the software aspects, since I haven't transfered any of my media. Plus I haven't tested the work capability of iWork (I may need to install Office for Mac, we'll see), but so far I like what I've bought. Very much! I'm posting this on MBP as we speak, hihi. Till the next post! Oh yeah, check out some photos below:)
PS: I just checked the battery. 20% left, but it's good for about 1 hour of computing.:)
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