New computer, Macbook Pro

[KowKing]

I've got a MacBook Pro (Black)

MacBook comes in white or black, MacBook Pro is aluminum only.

[Joker Boy]

Ooh okay well I just went to the site and thought it was white or black and mine is black and says macbook =\

[Xenon Design]

After my week and a bit experience with this machine...i gotta say...windows is a POS! Like this is just soo stable and reliable that I don't have to worry about hacking or it crashing and losing my essay. Its THE best computer I have used ever! Like theres no way to express how happy I am with this.

I have added a few programs that make my life soo much easier: Schoolhouse; management of school work, Adium; teh best IM client that loggs me into all my IM's on the same program, Butler; it makes my life of opening applications soo much easier and lets not forget the OS itself....you'll never find out all the shortcuts.

People that are 100% against Macs are (i hope no1 here is) paramecium's, a 1 celled organism.

OS X makes Vista look like a chew toy

[Joker Boy]

I hate adium so much... especially growl. I downloaded it and uninstalled it in practically the same minute. Btw the shortcut for screenshot is:

Command + Shift + 4 + Spacebar + Click and drag over what you want to take a picture of + OR + Spacebar again + Click to take a screenshot of the whole screen.

Or you could keep windows and press one measly button. It's your choice.

[MicrotechXP]

Congrats man. I hope you like it.

[Xenon Design]

I hate adium so much... especially growl. I downloaded it and uninstalled it in practically the same minute. Btw the shortcut for screenshot is:

Command + Shift + 4 + Spacebar + Click and drag over what you want to take a picture of + OR + Spacebar again + Click to take a screenshot of the whole screen.

Or you could keep windows and press one measly button. It's your choice.

Screenshot is: Cmd + Shift + 3 (for a full screen) or Cmd + Shift + 4 (for a selection of your choice) and It send it straight to the desktop as a PNG ready for you t do something with it

Lol with Windows it aint that easy ;) Print screen + Start + All Programs + Accessories + Paint + Ctrl + V + File + Save + Input save path + Enter

Also I have noticed OS X is a better 'drag and drop' environment than Windows. I just grab a file with my mouse and put it where the heck I want it. And to make it open in a program, simple! Just Drag and drop it onto the program icon and boom theres the screenshot i just took opening in Photoshop.

Also another cool thing, Expose....if you use it right it is the tool that kills 'Aero' which by the way is just Expose but in a more Microsoft way. If you dont know, Expose is a window management system. If i push F11 it will move my windows out of sight and back if I push it again.

BTW has anyone here had Vista Ultimate? I want to know if its any good....if it 'wow'-ed you :P

Widgets === Gadgets? Well im pretty sure Micro$oft stole that one :P

Lol and yes...i have become a Mac fan. Once you go Mac you NEVER go back If I get to painful just tell me to stop :P

[SEÑOR]

I have 2 friends who have ultimate. THEY LOVE IT! They say its juts amazing. I use Home Premium, and LOVE it, I hate macs, all my friends have mac books, and i hate them. Because Im supposedl;y the computer genius of my friends, so I have to help them with crap. And then so I had to learn to use Macs and just hate them.

[jsobeck]

Vista Ultimate may be amazing, but OS X is still much easier to use and faster. How can you hate macs? Everything about them is easier to use - no viruses, etc., the drag and drop features Xenon mentioned, and OS X isn't clogged up with code from over 10 years ago and doesn't run 25+ extra unneeded services in the background. Congrats Xenon on the MBP though, I'm still on a G5 tower (although it is fast).

[Chris Z]

I love Macs too I just wish I had some money to buy one

[t2t2t]

Also I have noticed OS X is a better 'drag and drop' environment than Windows. I just grab a file with my mouse and put it where the heck I want it. And to make it open in a program, simple! Just Drag and drop it onto the program icon and boom theres the screenshot i just took opening in Photoshop.

In windows its Start dragging file -> move to task bar element (To open the program) -> drop it in place where you can drop it to.

So nothing much different.