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Thinking about a macbook pro....

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Whitedude

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What do you guys think?
I was looking at them, and they seem like an excellent idea now that they can boot windows with boot camp. I haven't heard too much about build quality. Do you guys have some opinions about them? I would like to know the good, the bad and the ugly before I got one.
 
welcome to the club. :p I'm thinking about getting one myself, here's what I have found out:

The Good
*You get the best of both worlds, MacOSX and WinXP
*May be faster than caomparable laptops in that price range
*With Applecare, you have a piece of hardware with some serious coverage on it
*Good resale; even several years from now you may fetch a good price on it such as on ebay.

The Bad
*Pricey; many laptops with similar specs can be had for less
*Rev. A hardware; although not too buggy, there has been some minor problems (such as the battery being loose)
*Run a little hot, the X1600 is underclocked to 300/300 but it can still scald you especially after playing FEAR for a little bit. :p

The Ugly
*More like the pretty, the MBP is probably one of teh best looking machines out there that also happens to be very functional.

There are also rumors of plain Macbooks being released, which are to replace the ibooks supposedly.
 
not so much rumours as just when its gonna be done....in regards to the Macbook...

it has to and will be done :)
 
Rishy said:
not so much rumours as just when its gonna be done....in regards to the Macbook...

it has to and will be done :)
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You mean the iBooks will be replaced not the Macbook pro. The Intel macs that will be replacing the iBooks are being produced by ASUS if I'm not mistaken.
 
If you're into the look, go for it. If you want to try OSX, go for it. If you're a graphics user who wants to work on the go, I'd wait a few months until the apps have been ported. No progs made for OSX-Motorola will work on an OSX-Intel machine. that being said, I want one, myself. :D I won't be able to use it for work tasks until said porting of apps is done, but I prefer OSX to XP. The interface is easier and faster to use. I also like that the OS provides the Menubar so less screen is used for toolbars and the like. It's also nice to see the windows for multiple apps stacked on each other. Much easier to switch between apps than trying to find the icon on the XP bar or ALT-Tabbing in XP.



Whitedude said:
What do you guys think?
I was looking at them, and they seem like an excellent idea now that they can boot windows with boot camp. I haven't heard too much about build quality. Do you guys have some opinions about them? I would like to know the good, the bad and the ugly before I got one.
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No progs made for OSX-Motorola will work on an OSX-Intel machine.
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Intel chips are replacing IBM made PowerPC processors, not Motorola. Also, from my understanding all old programs can be run (slowly) with Rosetta.

I'm seriously considering one myself. I have a fairly nice desktop, but an ancient 4.5yo dell inspiron 8100 for a laptop. I really need a better one and i've been meaning to try OSX for a while. I think it would handle what I'd need it for perfectly.
 
Sounds great, thanks for the advice. I most likely wont be jumping on it till after the summer.
 
When I said Motorola, I was referring to the command set, not the manufacturer. IE motorola VS x86 command set. Running Rosetta is similar to running VirtualPC on a Gx processor. Too slow to be useful for powerful apps.


corran_horn314 said:
Intel chips are replacing IBM made PowerPC processors, not Motorola. Also, from my understanding all old programs can be run (slowly) with Rosetta.

I'm seriously considering one myself. I have a fairly nice desktop, but an ancient 4.5yo dell inspiron 8100 for a laptop. I really need a better one and i've been meaning to try OSX for a while. I think it would handle what I'd need it for perfectly.
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BigDave said:
When I said Motorola, I was referring to the command set, not the manufacturer. IE motorola VS x86 command set. Running Rosetta is similar to running VirtualPC on a Gx processor. Too slow to be useful for powerful apps.
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Motorla command set??? IBM designed and created the Power architecture. They were designing these cpus before Apple and Motorola got involved.
 
Have you thought about how you're going to deal with the lack of right click capability in Windows?

That's my main misgiving about trying one out. (And no, don't say use a mouse. If I can't use the laptop by itself (other than the AC Adapter), then it's just a portable desktop)
 
BigDave said:
When I said Motorola, I was referring to the command set, not the manufacturer. IE motorola VS x86 command set. Running Rosetta is similar to running VirtualPC on a Gx processor. Too slow to be useful for powerful apps.
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Um, no. There is no command set from motorola involved in the Power archetecture.
 
Generaluser45 said:
Have you thought about how you're going to deal with the lack of right click capability in Windows?

That's my main misgiving about trying one out. (And no, don't say use a mouse. If I can't use the laptop by itself (other than the AC Adapter), then it's just a portable desktop)
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