 If someone had mentioned a week ago today that I would be a "PROUD" owner of a MacBook Pro, I would probably reply, "shist, yeah right". Well as I type these words today, I would have to eat those. Yesterday I took the plunge and purchased MacBook Pro and I have to admit that I am impressed by far with the system.
If you read an earlier post "Overheating Laptop!" then you are familiar with the computing woes that plagued me over the past couple of weeks and thus left me shopping for a new primary laptop.
After a week of comparison shopping and some coaxing by some friends (?)…I was convinced that I should give Mac a try. I am yet to be disappointed.
Features that totally rock:
Boot Camp: Wouldn’t be able to survive without it. The hidden utility that is bundled in the OS, makes partitioning the hard drive and installing Windows Vista seamless. It even sets Vista as your "DEFAULT" operating system so that when you power on, you’re in Windows Vista. How's that for humility?  Parallels: So booting directly into Vista is nice, but why buy a Mac to boot into Vista. Yes, I need Vista for development, but I bought a MacBook to boot into Mac OS X.
By downloading and installing Parallels, I was ready to go in about 30 mins. Parallels is a virtual desktop application that allows you to run a virtual computer while using your current computer. It's awesome because it detected the boot camp drive and connected to it as a virtual system so that I didn't have to install another copy of the OS. Presto, I am in business!   Bluetooth Mouse: Love the programable buttons, love the touch > click memory (touch right side with one finger = right click). Time Machine: Very cool backup tool. In essence takes a snapshot of your system at a given point in time. Essentially System Restore on the Mac except with a cool ass interface. iChat, Built-In WebCam, and Microphone: Amazing! Bluetooth Hardware and Software installed: Awesome! DVD Authoring Software!  Imagine…drag and drop a pic directly from a web page to your desktop, library, or document with no right-clicking.
To add to that, installing applications without stopping what you are doing and without restarting…nice!
Well you get the point. So I am finding computing fun again...wicked.
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