My first computer came with great thanks to a friend of mine named Anthony, I have known him pretty much my entire life and when I had no cash and was living on much less than paycheck to paycheck money Anthony was nice enough to work out a deal with me that would get me my first computer.
Little did I realize or did Anthony realize that I would turn around and use computers to change my life forever, there isn’t enough thanks in the world to go with that so I love ya Ant thank you. The computer I ended up getting also came thanks to the advice of Anthony who led me in the right direction. I ended up getting a system with Windows on it, I don’t even know which version of Windows it was running but I remember it was Windows and I remember using AOL as my main Internet Provider…. Imagine that.
I have pretty much stuck with Windows based computers from that point on, that is until earlier this week when I picked up a Macbook Pro thanks to the advice of Steve from A Sound Decision. At first I was very skeptical about learning a new operating system, not to mention pretty much every program I use was already loaded and working perfectly fine on my Sony Vaio Lappie. I have always been interested in getting an Apple computer simply for the sake of learning it, but not for the sake of replacing my everyday Lappie.
Picture of the Apple MacBook Pro Laptop (Lappie)
MacBook Pro specs: 2.7GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB memory, 200GB hard drive, Double-layer SuperDrive, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB
I have been using it for a few days now and feel that I can write a decent review on the MacBook Pro I purchased and my change over to Apple XO operating System. So far I love the look of the Mac, it’s sleek, very clean and has a very inviting look to it that makes you want to use it. As for the software packages I am sue to it looks like I am going to have to learn a few new pieces of software vs what I use to use on a daily basis on my Lappie. The toughest change for me thus far is the change from Paint Shop Pro X to Adobe Photo shop Elements, it’s been a tough one but I am getting the hang of it, I will say as of right now I like the ease of use much more on the graphics software I used on my Windows system. Even trying to resize an image with Adobe Photoshop Elements is a royal pain in the ass instead of the quick 5 second process it was with Paint Shop Pro X. Another huge issue I am having is that my JVC HDD Cam creates a file type that I can’t seem to edit in Final Cut Express which (if I dont find a resolution) will only become a larger problem and one that would require me to either purchase another video camera or keep a windows based Lappie on hand.
Other than the issues I mentioned above there isn’t much else I have an issue with, as a matter of fact I don’t think there are any I can think of off hand. I love the Wireless N it comes with, I also love the program bar and how easy it is to get to everything. I am also very excited about the fact that I can run Firefox on here along with all of the plugins I usually use. Even though I have really just started to use the Macbook pro I feel very comfortable about the switch over to Apple, and worst case scenario I installed Fusion which allows me to run a Windows XP Pro operating system right on my MacBook Pro which will come in handy if I can’t get use to some of the programs.
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