Got My First Mac-gasm! -- Macbook Pro 15

Ordered my very first Apple Macbook Pro 15 inch. Specs as follows:

2.53GHz Intel Core i5
15.4-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display (1440 x 900 pixel)
4GB (2 x 2GB) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
320GB Serial ATA @ 5400 rpm
8x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory

Stay tuned for the unboxing and review!

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[rm688]

Apple products are overated and overprices, that is why to this day I dont own any apple stuff. Nough said.

[JustteDotCom]

@rm688 i can definitely agree with you on the price part lol. As to overrated...will report back once I actually try it out =)

[lizardflaco]

As soon as you get really familiar with MAC you will totally forget all about Windows, watch and see my friend. :) Can't wait to see you "manhandle" it, lol

[JustteDotCom]

@lizardflaco i can't wait to stroke that smooth aluminum haha. Will keep you posted if indeed my heart changes as you predict =)

[onllm]

use boot camp

[JustteDotCom]

@onllm roger that =)

[KyleIsKoolerThanYou]

@rm688 i used to think that, b4 i could afford to buy a mbp! telling you it is the grEATEST THING EVER WHEN YOU ACTUALLY OWN ONE!!

[castrowoof]

@vstolyarov123 How are you liking the 15Z? Is it really 1080p? I qualify for the student deal and would like to know how you got it so cheaply...sounds really good!

[vstolyarov123]

Just got a Dell XPS 15z for $1100 including tax (student discount + free XBox deal). 1080p 300 nit screen, all metal body, back-lit keyboard, USB 3.0, Sandy Bridge, NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M 1GB, less than an inch thick! Macbook Pro ripoff? Yes, at less than half the price!

[vstolyarov123]

@markyzhang I though I would go blind because of OS X font smoothing. I googled for the problem and found that many people were having the same issue. OS X tries to make the fonts on the screen appear as close as possible to the same fonts when they are printed on paper (Mac's publishing days legacy). Windows and Linux care less for how accurate the fonts appear in favor of sharper, more readable appearance. As a result, Windows and Linux fonts look a lot sharper on LCD screens.

[markyzhang]

@maw88ify lol....i assure you i did not spend 1200 just to browse adult videos haha...regarding Linux, for me it has been on and off over the years. Still not mature enough (even the latest) for the average consumer. Perhaps I'm not as geeky as you are lol, but it's just plain annoying (and time consuming) to tinker with an operating system and learning a crap load of commands to do or install simple things. I used to play around with it more when I was younger and had more time

[markyzhang]

@vstolyarov123 the snap feature in Windows 7 I miss dearly as well. It's kind of interesting seeing how 2 companies take on an operating system. Definitely some things that I'm still trying to get used to in mac os x. Not sure about the font smoothing, I thought it was suppose to be better on a mac (steve jobs is anal over beautiful fonts?). Overall though (hardware and software), Apple definitely has a better emphasis on aesthetics imo

[markyzhang]

@gamerneon hahaha thanks =)

[maw88ify]

I just use Linux Mint to do all my inappropriate web browsing and save 1,000 dollars... I mean really if you just bought a mac for porn that would be really dumb . Just like Mac both Linux , and BSD don't need anti-virus software. There are over 700 Linux distributions , and 6 BSD distributions. Real GEEKS use Linux , and BSD .