MacBook "i'm lovin' it!"
Hi all,
Just bought a basic model MacBook (as I'm giving my 20inch G5 iMac to my daughter - I need the portability).
I decided just to get the basic model as I didn't really need the superdrive.
I have just got to say I really love it!
What a surprise to find this machine surpasses my old G5. It feels like all the best things I wanted in a mac have been condensed and concentrated into this small notebook, it has a total quality feel. The screen is fantastic, vivid colours; the clarity is amazing. I love the trackpad - 2 finger tap for secondary button and 2 finger scrolling..it's a joy!!
The speed increase over the G5 was surprising. I just downloaded Google Earth and it runs smooth and fast...wow. All the native apps appear speedier, of course if i have too many running it slows things down; I only have the 512mb.
I have just got to say this little machine is a proper bargain.
If any one out there is mulling over whether to buy an Intel Mac to replace or compliment a G5, jump in, the water is nice and warm!!!!!
Just bought a basic model MacBook (as I'm giving my 20inch G5 iMac to my daughter - I need the portability).
I decided just to get the basic model as I didn't really need the superdrive.
I have just got to say I really love it!
What a surprise to find this machine surpasses my old G5. It feels like all the best things I wanted in a mac have been condensed and concentrated into this small notebook, it has a total quality feel. The screen is fantastic, vivid colours; the clarity is amazing. I love the trackpad - 2 finger tap for secondary button and 2 finger scrolling..it's a joy!!
The speed increase over the G5 was surprising. I just downloaded Google Earth and it runs smooth and fast...wow. All the native apps appear speedier, of course if i have too many running it slows things down; I only have the 512mb.
I have just got to say this little machine is a proper bargain.
If any one out there is mulling over whether to buy an Intel Mac to replace or compliment a G5, jump in, the water is nice and warm!!!!!
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Compared to my newly upgraded PC, which is a Core 2 Duo at 1.83Ghz and 512RAM, this macbook is about the same speed. But the PC has older PC2700 DDR in it, I have yet to upgrade that.
Even so, I'm happy. I plan to do everything I did on my PC on this new machine, video editing, photoshop, dreamweaver and 30 firefox windows all at the same time.
Once you have tweeked the sytem preferences and learnt some of the OS shortcuts your productivity will go off the scale; mine did!
iLife is a really cool collection of apps and what you can produce with it will amaze your friends.
Check out my family website (my cousin - a die hard windows fan, switched to Mac on the back of it). I'ts a bit cheesy in places but I have a video podcast going on, a blog and a 35 min iMovie streaming. I have no technical ability whatsoever and if it wasn't for iLife I would not be able to produce it.
My web page