Back in November I finally got it. My very own MacBook. I blogged about this in May. The quest is over. I've managed to optimize my finances and scratch the money together. To say the least I love the new machine. Being used to a iBook G4 800 MHz that I borrowed in the mean time this thing is just screaming. I even think it feels faster than my PowerMac Dual G5. What makes me even more fond of this gadget is that I managed to bring up the determination and willpower to make this happen. So it reminds me of how proud I am of myself. I count it in as a trophy.
So the gloss I worried about, it's no deal at all. Of course if you're out in the sun it will distract you a great deal, but that sort of applies to all notebooks in my opinion. The battery takes me through 5 hours of school/work at least and about 2h 30m in Bootcamp(There aren't any efficient power management drivers out yet that's why it drains the battery so damn quick). Bootcamp installed as easy as cake. I don't use windows much since I hate it for every purpose except hardcore gaming. I guess I see the paradigm the other way around Windows boxes are for play and Macs for work and some play.
One more thing...
My colleague at work was also so amazed with my MacBook he went and got himself one for Christmas. I've teamed up with him and we plan on doing a podcast about web development. We are at the moment still planing the details and what we want to talk about. It will be in German since we have the feeling there are enough English language web dev podcasts out there.
So the gloss I worried about, it's no deal at all. Of course if you're out in the sun it will distract you a great deal, but that sort of applies to all notebooks in my opinion. The battery takes me through 5 hours of school/work at least and about 2h 30m in Bootcamp(There aren't any efficient power management drivers out yet that's why it drains the battery so damn quick). Bootcamp installed as easy as cake. I don't use windows much since I hate it for every purpose except hardcore gaming. I guess I see the paradigm the other way around Windows boxes are for play and Macs for work and some play.
One more thing...
My colleague at work was also so amazed with my MacBook he went and got himself one for Christmas. I've teamed up with him and we plan on doing a podcast about web development. We are at the moment still planing the details and what we want to talk about. It will be in German since we have the feeling there are enough English language web dev podcasts out there.
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