Disappointed Switcher #2

Kona*, I agree it sounds like an issue. You're talking about something different to what I was thinking (occasionally having to click two or three times if you don't get the 'x' dead-centre).

~REALiTY, it sounds like a 13" MBP would do you fine, depending on how heavy the video editing is going to be. For things like surfing, email, document writing, photos and basic video the 13" is fine. This is my first Mac (13" 2001 MBP base model core i5 2.3GHz) and it flies along at all the stuff I've tried on it so far.

OS X takes a bit of getting used to, but is very intuitive. It helped that I had extensive prior experience with Linux, but even a plain Windows switcher will soon be a power user. And yes, it definitely manages memory and cpu time better than Windows. 7 has improved on this a lot, but you still can't beat *nix for that sort of thing, and OS X is built on a Unix foundation.
 
I have a 2.0ghz Core2Duo unibody macbook, so a 3 generations old macbook.

As i'm typing this my current CPU usage sits at ... 4.2 %

I can edit HD video on the fly using imovie 11 no problem and experience no suttering or slowdown etc.

This is with a 130gb notebook drive and 2gb RAM. If you havent realised already its faulty. Get it swapped at the genius bar at an apple store.
 
Just an update to this post... My MBP developed another problem (shutting down at random times) and Apple simply replaced it with a brand new 2011 2.3GHz Core i5 model. I'm very pleased with the new machine, after having it a couple of days it's noticeably faster than the 2.66GHz Core2Duo however the graphics card isn't as good, only by a couple of FPS on certain games though.
 
Just an update to this post... My MBP developed another problem (shutting down at random times) and Apple simply replaced it with a brand new 2011 2.3GHz Core i5 model. I'm very pleased with the new machine, after having it a couple of days it's noticeably faster than the 2.66GHz Core2Duo however the graphics card isn't as good, only by a couple of FPS on certain games though.

So they replaced your older generation laptop with a brand new updated one?

Man Apple are crap at customer service. :D
 
If it sounds like something is wrong there probably is... just like if it sounds too good to be true it probably is...

There is no such thing as a disappointed switcher... Just an unfortunate soul who got a duff model but later had it replaced with an updated one!!!! :p
 
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