My first days with a Macbook

Strax

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I finally took the plunge yesterday and got myself a Macbook from the Apple store.

Initial impressions are, how quick it is compared to my windows 7 laptop. Plus I just love the extended battery life, which was one of the main reasons I went for it. The multitouch trackpad is really good too. I am amazed how much better it makes using the touchpad being able to scroll with 2 fingers through web pages.

Also the HE discount makes it a bit more affordable too. The Applecare was £47 for the 3 years, which is a real bargain.
 
I find that I now spend a lot of time downstairs on the macbook compared to my main windows pc upstairs or even my 17" windows laptop which gets a bit heavy on the knee after a while.
 
My processor in my 17" windows laptop is a 2gig core 2 duo, so this is faster anyway. The main thing I think is the lack of disk activity when doing stuff which makes it feel really snappy. Saying that, I haven't really did much apart from run Firefox on it.;):confused:

I was considering either a memory upgrade or ssd for this before I bought it, but I'm not sure now.

I plan on using photoshop CS4 on this occasionally, so that would probably be a big test, working with large raw files and a few layers.
 
EVH said:
Congratulations to the OP. It may seem confusing at first, but stick with OS X and you'll soon learn.

I would recommend Safari over Firefox if you prefer speed over extensions/plugins, and to get Perian (link) and Flip4Mac (link) so you're covered regarding media playback that you might take for granted (.WMV etc).

I'll be buying the mrs a MacBook when we move, they're great machines :)
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It is a bit confusing, but I was using Ubuntu for a couple of weeks on my other laptop and there are a few similarities.

Does safari not have plug-ins? The only ones I use in Firefox are a dictionary and an exif viewer.

I'll go and look at those links just now and download them. The postman has just delivered 'the missing manual' for Snow Leopard so that will be a big help too.
 
I bought my macbook from the Apple Store. I got my niece, who is at uni, to come with me so I could get the HE discount. The Applecare is well worth it when you get it with the HE discount. 3 years warranty for £47 is well worth it IMO.

There was no problems getting the HE discount as she had her UCAS card with her.
 
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