I got a new 17 inch MacBook Pro
 

Sweet lord, it fuckin' rocks. :thumbsup

Damn Safari is so swift at rendering websites, it beats the shit out of IE even.

Nice, I'm thinking aboot a 15" but I'm still not sure if I can give up my right click button.

Congrats! I love the glowing in the dark keyboard :thumbsup

I'm jealous. Those are pretty sexy.

I got the Macbook Pro and love it! First mac so its still new to me. Any work around for getting safari to play embedded windows files?

Are they in stores yet or just online?

Cool, grats on your lappy :)

I got it in the store in Columbus. It seemed like there weren't may though, the lady picked the last one from the stock room.

What an incredible machine. I still have a hard time believing how cool it is. The $2800 were well spent.

They are nice..good for you

I'm using a 12 iBook right now - its small as hell compared to my 21" dual monitors.... but it travels quite well

I got a plugin for my mac but can't remember where I got it. If you do a search on Yahoo for windows media plugin for quicktime there is one result that pops up called Flip4Mac and I think that's what I got. I can play .wma and .wmv file right in Safari. Hope that helps...

I love everything about my Mac and yes Safari kicks some serious ass. I like how when you hook something up to a Mac it just works. No searching and installing drivers like on a PC. Like they say, once you go Mac, you never go back. Okay, no one really says that but what the hell, maybe they will now. :thumbsup

You can use any USB mouse. If that's your only worry, it's a silly one.

I've never been a big fan of macs, but damn those things are sexy! I'd buy one just to use it for web design

I had one, used it. Found it nice enough. Unix framework made it ok for java programming etc, but .. dunno.

I think (even more now w/ intel under the hood) using macs nowaays is a preference only: In the pat you were definitely one or the other, now you just choose which OS / hardware you prefer.

Until I can boot XP natively without OS/X on the system at all, I'll stick to windows machines :)

replacement driver for trackpad: http://www.ragingmenace.com/software...ack/index.html

allows for all sorts of ninja moves, enables 'two buttons' etc etc etc

You can download it on Microsofts website at: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...omponents.mspx

Thats called BootCamp and it works like a charm:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/


Though the best alternative is to run XP (natively) in a MacOSX window just when you need it through virtualization:
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/mac/

Yep I was just about to post that.. BootCamp works like a charm to run both MacOSX and WinXP :thumbsup

I will not use a mouse with a laptop. LAP-TOP Get it, no room for a mouse on my lap. :1orglaugh

how much was it?

That's a kickass feature.

about $2,700 with the student discount and tax.

Congratulations:winkwink:

what? no pics? LOL :) lemme see some macbook ass :)

GRATS YO !!!! :thumbsup

P.S. I got mine 1,5 months ago :winkwink:

will upload pics in a few

http://www.promogrid.com/macbookpro.jpg


Shitty shot from my comfy position on the bed. Will post some brighter ones later.

You running photoshop from rosetta? I am curious what the speed is like with non-native apps. My whole workflow is Photoshop and Final Cut, cant make the jump to the intel machine if there is a speed issue.

Sinclair

congratz dude!! mac os rulz

Excellent choice! :thumbsup

From what I read, there is an Intel native Photoshop compilation out already. No need for Rosetta anymore. Other than that, the apps that do run their PPC code on the emulator, don't seem to be slow at all.

No issues with the temperature?

http://e12.engadget.com/2006/05/01/m...thermal-grease

Overheating? Not really. Then again I haven't had it for long enough to give you a precise analysis... I'll have to work with it longer to see how it behaves under full load.

Supposedly they fixed the problems with heating and whining. I sure hope so. Mine is on it's way:

MBPRO 17/2.16 CTO Z0CP $2,599.00

With the following configuration:

* Processor 0656275 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo
* Memory 0656270 1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM 1x1GB
* Hard Drive 0656267 120GB Serial ATA Drive@5400rpm
* Display 0656506 Glossy Widescreen Display
* Optical Drive 0656266 SD 8x (DVDR DL/DVDRW/CDRW)
* Modem 0656201 No Modem
* Apple Software Solutions 0656200 No Optional Software
* Keyboard/Mac OS Language 0656273 BkLit Keyboard/Mac OS
* Country Kit/AEX 0656272 Airport Extreme Card andBT

Estimated Shipped By: JUN 01, 2006
Estimated Delivered By: JUN 08, 2006

Only thing is it will take me awhile to pay off this badboy. haha.

Apple is the bomb :)