Apple PowerBook Laptop 15.2" M9677LL/A Review
Apple PowerBook Laptop 15.2" M9677LL/A Review from Alan C Francis geek. Switching is easy, I was a confirmed PC-bigot since DOS3.1 and made the switch evetually after increased frustration with Windows led to several failed attempts to move to Linux.
My only chance to try a new OS was to buy new Hardware.
A year on I’m not disappointed. OSX is the best of UNIX under the covers with a GUI that’s sweeter than anything MS could dream of. The bundled apps have enabled a novice like me to prepare printed books of photos, make DVDs of my photos and home movies and even dabble in making a little music with Garageband.
But it’s not just about media…MS Office for the Mac blows the socks of the PC version in power and beauty. Apple ship the development tools CD with the mac as well, so for a programmer, I can get started right away coding lovely mac apps (in ObjectiveC), as well as C, C++, Python, Ruby and Java, all of which ship pre-installed.
As far as the hardware (this specific PB) is concerned, the machine is lovely to look at, ludicrously fast to wake from sleep, and the only times I’ve rebooted it in the last year are when the automatic software update system suggests I reboot after an OS upgrade. I can even swap batteries while the machine is on and running. The backlit keyboard and superdrive are extras I wasn’t sure I would need, but I’m damn glad I paid for.
Do it. Do it now. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.
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