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<blockquote data-quote="mephron" data-source="post: 497004" data-attributes="member: 38779"><p>Jenny,</p><p></p><p>Brand new switcher here, and when I say 'brand new' I mean I've had my MacBook Pro, my first Mac, for a total of three weeks. Admittedly, I've played with it before - my sister-in-law wanted a Mac when their last computer died, and I used my corporate discount to get it for them, and played with it a little, but nothing like this.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to now state a few differences between my MacBook Pro and my Dell XPS2 notebook computer:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Much faster bootup time</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">As a notebook, much faster time to recover from hibernation mode on the MacBook Pro</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">A little weird to get used to the one-button touchpad, especially in World of Warcraft, which has a lot of 'right-click' functions, but once you get the hang of it it's easy.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">switching between programs unimaginably faster with the MacBook Pro - I can apple-tab from WoW to Adium (an IM client for the Mac) with no delays; my XPS2 needs about three seconds at the least to switch from WoW (in windowed mode) to Trillian.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Once you get over the initial transition hump, it does get exceedingly intuitive</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">notebook only: the MacBook Pro collectively, including the power brick, is much lighter than the XPS2. (the MBP powerbrick has little flip-outs on it you can wind the cord around - how cool is that?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">the aesthetics of the machine are cleaner</li> </ol><p></p><p>So, uh, I guess you can count me as a happy switcher!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mephron, post: 497004, member: 38779"] Jenny, Brand new switcher here, and when I say 'brand new' I mean I've had my MacBook Pro, my first Mac, for a total of three weeks. Admittedly, I've played with it before - my sister-in-law wanted a Mac when their last computer died, and I used my corporate discount to get it for them, and played with it a little, but nothing like this. I'm going to now state a few differences between my MacBook Pro and my Dell XPS2 notebook computer: [LIST=1] [*]Much faster bootup time [*]As a notebook, much faster time to recover from hibernation mode on the MacBook Pro [*]A little weird to get used to the one-button touchpad, especially in World of Warcraft, which has a lot of 'right-click' functions, but once you get the hang of it it's easy. [*]switching between programs unimaginably faster with the MacBook Pro - I can apple-tab from WoW to Adium (an IM client for the Mac) with no delays; my XPS2 needs about three seconds at the least to switch from WoW (in windowed mode) to Trillian. [*]Once you get over the initial transition hump, it does get exceedingly intuitive [*]notebook only: the MacBook Pro collectively, including the power brick, is much lighter than the XPS2. (the MBP powerbrick has little flip-outs on it you can wind the cord around - how cool is that?) [*]the aesthetics of the machine are cleaner [/LIST] So, uh, I guess you can count me as a happy switcher! [/QUOTE]
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