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Starting with Lion you're gonna have a ball.
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What do you mean by that?
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Plus, the keyboard on this thing is amazing.
RE: "No more tweeting stuff all the time."
Huh?
I really didn't mean to sound like I was advertising for them or something. I assure you I don't work for them (I would've bought a MUCH better Macbook if I did). I was just excited! haha I feel like a little kid with a new toy.
Windows owns the vast majority of the market, so of course they're going to have much more support in regards to software than OS X does.
Honestly, the reason I even said anything was because of the trackpad. I watched a video the first day of the things you can do with the trackpad. Holy shit, that's all I can say. The app switching and the going back and forth in the browser with the swipes of the fingers. That's why I said it just works. I don't know why the other laptops haven't caught up to this. The last HP laptop I owned had a really good trackpad, but nothing compared to this thing.
I like the fact that when I close the lid, it goes to sleep and when I lift it, it automatically wakes up (no, I don't have an SSD drive). It always took forever on my other laptop for it to even turn the screen back on, let alone let me do anything.
The answer to your question as to why more people don't own a Mac is quite simple: it's expensive. The smallest one starts off at like one grand, so there goes 75% of the market who can't purchase it.
I haven't used this laptop long enough to fully say I haven't encountered a single problem. All of the software I used in Windows has support in Mac, so zero problems there. The dock is fucking awesome. The laptop is fast as hell, although that might be because it's new and barely has anything on it. I'm curious to see how it'll be in a few months when I've put a lot of documents and software in it.
In closing, I think it's awesome. Perhaps they use that line in their marketing because it's true, at least in my experience.
As though "the world of Mac" is something special/better than "the world of Windows." 
RE: "I assure you I don't work for them"
Haha, if you were hired by Apple to work as a forum shill, would you admit it if a condition of your employment was to never disclose it?
RE: "them (I would've bought a MUCH better Macbook if I did)."
But we have no way of knowing which MacBook you bought.
RE: "I was just excited! haha I feel like a little kid with a new toy."
Hmm, that's the same way I felt when I bought my first Windows computer.
RE: "I don't know why the other laptops haven't caught up to this."
You have a point there, as Apple clearly has the best quality trackpad.
RE: "That's why I said it just works."
But the trackpads on Windows laptops also "just work"... they're just inferior.
RE: "It always took forever on my other laptop for it to even turn the screen back on, let alone let me do anything."
That doesn't tell us much... was it a 5 year old laptop you bought on sale for $499? Was it full of spyware? Obviously, a new MacBook that's a lot more powerful than your old HP is going to wake up a lot faster.
RE: "The answer to your question as to why more people don't own a Mac is quite simple: it's expensive"
Oh, so that's the only reason? What about the possibility that 90% of people think the Windows OS is superior? And what about the possibility they simply don't want to pay an extra $1,000-$1,500 for the Apple logo?
And what about the possibility they don't trust a computer mfg that insults their intelligence with nonsensical advertising slogans, like, "It just works." I mean, how ridiculous is that? Can you imagine a car mfg saying something as silly as that? As they'd clearly be implying their car is the only one that "works." In this age of consumer skepticism, it just defies logic for a major corporation to spend millions of dollars on advertising that discredits them. And it's an excellent example of how smart people sometimes do REALLY dumb things.
RE: "so there goes 75% of the market who can't purchase it."
LOTS of poor people are sucked in by the deceptive advertising hype, and spend their life savings on a Mac that soon becomes obsolete. I should know, because I was one of them.
And the biggest Macfannie on JUB (Andy) has a laundry list of Mac deficiencies, but so far he's been unwilling to disclose them.
RE: "I'm curious to see how it'll be in a few months when I've put a lot of documents and software in it."
And I'm curious whether the 2 little dinky fans/inadequate cooling will result in burns to your thighs when you use processor intensive software, and whether Apple still uses that "burn disclaimer" in the documentation that came with it.
RE: "In closing, I think it's awesome."
Hmm, that's the same thing I said about my first Windows computer.
Um, at the exorbitant price he paid, one would hope so. But unfortunately, paying a premium price for an Apple laptop doesn't equate to premium reliability. Because as you know, there are 3 Windows laptop manufacturers that have a lower malfunction rate. And I think it's a huge stretch to use the word, "Likely," in the manner you did. The reality is that buying one that'll provide "years of trouble free performance" is just as much of a crapshoot as buying a comparable Asus, Toshiba, or Sony laptop. And why do you always sound like a paid Apple spokesman?
RE: "welcome to the world of Mac."
RE: "Now you have a Mac you'll be dragged into the world of Mac vs Windows debate even if you didn't want to."
That's exactly the type of distorted, deceptive spin I'd expect a Macfannie to put on my response to the OP. No, people don't get dragged into the Mac vs Windows debate merely by saying they bought a Mac. But they do get dragged into it when they include one of the most deceptive, misleading advertising slogans in the history of advertising. And if I was Bill Gates, I'd sue the hell out of Apple for implying the Windows OS doesn't "work." As well, I'm quite sure the OP doesn't need your advice on who to ignore, especially when you appear to have a broken horn growing on the top of your head.
Yeah, tweaking is probably what he meant. Although I find that funny, because when I was suffering through my experience with the Mac OS, I wasted dozens of hours tweaking and troubleshooting, vs about 2 hours total with Windows XP.
afterwards. Geesh. I had a new laptop. I bought a Macbook. I was just excited! Gosh. hahaRE: "I assure you I don't work for them"
Haha, if you were hired by Apple to work as a forum shill, would you admit it if a condition of your employment was to never disclose it?
RE: "them (I would've bought a MUCH better Macbook if I did)."
But we have no way of knowing which MacBook you bought.
RE: "I was just excited! haha I feel like a little kid with a new toy."
Hmm, that's the same way I felt when I bought my first Windows computer.
RE: "I don't know why the other laptops haven't caught up to this."
You have a point there, as Apple clearly has the best quality trackpad.
RE: "That's why I said it just works."
But the trackpads on Windows laptops also "just work"... they're just inferior.
RE: "It always took forever on my other laptop for it to even turn the screen back on, let alone let me do anything."
That doesn't tell us much... was it a 5 year old laptop you bought on sale for $499? Was it full of spyware? Obviously, a new MacBook that's a lot more powerful than your old HP is going to wake up a lot faster.
RE: "The answer to your question as to why more people don't own a Mac is quite simple: it's expensive"
Oh, so that's the only reason? What about the possibility that 90% of people think the Windows OS is superior? And what about the possibility they simply don't want to pay an extra $1,000-$1,500 for the Apple logo?
And what about the possibility they don't trust a computer mfg that insults their intelligence with nonsensical advertising slogans, like, "It just works." I mean, how ridiculous is that? Can you imagine a car mfg saying something as silly as that? As they'd clearly be implying their car is the only one that "works." In this age of consumer skepticism, it just defies logic for a major corporation to spend millions of dollars on advertising that discredits them. And it's an excellent example of how smart people sometimes do REALLY dumb things.
RE: "so there goes 75% of the market who can't purchase it."
LOTS of poor people are sucked in by the deceptive advertising hype, and spend their life savings on a Mac that soon becomes obsolete. I should know, because I was one of them.
And the biggest Macfannie on JUB (Andy) has a laundry list of Mac deficiencies, but so far he's been unwilling to disclose them.
RE: "I'm curious to see how it'll be in a few months when I've put a lot of documents and software in it."
And I'm curious whether the 2 little dinky fans/inadequate cooling will result in burns to your thighs when you use processor intensive software, and whether Apple still uses that "burn disclaimer" in the documentation that came with it.
RE: "In closing, I think it's awesome."
Hmm, that's the same thing I said about my first Windows computer.
Um, at the exorbitant price he paid, one would hope so. But unfortunately, paying a premium price for an Apple laptop doesn't equate to premium reliability. Because as you know, there are 3 Windows laptop manufacturers that have a lower malfunction rate. And I think it's a huge stretch to use the word, "Likely," in the manner you did. The reality is that buying one that'll provide "years of trouble free performance" is just as much of a crapshoot as buying a comparable Asus, Toshiba, or Sony laptop. And why do you always sound like a paid Apple spokesman?
RE: "welcome to the world of Mac."
RE: "Now you have a Mac you'll be dragged into the world of Mac vs Windows debate even if you didn't want to."
That's exactly the type of distorted, deceptive spin I'd expect a Macfannie to put on my response to the OP. No, people don't get dragged into the Mac vs Windows debate merely by saying they bought a Mac. But they do get dragged into it when they include one of the most deceptive, misleading advertising slogans in the history of advertising. And if I was Bill Gates, I'd sue the hell out of Apple for implying the Windows OS doesn't "work." As well, I'm quite sure the OP doesn't need your advice on who to ignore, especially when you appear to have a broken horn growing on the top of your head.
Yeah, tweaking is probably what he meant. Although I find that funny, because when I was suffering through my experience with the Mac OS, I wasted dozens of hours tweaking and troubleshooting, vs about 2 hours total with Windows XP.
BTW uslad7, really happy for you and glad you're enjoying your new hardware.
