Space_Chief
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Sure. Macs aren't really overpriced I agree. If you compare it against something like a Sony Vaio or a Panasonic Let's Note, or an Alienware, you're paying much less.
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Sure. Macs aren't really overpriced I agree. If you compare it against something like a Sony Vaio or a Panasonic Let's Note, or an Alienware, you're paying much less.
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Funny how that wasn't always the case.
SauRoNZA
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Two finger tap becomes 100% natural with a bit of time dude.
Same goes for two finger scrolling and natural scrolling. Do it for a week and it will be perfectly normal to you.
My MBPr is hopefully being delivered tomorrow. Can't wait. Reading this and other threads in eager anticipation of this new experience.
Congrats (premature
)[)roi(];11798236 said:Congrats (premature
Thank you.
It is AWESOME. 
Received it early this morning and have been playing with it for the most part of today. Absolutely love the OS, the trackpad, the laptop look and feel in general. Very happy so far. Obviously going to take some time to get used to a completely new OS after 15 years on Windows, lots to learn, but it already feels very intuitive. Going to see how far I can get before installing something like Parallels.
No sense in delaying the installation of Parallels; it's part of the experience.Thank you.
Obviously going to take some time to get used to a completely new OS after 15 years on Windows, lots to learn, but it already feels very intuitive. Going to see how far I can get before installing something like Parallels.
[)roi(];11801386 said:
What is your opinion about Parallels vs VirtualBox? I have a Windows work laptop so MBP mostly for playing around, I don't see the need for too many Windows programs. Photoshop I'll get the Mac version. Perhaps MS Office which I've already bought the Windows version.
For low key needs VB may be a good (free) option?
I'll usually give the free option a fair shake first.
Fwiw I'm moving my virtual box off to an external and reclaiming that 8gb of valuable drive space. It gets used so rarely it's not worth it any longer.
Good point, will try it first.
You should try all 3 (VMWare. Parallels, and VirtualBox) to make up your own mind.
Personally I went from VirtualBox to VMWare and finally to Parallels, essentially I found Parallels to be the best performer.
Install windows in three virtual environments? Personally I've got better things to do with my time. That said I might if running windows on my mac was absolutely critical but in undesign's case it doesn't seem to be. Considering that he's still got a windows laptop I wouldn't even bother at this stage.[)roi(];11804978 said:
Lol...
You seem a little clueless on this one (strange as you're often not)
Basically you setup a VB installation, and either VMWare or Parallels have the ability to migrate this without any need to reinstall; it's btw been like that for quite a few a years, very simple.
[)roi(];11804996 said:
Ah - fair enough. I'm not clued up at all on running windows on my mac - as far as I'm concerned its a pointless exercise and a waste of space.
But, if you're saying set up VB first then why not test it out and see if it ticks the necessary boxes before installing the other two?
Lol re wasted space -- sadly not everyone's workflow is that simple.
As you said the ultimate choice will depend on how frequent he plans to use Windows. VB is definitely not an ideal solution for regular use.
koeksGHT
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pro or air better in opinion? air seems much nicer 
Most corporates are firmly entrenched in Microsoft tech, but similarly want to enjoy the fruits of the iPad, iPhone and Android world -- so my Macs tend to be littered with an assortment of stuff.
Geez life would be so much simpler if I only had to maintain an Objective-C code source, unlike today where it's littered with IDEs for Android, IOS/OS X and Windows.
Thankfully so far none of them seem to like the new Windows phones.
pro or air better in opinion? air seems much nicer
It really depends on which models.
The main difference between the current Airs / Pros is Retina and weight.
The Macbook Air currently is the lightest of the Apple Laptops, but unfortunately they still don't have Retina displays (possibly next year)
The Macbook Pro retina is clearly marketed as their top end laptop, supporting both Retina (high definition) displays and a typically higher internal spec, but this comes at a cost (money and weight)
Their most popular design is certainly the Macbook Air.
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