My first Mac

[SpiderGear]

Right,

I'm off to go buy my 1st Mac, a Macbook Pro! Please tell me I did the right thing!

 

[StellenboschStudent]

I made the switch about 3 years ago now, and never looked back. Took a while to get use to Mac OS X, but once you have the hang of it, it is awesome!
Got the "Missing Manual" guide, working through it now, and finding new tools and tricks that I never knew existed!

 

[DuckieZA]

Right,

I'm off to go buy my 1st Mac, a Macbook Pro! Please tell me I did the right thing!

You did.

 

[ponder]

Lol, your name should have been dieterlube

 

[phiber]

lol, you wont regret it

 

[hammell]

Best thing I ever did was make the switch from Windows... Say goodbye to "explorer.exe" has stopped working, security updates every week, anti-virus, etc etc...

 

[Keeper]

Best thing I ever did was make the switch from Windows... Say goodbye to "explorer.exe" has stopped working, security updates every week, anti-virus, etc etc...

Yeah, and he can say goodbye to games, easy upgrades and cheap hardware as well

 

[phiber]

Yeah, and he can say goodbye to games, easy upgrades and cheap hardware as well

what is easy to upgrade on a standard laptop (HDD and Ram) is easy to upgrade on a macbook (Even easier on a macbook than an HP actually).

I dunno if he is a big gamer, so that might not be a swinging point. OS X is getting the only two games i would ever consider buying a PC for, Portal 2 and Starcraft.

Some rather pay the premium and get excellent build quality and reliability.

 

[nasa]

Yeah, and he can say goodbye to games, easy upgrades and cheap hardware as well

Not quite.
Source is available for gaming, im sure more to follow.
Not sure what you mean about saying bye to easy upgrades, ram and HDD upgrades are super easy. And the efficient software doesnt require as many upgrades as a PC.
As for hardware costs, good quality and clean design comes at a price

 

[ponder]

Yeah, and he can say goodbye to games, easy upgrades and cheap hardware as well

Depends on whether you are a gamer or not. The only game I play is CSS which is now available on OS X. It also depends on the type of games you play, if you don't play stuff like Crysis etc then many games can be played via WINE/Crossover and if you have to play other stuff you can dual-boot which is not really cool I know.

 

[soulravanger]

Sorry for your loss

 

[Synaesthesia]

Macbook Pro is the nicest laptop I've ever used. Light, solid construction, high quality screen, good keyboard (backlit!), the best trackpad, great software, performance is very good and battery life is the best in the biz.

 

[PeterCH]

Macbook Pro is the nicest laptop I've ever used. Light, solid construction, high quality screen, good keyboard (backlit!), the best trackpad, great software, performance is very good and battery life is the best in the biz.

It won't beat two Panasonic Long run batteries though....

 

[Tweak]

I like macbooks, but I am too poors to be looking at this thread ._.

 

[Synaesthesia]

It won't beat two Panasonic Long run batteries though....

No, but for it's thickness, weight and cost, I believe it's by far the best.

 

[Pooky]

jealous

 

[griffinbradley]

IF YOU CAN'T DO IT ON A MAC THEN YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO DO IT
MAC(LAREN) FOREVER

 

[Chevron]

Right,

I'm off to go buy my 1st Mac, a Macbook Pro! Please tell me I did the right thing!

My condolences.

 

[UnUnOctium]

Right,

I'm off to go buy my 1st Mac, a Macbook Pro! Please tell me I did the right thing!

I sure hope you're into photo/video editing, because say goodbye to any serious, technical software. (MATLAB etc)

 

[Tanya35]

I sure hope you're into photo/video editing, because say goodbye to any serious, technical software. (MATLAB etc)

Have you never heard of BootCamp?