Hey guys, just wanted to give you an update on my opinion on my macbook as well as ask a question.ive had it for two weeks on thursday. for those of you who dont care about my opinion ill ask the question first.
I have the 250gb harddrive but i only have about 190gb left. it seems like there are alot of unnessecary files somewhere but im not sure where. i havent really installed alot of things or put alot of music on it. how can i check for duplicate files and things to delete easily? im still getting used to mac as this is my first one. is there any routine maintenance i should perform on my mac and if so how often? i did some restore permissions (whatever that is) and it took forever. im pretty handy with pcs, fixing building upgrading, improving and such but with macs this is a whole new ball game for me.
also lately it seems like double tapping to click isnt working lately (yes i have it enabled) anything i should do to diagnose or try to fix it?
as for my opinion on my macbook im almost completly satisfied. Things i'm not happy with are
Sharp Edge on palm rest. (seems like there should be at least an .0625 radius on it. baffles me why they didnt do it.)
Fingerprint magnet. (not good since im a machinist and usually come home covered in a mixture of coolant,cutting oil and metal chips.)
Fan. (It seems to get extremely loud lately while using it on my bed.)
Safari. It looks nice. works ok but doesnt have support for hotmail which is my main email app and has been for years.
Mail - No support for hotmail again. It seems like too much trouble to switch EVERYTHING from my main emails to a new mac email address.
iphoto - seems like it isnt a good equivalent to at least a paint app where i can easily edit something in a generic color photo. unless im missing something.
itunes - hard to navigate. ive never used itunes before but coming from a person who had a zune30 and a currently owns a zune80 i do have to admit that i think the zune software is far ahead of itunes in terms of navigation. although itunes and the old zune software actually had tag editing which i used constantly. (im a neat freak when it comes to music library organization)
isight- not as good quality as i thought it was. could be my lighting.
Now i just realized that that list seems extremely long. But there are things i really like and dont know how i lived without.
Battery Life. Wow. Amazingly good. My old acer aspire 3003lci sucked at battery life. this thing blows it out of the water.
Trackpad two finger scrolling. i love this feature. im not sure if it is on other laptops but since the macbook lacks a scroll button like my previous acer ive gotten used to this feature very quickly and love it.
Spell Check. This is awesome since lately ive been doing searches online and obviously need to spell things correctly.
Form Factor/Portability. i love the size of it. plain and simple.
Dock is nice and handy. does seem alot less cluttered.
Updating. Since im formly a pc guy im used to formatting my pc installing windows xp and updating it about once a year maybe less. clear out the registrry blah blah usual sutff. updating xp takes FOREVER. right when i started and set up my mac i checked for updates dreading it would be like xp but to my surprise and relief only a couple updates which took only about 20min.
Well thats all i can think of for now. overall i am very pleased with my macbook. hopefully my gripes will be fixed, or ill learn to live with them. thanks in advance to anyone who answers my questions. your help is greatly appreciated.
any feedback, comments or questions on my quick but hopefully informative review?
I have the 250gb harddrive but i only have about 190gb left. it seems like there are alot of unnessecary files somewhere but im not sure where. i havent really installed alot of things or put alot of music on it. how can i check for duplicate files and things to delete easily? im still getting used to mac as this is my first one. is there any routine maintenance i should perform on my mac and if so how often? i did some restore permissions (whatever that is) and it took forever. im pretty handy with pcs, fixing building upgrading, improving and such but with macs this is a whole new ball game for me.
also lately it seems like double tapping to click isnt working lately (yes i have it enabled) anything i should do to diagnose or try to fix it?
as for my opinion on my macbook im almost completly satisfied. Things i'm not happy with are
Sharp Edge on palm rest. (seems like there should be at least an .0625 radius on it. baffles me why they didnt do it.)
Fingerprint magnet. (not good since im a machinist and usually come home covered in a mixture of coolant,cutting oil and metal chips.)
Fan. (It seems to get extremely loud lately while using it on my bed.)
Safari. It looks nice. works ok but doesnt have support for hotmail which is my main email app and has been for years.
Mail - No support for hotmail again. It seems like too much trouble to switch EVERYTHING from my main emails to a new mac email address.
iphoto - seems like it isnt a good equivalent to at least a paint app where i can easily edit something in a generic color photo. unless im missing something.
itunes - hard to navigate. ive never used itunes before but coming from a person who had a zune30 and a currently owns a zune80 i do have to admit that i think the zune software is far ahead of itunes in terms of navigation. although itunes and the old zune software actually had tag editing which i used constantly. (im a neat freak when it comes to music library organization)
isight- not as good quality as i thought it was. could be my lighting.
Now i just realized that that list seems extremely long. But there are things i really like and dont know how i lived without.
Battery Life. Wow. Amazingly good. My old acer aspire 3003lci sucked at battery life. this thing blows it out of the water.
Trackpad two finger scrolling. i love this feature. im not sure if it is on other laptops but since the macbook lacks a scroll button like my previous acer ive gotten used to this feature very quickly and love it.
Spell Check. This is awesome since lately ive been doing searches online and obviously need to spell things correctly.
Form Factor/Portability. i love the size of it. plain and simple.
Dock is nice and handy. does seem alot less cluttered.
Updating. Since im formly a pc guy im used to formatting my pc installing windows xp and updating it about once a year maybe less. clear out the registrry blah blah usual sutff. updating xp takes FOREVER. right when i started and set up my mac i checked for updates dreading it would be like xp but to my surprise and relief only a couple updates which took only about 20min.
Well thats all i can think of for now. overall i am very pleased with my macbook. hopefully my gripes will be fixed, or ill learn to live with them. thanks in advance to anyone who answers my questions. your help is greatly appreciated.
any feedback, comments or questions on my quick but hopefully informative review?
