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Does your MBP put a smile on your face?

I had always heard professors and other professionals say that their mac made them more productive, and always being on a pc I didn't believe them. But now that I've had my mbp for a few months, I can say that is most definitely true. I can work on projects without worrying about all the little hangups, I don't have to take care of my computer and work for it, it works for me. :) Seriously, I had this hp dv6 or something for two years, and they were the worst experiences I've ever had, I lost a lot of irreplaceable work due to quirky problems. Another example that I like to show to people who are against macs. Whenever I was on my pc and wanted to save a form or something from online to print (like a receipt etc) there was no realistic way to do it...you can save it as an xml but, wtf is that? You can't just print it. You can try saving it as html but that doesn't exactly work either, which is why I love on mac how you can just really easily choose, 'save as pdf'. Like duh? This should be an option every time, it just makes sense.
 
I got my 15" MBP over the summer and I have to say it I have never smiled so much for anything so much when I saw the DHL van appear on the drive. I had waited almost a year to get one and so now when ever I go on it I can't help smiling :D ( it makes be look a bit of a fool on the Train ) but It is just AMAZING :D :D :D
 
I love it; smile on my face? Um... I guess due to the OS; the specs aren't what I think they should be for a 1.2k computer, but that's another point.

Great machine in terms of build quality and design though; the best if I can say so myself. If Apple would just suck it up and make these machines more powerful (upgraded internals for free across the board), people would really start buying them.

But of course, the average consumer isn't their targeted market, so the high margins and blatantly stocked machines are given.
 
It did. My MBP however is over 4 years old. It actually runs fine. I can honestly say it still runs most apps very well.

Photo editing is becoming tedious however.

Also, the screen not to long ago, and even Applecare couldn't save me there. Cause it was expired. And the battery gave out pretty early on.

So I now have it on an external display, and it's basically a Mac Mini now.

My next Mac will probably still be a MBP though. Cause I'm a sucker for them.
 
Thanks for the replies guys - still putting a smile on me face probably due to simplicity and taking away the frustration of using PC's far to long!

Up-time now on the MBP is 14 days and that's connected to various wifi/wired networks, vpns, virtual machines (vmware fusion - I used my MBP for work!) and still going strong :D
 
A thousand times yes! I'm a recent windows convert (from 5 year old HP Pavilion to 2011 15") and couldn't be happier. What I love the most from my baby is its raw power :p Can easily run XCode or Eclipse along with virtualized machines :D
Love it.
 
I've never looked back since changing to mac about 5 years ago. Since then many of my friends and now my family are seeing the benefits of using OSX. Not because it is from Apple but just because it works. :)
 
It used to. I definitely could use a 17" now though. Jumping back and forth between Excel, Word, CAD, Illustrator, and Preview. The 13" just isn't cutting it anymore, the cramped screen is becoming a real hindrance on working efficiency.
 
Yes, it does. Especially after a RAM upgrade last week. :)

I somehow never get around Windows OS after XP, not even Win 7. Just totally hate the UI and it causes me to grrrrrr every time I have to use a PC in school.
 
Yes, though I think after a while its easy to take it for granted how much nicer using a Mac is, but whenever I have to use a Windows machine I'm reminded!
 
It is just a computer people. Friends, family, your girlfriend and fun should give you smile on your face. Not a piece of aluminium...
 
No, far from it. After all the ranting and raving of friends who use Macs over the years, I finally decided to cave and get a MacBook Pro (this year's 15"). My friends' 13" MBPs had all been great, they were so quiet and performed both complex tasks such as converting HD video & exporting video and simple system tasks such as sleeping, waking, booting and shutting down with such speed that I wanted to try one.

My MBP though, has been an error-ridden piece of ****. I just replaced a unit with a defective graphics card (that was a replacement for a unit with the same issue), now I've got a unit that has only 3 hours of battery life (the others all had 6.5-7) that also seems to have a defective headphone jack. All of them have been slow from sleep too, which I find incredibly aggravating. My friends' 13 inchers all snap awake instantly (~1 second), mine idles around and wakes up about 5 seconds after I open the lid. I suspect Apple's engineers spend a lot more time trying to get the 13" right and the 15" gets less attention, either that or all 3 of my MBPs have had sleep issues.

The OS really isn't that great either. Window management is awful, both on Snow Leopard and Lion. I have a huge number of windows open at any one time for both my Masters degree and my job. In SL's Expose, I'd hit the Expose button and find myself staring at a grid full of tiny, unreadable, unrecognisable windows- where was my work? No idea. Where'd that PDF go.. oh there it is! Wait, wrong one, I'll just hit the Expose button again and find it... oh.. wait.. all the windows moved around, now where's my work again?

Coming from Windows, this experience was horrifically frustrating. Lion isn't much better- at least Mission Control groups windows from the same programs together (however they still rearrange themselves around the screen after bringing up different programs), though if you've got many windows open from one program, you first need to bring up Mission Control, select the program you want, then bring up App Expose to find the window you want. Whereas in Windows I'd simply click on the program on the taskbar then click on the window in the preview boxes that come up- done. The programs won't go BS insane on the taskbar and move themselves to a different part of the taskbar once I've opened a different program.
I also hate the lack of colour in Lion, I feel like I'm using Windows 98 again- give me Windows 7 with a nice colour scheme or OS X Tiger any day.

The grass really wasn't greener. It was in patches here and there, I like browsing with gestures in Safari and making my own surfing movies (when I'm not working) in iMovie, but I think OS X's heyday of being superior to Windows ended with Windows 7. It may sound like I'm a MS fanboy, but I'm really not, I'm just really disappointed with this $AU2500 machine- I bought it expecting the best, instead I got a laptop riddled with as many issues and frustrating software experiences as a crappy $AU800 Windows machine loaded with bloatware. I've enjoyed using Windows on it though, which makes me think I should probably not bother with Macs and get a Vaio next time. Either that or wait for the next hardware redesign and see how the 15" performs.
 
I use both. But to put it into perspective.

MAC- Man's Alpha Computer

PC- Piece of Crap.

My MBP does not only put a smile on my face, but it keeps me stressed and worried free from work. Knowing i have a reliable computer, reliability will never be an issue.

:)
 
I never had a Dell laptop ever, because it's too cheap. It's like you comparing honda toyota to a BMW. It doesn't make any sense. After all, if you invest the same amount money to (buy/build) a PC, and you are not a PC moron, then PC would be as amazing/ fast as any Mac.
 
fingerman said:
Thanks for the replies guys - still putting a smile on me face probably due to simplicity and taking away the frustration of using PC's far to long!
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If you go back to the commodore days then you and I are of the same vintage.

It's terrible that men of our age can find such joy in using a device like the MBP. We are supposed to be sensible and dull prudes. :)
 
I work in a place that has almost exclusively Dell computers. They SUCK and have constant issues. They are crappy dells. In one room, half the computers don't even work. I will try to get a picture of what they look like later. Haha.

I bring my Mac to work every day to do my personal work on and to connect to my projector to do presentations. I have never once had a problem with the Mac. There are constant issues with the PCs in the school.

This being said - I've had a number of PCs and no real issues with any of them. But my Mac truly makes my life easier because it is COMPLETELY worry free and so intuitive, and when you rely on your computer for work - that's huge!
 
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No, far from it. After all the ranting and raving of friends who use Macs over the years, I finally decided to cave and get a MacBook Pro (this year's 15"). My friends' 13" MBPs had all been great, they were so quiet and performed both complex tasks such as converting HD video & exporting video and simple system tasks such as sleeping, waking, booting and shutting down with such speed that I wanted to try one.

My MBP though, has been an error-ridden piece of ****. I just replaced a unit with a defective graphics card (that was a replacement for a unit with the same issue), now I've got a unit that has only 3 hours of battery life (the others all had 6.5-7) that also seems to have a defective headphone jack. All of them have been slow from sleep too, which I find incredibly aggravating. My friends' 13 inchers all snap awake instantly (~1 second), mine idles around and wakes up about 5 seconds after I open the lid. I suspect Apple's engineers spend a lot more time trying to get the 13" right and the 15" gets less attention, either that or all 3 of my MBPs have had sleep issues.

The OS really isn't that great either. Window management is awful, both on Snow Leopard and Lion. I have a huge number of windows open at any one time for both my Masters degree and my job. In SL's Expose, I'd hit the Expose button and find myself staring at a grid full of tiny, unreadable, unrecognisable windows- where was my work? No idea. Where'd that PDF go.. oh there it is! Wait, wrong one, I'll just hit the Expose button again and find it... oh.. wait.. all the windows moved around, now where's my work again?

Coming from Windows, this experience was horrifically frustrating. Lion isn't much better- at least Mission Control groups windows from the same programs together (however they still rearrange themselves around the screen after bringing up different programs), though if you've got many windows open from one program, you first need to bring up Mission Control, select the program you want, then bring up App Expose to find the window you want. Whereas in Windows I'd simply click on the program on the taskbar then click on the window in the preview boxes that come up- done. The programs won't go BS insane on the taskbar and move themselves to a different part of the taskbar once I've opened a different program.
I also hate the lack of colour in Lion, I feel like I'm using Windows 98 again- give me Windows 7 with a nice colour scheme or OS X Tiger any day.

The grass really wasn't greener. It was in patches here and there, I like browsing with gestures in Safari and making my own surfing movies (when I'm not working) in iMovie, but I think OS X's heyday of being superior to Windows ended with Windows 7. It may sound like I'm a MS fanboy, but I'm really not, I'm just really disappointed with this $AU2500 machine- I bought it expecting the best, instead I got a laptop riddled with as many issues and frustrating software experiences as a crappy $AU800 Windows machine loaded with bloatware. I've enjoyed using Windows on it though, which makes me think I should probably not bother with Macs and get a Vaio next time. Either that or wait for the next hardware redesign and see how the 15" performs.
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I wish those were my feelings about OSX, it would certainly be a lot cheaper route. :D
 
My MBP used to make me smile when I switched from windows. The novelty of having one has worn off now. I still love it more than any windows laptop I've ever owned... that makes me smile :)
 
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