im relatively new to Apple, especially macs. i had the first iPhone but i didn't enjoy my first mac until the First gen uMB. I was in the market for a good pc, and i had about 1800. i had NO intention of buying a mac computer, because i thought they weren't good enough. dear lord was i wrong. I was at best buy looking at dell laptops. And i noticed they lit up apple and the numerous people around it. I then asked 4 different best buy people what the best PC was i could buy for 1800. they showed me 2 Dells and one sony Vaio. i then asked them if they would choose these PCs or the maxed out mac (at the time it was a C2D 2.4Ghz i believe, at least instore anyways) funny, they all without a beat said the mac. i played with it for about 10 minutes and the whole "new" "sleek" feel had me sold. I played with it so much the first week i had it my GF told me i was crazy. I will never look back, i loved that mac and i still have it, i sold it to my mom for 500 as a downpayment for the one that is in my sig.
The main selling points for me were:
Ease of Use
The OS, very quick responsive and just runs smooth
NO viruses
Lit up keyboard.
And although all the PCs i was looking it had better specs and hardware, i still feel like my mac was quicker when it came to processing tasks. could just be in my head because i wanted it to be but i just don't think so. im pretty sure my mac as faster than them.
I had no idea how good the battery was on my mac at the time, i thought 6 hours on a laptop was decent (first notebook i had bought) until i went to class the next day and noticed that every pc user had their charger with them
my best friend had a toshiba and he said he was lucky if he got 3 hours out of his. I told him i was getting 7 if i had the brightness low and no back lit keys, he couldn't believe it!
I like the way you download stuff and have that little page that shows you and lets you open it right there.
I Like the mail it comes with
The screen was a big plus for me, i really liked the glossy clarity.
Safari is my favorite browser, recently i started using chrome but ill always like safari the best.
Andddddd most of course, it just looked so dam clean !!!!! i was one of the first people with the new mac, no one had it yet and everyone was jealous! i apparently bought it like 1 week after it came out. and people everywhere i went were so excited to look at it. it was deffinately the must have item of the year!
I love apple notebooks, you can call me a fanboy all you want but i think they truly are the best computers out there. They do not have the best specs but the OS just runs so much better than it does more than make up for it. I can confidently say ill never own another PC again unless work makes me use one!!!!!!
