Hey
Im new to these forums but I have done a bit of lurking while researching what to purchase following the demise of my 4 year old HP laptop. I hated Vista so I decided to make the change to mac and after a 3 week wait, my new macbook pro finally arrived!
And so far I couldn't be happier! The set up was so easy and after reading a few of the threads about various problems I was a bit nervous but so far i cannot find a thing wrong with it.
Thoughts so far:
1. No dead pixels. The screen looks amazing compared to my old laptop and the glossy screen isn't distracting at all even though the I've got the brightness turned down and its a really sunny day outside
2. I was a little but worried about the size of the pro as its a 15 incher and I'm used to 13 but the thinness makes it seem much smaller and it weights exactly the same as my old HP
3. The battery seems really good. I downloaded coconutbattery and it says straight out of the box its capacity is 4911mA and it had zero cycles on it. Im currently calibrating it so it will be interesting to see how that changes after a few battery cycles
4. Build quality is amazing. The lid its fits perfectly, the keys are so easy to press and the trackpad only requires a light touch to click. Comparing it to the laptop I tried in the store, the trackpad is a lot quieter and doesn't require anywhere near as much effort to click.
The only bad thing I can see so far is that it seems to be taking a long time to charge (out of the box it was at 74% and it took over an hour and a half to reach full charge) but i suspect that was just because it was it first charge and the battery was pretty full to start with. Just out of interest, how long does a full charge take after its broken in?
All in all I'm really pleased with it and it was definitely worth the money!
kreuzberg
Im new to these forums but I have done a bit of lurking while researching what to purchase following the demise of my 4 year old HP laptop. I hated Vista so I decided to make the change to mac and after a 3 week wait, my new macbook pro finally arrived!
And so far I couldn't be happier! The set up was so easy and after reading a few of the threads about various problems I was a bit nervous but so far i cannot find a thing wrong with it.
Thoughts so far:
1. No dead pixels. The screen looks amazing compared to my old laptop and the glossy screen isn't distracting at all even though the I've got the brightness turned down and its a really sunny day outside
2. I was a little but worried about the size of the pro as its a 15 incher and I'm used to 13 but the thinness makes it seem much smaller and it weights exactly the same as my old HP
3. The battery seems really good. I downloaded coconutbattery and it says straight out of the box its capacity is 4911mA and it had zero cycles on it. Im currently calibrating it so it will be interesting to see how that changes after a few battery cycles
4. Build quality is amazing. The lid its fits perfectly, the keys are so easy to press and the trackpad only requires a light touch to click. Comparing it to the laptop I tried in the store, the trackpad is a lot quieter and doesn't require anywhere near as much effort to click.
The only bad thing I can see so far is that it seems to be taking a long time to charge (out of the box it was at 74% and it took over an hour and a half to reach full charge) but i suspect that was just because it was it first charge and the battery was pretty full to start with. Just out of interest, how long does a full charge take after its broken in?
All in all I'm really pleased with it and it was definitely worth the money!
kreuzberg
