Macbook Pro 2 week review

[jayhawk11]

I really liked the OPs post, very concise and helpful for us about to switch over. One thing I've been wondering is how Crysis runs? I've heard quite a lot about it running on mixed medium/high pretty well, but I value resolution pretty highly, and they all seem to be sacrificing it for extra FPS. What FPS do you get when you play it?

Also, I'm currently a Windows/Linux user and I have McAfee on both systems, but trying to get McAfee software for Mac is somewhat of a nightmare. They only seem to sell it to Enterprise Businesses, and only a minimum of 3 copies? Very strange. I know OS X is pretty secure, but because of it's popularity increasing, that will slowly change, and I'd like to have a backup rather than just relying on not many people using OS X.

Dude...don't sweat the antivirus stuff. Its not a matter of how many people are using OS X. The foundation of OS X is rock solid. It doesn't matter if I throw a pebble at Hoover Dam, or if 1,000 people throw a pebble at Hoover Dam...its not going to budge.

Granted, thats a little exaggerated, but any and all "attacks" that have happened end up boiling down to the user giving explicit permission to the "virus" in order for it to run.

 

[johngardiner]

Dude...don't sweat the antivirus stuff. Its not a matter of how many people are using OS X. The foundation of OS X is rock solid. It doesn't matter if I throw a pebble at Hoover Dam, or if 1,000 people throw a pebble at Hoover Dam...its not going to budge.

Granted, thats a little exaggerated, but any and all "attacks" that have happened end up boiling down to the user giving explicit permission to the "virus" in order for it to run.

Agreed... it seems like any viruses or problems in OSX comes from a small mistake in the programing that gets patched up immediately. Not to mention whenever there is a flaw you hear about it on all the tech blogs immediately. That goes to show that whenever something is found, it's a big deal!

 

[venasque]

Hi there,

Thanks for posting your experience. I really do appreciate the time you've taken to do so. Especially as someone on the fence at the moment. What surprises me is the gaming you're able to do.