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Why do you love your MBP
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Tell me, why do you love your Mac Book Pro? What makes it awesome? Why is it better than all other laptops?
I don't love it. I think it is a decent piece of hardware.
The most surprising thing was the Touchpad with BetterTouchTool and OSX.
It is not the best notebook around but it fit my requirements best.
I wanted a good screen, no smaller than 15" and mobile with good battery life (yet still good enough in gaming for the occasional lan). Especially the decent screen quality requirements limits you to just a handful of choices.
There is still stuff that bugs me.
Apple useless an ridiculous automatic graphics switching. Why cannot they just get a Nvidia Optimus or AMD Dynamic Switching driver if they so clearly fail at making their own solution.
The edge at the front is unergonomic. If they would bend the top of the lid a bit forward and smooth over that edge, it would still have a perfect finish that they value so highly but it would offer better ergnomoics.
I will never understand why there isn't any eSATA combo port in my 2010. The whole Displayadapter situation is annoying although it is not too bad. I wouldn't buy a 2011 and wait for 2012 if I wanted one now because buying a notebook without any decent plug for harddrives is just ridiculous. FW800 is expensive and still too slow. Thunderbolt is nice for docking stations but way too expensive for everything else and no substitute.
The most surprising thing was the Touchpad with BetterTouchTool and OSX.
It is not the best notebook around but it fit my requirements best.
I wanted a good screen, no smaller than 15" and mobile with good battery life (yet still good enough in gaming for the occasional lan). Especially the decent screen quality requirements limits you to just a handful of choices.
There is still stuff that bugs me.
Apple useless an ridiculous automatic graphics switching. Why cannot they just get a Nvidia Optimus or AMD Dynamic Switching driver if they so clearly fail at making their own solution.
The edge at the front is unergonomic. If they would bend the top of the lid a bit forward and smooth over that edge, it would still have a perfect finish that they value so highly but it would offer better ergnomoics.
I will never understand why there isn't any eSATA combo port in my 2010. The whole Displayadapter situation is annoying although it is not too bad. I wouldn't buy a 2011 and wait for 2012 if I wanted one now because buying a notebook without any decent plug for harddrives is just ridiculous. FW800 is expensive and still too slow. Thunderbolt is nice for docking stations but way too expensive for everything else and no substitute.
The unibody construction has intrigued me from the beginning.
I like the fact that I can run both OSX and Win7 on it.
Other than that, it really doesn't do much that other laptops can't do.
Still, the sleeping/waking, networking, and trackpad all work better than the last HP/Wintel laptop I had.
I like the fact that I can run both OSX and Win7 on it.
Other than that, it really doesn't do much that other laptops can't do.
Still, the sleeping/waking, networking, and trackpad all work better than the last HP/Wintel laptop I had.
I love it. I had a late 2011 Vaio before I bought my new MacBook Pro and it is leaps and bounds better and led me to transition everything to Mac. I replaced my desktop to an iMac actually started to use my iPad since everything syncs so flawlessly and yesterday bought a MBA all because of my MBP purchase. I love the way its designed its easy user interface and just the feel of it as a whole. Overall I am very happy.
Very aesthetically pleasing (looks sexy), fantastic build quality and OSX is, as Apple say, the world's most advanced operating system and they certainly aren't lying.
In terms of spec, there is nothing special as you can buy other laptops with the same power.
Don't have any dislikes. Obviously it isn't perfect but nothing is. If you are new to Mac you might find it complicated if you are used to Windows.
In terms of spec, there is nothing special as you can buy other laptops with the same power.
Don't have any dislikes. Obviously it isn't perfect but nothing is. If you are new to Mac you might find it complicated if you are used to Windows.
I love mine! I've never been a laptop kind of guy but my MBP changed that. I'm really enjoying my MBP.
Tell me, why do you love your Mac Book Pro? What makes it awesome? Why is it better than all other laptops?
I just like it!
I work for a reseller, and everyone who brings their mac in starts by saying 'I love my Mac', I've never heard that from a PC user 
Or... we could just own up to the fact that different people use the word "love" in a lot of different ways.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love
whats to love? I got mine cheap new open box $800 at bestbuy because i needed a compatible non desk bound apple to go with my imacs and mini. I have covered with an orange plastic case. Its a 13 inch i5 with lion and its quick and does the job. I think the keyboard with backlight is great nice and tactile and the trackpad is very good. Ive had lots of laptops anf this rates high. I also have a 15 inch hp and an asus netbook and we have 2 ipad2 and will go for the ipad3.