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[Svetlana]

No, I am not thinking of rejoing C*prus 44...

While in the UK on a couple of trips, recently, I noticed that many people had moved across to Macs and I saw an excellent MacBook Pro with HD screen.

No longer does it seem that they are used solely by Graphic Designers; the quirkiness seemed to have been ironed out but the individualism remains.

They are not cheap though... am I looking in a dark abyss?

Lana

[Raymanoff]

Wait for Windows7

[DANGAMAN]

Wait for Windows7

When will windows 7 be released?

Any major improvements?

[chedda]

We have 3 macs at home at present you will not regret it Svetlana ! It's like night & day. The facts remain those who switch very very rarely go back. The new public store will be open soon in tiffany mall, you can find me there on the mac section. I will introduce you to the range and will answer any questions you have.

Simon

[Sotos]

The question you should answer is: How important are looks and fashion to you? The MacBook is a very good computer but buying a Mac has some problems (not related with the computer itself) and only if you value looks and fashion a lot you should overlook those problems and buy one. The problems are: You pay more than what you would pay for another notebook with equivalent specs. You will have to learn a new operating system. There will be less people able to provide support to you when you need it. Smaller choice of programs. There is no advantage other than looks and fashion.

[Sotos]

And are you sure about that HD screen? Have you tried reading long texts on it? HD on a 17" monitor would make text tiny at standard size which is no problem for teenagers but you are not exactly a teen so you should make sure you are comfortable with that resolution on such a small screen. I have a friend (late 40s) who uses 1024x768px resolution on a monitor that can support 1280x1024px because with the higher resolution he can not read the text comfortably.

[chedda]

How important is build quality too you? How important is the fact that you can keep your laptop for 7 or 8 years while upgrading software ? How important is the re sale value to you ? How important is better memory management and stability to you ? How important is not running anti virus software ? By the way Sotos you can also run windows on a mac now. Apple are the only company which develop and build hardware and software giving them a unique position. Oh and yes design and style is also high on the list ! Take your time and watch some of the quicktime keynotes available. The halo effect from the ipod and iphone is pushing apple to the forefront at the moment.

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/appleevents/

There has to be other mac heads on the forum to back me up surely ?

[Get Real!]

There’s nothing a Mac can do that an IBM compatible cannot so it all comes down to having money burning a hole in your pocket, and being prepared to learn everything from scratch to be able to use this gadget.

[Svetlana]

Hi Sotos

How do you know I am not a teenager

Strange you should mention the difficulty of reading text (on a Mac HD screen). I had to click on 'Enlarge Text' twice before I could comfortably use it; its owner is even younger than me and has much better eyesight!
Certainly, photos came up well on the screen and I am used to a pretty good Sony WUXGA screen on my laptop and high quality Sony 23" screen on my PC.

As to GR's point about having to relearn the OS; I don't delve into anything beyond the superficial level, so beyond coming to terms with Safari, which I have on my Iphone anyway, that is not too much of a problem.

Interestingly, in one chapter of my life, I used to sell Computer sytems, so know absolutely nothing about IT - product knowledge would only have confused me!

Lana

[CBBB]

And she doesn't even look blonde in her picture!