Macbook Pro's are ace buy one immediately :D

[mrdavies]

yep, but http://reviews.cnet.com/4531-10921_7-6484737.html

I will have a go at this soon, purely to have done it.. i honestly can't see why I would want windows on this hardware at the moment though. When i got my hands on Vista final i was impressed but OSX Tiger is stupidly impressive.

Sh1t i'm turning into a proper mac fanboy

[MrsGoof]

All praise the OrangeHopper.

It's taken a while but you are all slowly converting.

All praise Jobs and Wozithingy

[Ruprect]

Yeah but they are feckin expensive by comparison to similar hardware that only runs windows/linux. Why is this? why do you have to pay SO much more for a little illuminated apple on the lid?

[Cowboy Bob]

Yeah but they are feckin expensive by comparison to similar hardware that only runs windows/linux. Why is this? why do you have to pay SO much more for a little illuminated apple on the lid?

That's actually a myth - unless you're talking about the Wintel laptops that contain generic components.

If you had to source a laptop with the equivalent branded parts you'd expect to pay pretty much the same. They're slightly cheaper than the equivalent Thinkpad for example.

Also, I ordered mine a week before they introduced a new model. They e-mailed me to say that because a new model was coming out they were dropping the price of the model I ordered. They credited my account with the difference (about £300) and sent me a machine with a larger hard-drive for the inconvenience of having to wait an extra week. Can't say fairer than that...

[OrangeHopper]

Nothing is perfect but some things are more perfect than others!

[Sockpuppet]

If you have a Mac then get this.... http://orbicule.com/

Must say that on the surface that software looks really, really nice.

[Joe Black]

That's actually a myth - unless you're talking about the Wintel laptops that contain generic components.

If you had to source a laptop with the equivalent branded parts you'd expect to pay pretty much the same. They're slightly cheaper than the equivalent Thinkpad for example.

Well, for once I'll have to agree. Previously Mac notebooks certainly went at a premium price. But since the switch to Intel Duos the prices for comparable kit are not too bad. And if you look at say the MacBook Pro models then yes you're getting the more or less top of the food chain Intel T7600 Core 2 Duos for much the same, occasionally better, price as any PC notebook out there.

Unfortunately, unless you're a Flash/Photoshop guru, you'll still have to install something else on it to earn your daily crust.

[Cowboy Bob]

Unfortunately, unless you're a Flash/Photoshop guru, you'll still have to install something else on it to earn your daily crust.

Or unless you develop in Java

[cojak]

The prie is comparable provided you don't want it in black (fashion victims beware!)

[Sockpuppet]

The prie is comparable provided you don't want it in black (fashion victims beware!)

My notebook is black....then I thought that all notebooks were black.




Apple. Products so cool we don't need customers.