I purchased a MBP 17" customized off the Apple website. Haven't had any sort of problem whatsoever. I will download the updates anyhow but I must say I've had it since they first shipped and have never been happier with a laptop or computer in general. The machine runs beautifully and the speed on Final Cut makes me want to gush about it to every person I meet (most of whom are non-techies who feel impressed yet can never fully understand the beauty in fulfilled immediacy of short render times). I've been running along with the puter world since Commodore 64s. After years of frustrated Windows OS experience I switched over to Mac and will never look back. My jump to the G4 was like an exodus from PC clunksville. My upgrade to the MBP has been... well... I feel like I've been reborn. Another note real quick before I end. With the MBP I ordered the 23 inch HD Cinema Monitor (beautiful). I Opened it, noticed a small quarter inch only-visible-in-direct-light scratch on the monitor, brought it to the Apple store and was treated like a king. I was immediately brought a new monitor and sent on my way. It was the same treatment I'd received when my Ipod Harddrive would die yet this time with a far more expensive (and workline vital) piece of equipment. I took a cab home and was never so happy.
The moral of the story; Apple is the only company that I've ever felt gives a shit about my satisfaction. Assuming you buy the Applecare with your equipment (which only a fool would pass up), Apple will take care of you.
If you don't like OS X or Mac, well I suppose to each his own. Personally, the idea of using anything but a Mac makes me queazy. I'm so traumatized and disgusted by Windows that I probably won't even utilize the Boot Camp feature (although it's nice to know it's there. Because the option of using Windows is essentially equivalent to the option of eating dinner via the corner deli buffet; dirty, stale and something you generally don't trust but glad to know about for the sake of general knowledge).
HP has had plenty of time to fine-tune its finger-friendly TouchSmart software, and now, its newest model, the TouchSmart 610, ushers in a fresh design, highlighted by a hinge that allows the display to slide down and lie nearly flat.
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I purchased a MBP 17" customized off the Apple website. Haven't had any sort of problem whatsoever. I will download the updates anyhow but I must say I've had it since they first shipped and have never been happier with a laptop or computer in general. The machine runs beautifully and the speed on Final Cut makes me want to gush about it to every person I meet (most of whom are non-techies who feel impressed yet can never fully understand the beauty in fulfilled immediacy of short render times). I've been running along with the puter world since Commodore 64s. After years of frustrated Windows OS experience I switched over to Mac and will never look back. My jump to the G4 was like an exodus from PC clunksville. My upgrade to the MBP has been... well... I feel like I've been reborn.
Another note real quick before I end. With the MBP I ordered the 23 inch HD Cinema Monitor (beautiful). I Opened it, noticed a small quarter inch only-visible-in-direct-light scratch on the monitor, brought it to the Apple store and was treated like a king. I was immediately brought a new monitor and sent on my way. It was the same treatment I'd received when my Ipod Harddrive would die yet this time with a far more expensive (and workline vital) piece of equipment.
I took a cab home and was never so happy.
The moral of the story; Apple is the only company that I've ever felt gives a shit about my satisfaction. Assuming you buy the Applecare with your equipment (which only a fool would pass up), Apple will take care of you.
If you don't like OS X or Mac, well I suppose to each his own. Personally, the idea of using anything but a Mac makes me queazy. I'm so traumatized and disgusted by Windows that I probably won't even utilize the Boot Camp feature (although it's nice to know it's there. Because the option of using Windows is essentially equivalent to the option of eating dinner via the corner deli buffet; dirty, stale and something you generally don't trust but glad to know about for the sake of general knowledge).