It has been just over 1 week now since I parted with the readies to pay for the new 17″ MacBook Pro.
So far it has been awesome. I am currently in the throws of getting my hands on a bunch of software to allow me to do what I would normally be able to do on any of my PC’s. I have found a few good apps, and I continue to find more. But if you have any must-have apps, then please to tell.
I have been craving a Mac for quite some time now, and it has taken a very long time to be able to justify the cost. But needless to say now that I have it I am in love. It has been rebooted a total of 3 times since I first turned it on. These were all for updates.
So far I have:
- OpenOffice
- iLife
- TextMate
- iTerm (not sure if prefer this to terminal.app or not, yet)
- Lock Desktop
- PGP
other misc stuff
So far most folks have been asking me about the battery life, does it really last 8 hours. So far, no. But it has lasted just shy of 7 hours 2 or 3 times already. This is with the screen on just about 50-60% brightness and no use of the DVD drive etc. How incredible is that? One full working day near as damn it on one full charge.
So, moving on I intend to get rid of all my PCs at home, and eventually have just this MackBook and one PowerMac, or iMac depending on if we want to have more than one screen.
