Apple MacBook Pro Reviews

About a year ago I start a new job in which our development environment is the Mac Book Pro. In my previously life I had been a pretty hard core Linux guy -- I only used Windows when I had to. Moving to the mac platform has been a joy. Having the best of breed user interface coupled with a real command prompt is paradise.

The Mac just seems more natural. You have what you need and it is simple and straight forward. No more struggling with the package maintenance headaches that come with Linux or the frustration of Windows inconsistencies and brittleness. I can run my Mac Book Pro at work all day,...

We were Mac users years ago.  As my family grew and increased computer needs and wants, Mac software options did not; so, we became PC users.  I, being a desktop publisher missed my Mac.  We currently have a reasonably new PC desktop, but jumped at the chance to get a Mac laptop.  All the reasons I loved Macs are still there and now there is no longer a problem with software compatibility... I have anything a PC has and with greater flexibility and ease of use. 

The customer service at the Apple store has been unbelievable from before purchase to now - 10 months later!  We bought Apple Pro...

I spent the first two years of college fiddling around with three different laptops - two Sony Vaios and one Dell - all of which had malfunctioned in one form or another within six months of the purchase date. None of those laptops were used, either. I gave up on PCs in March 2006 and bought my first Apple: a PowerBook G4. Imagine my suprise when after the first week of use I tried to my Mac on in class and only received a black screen staring me in the face. I immediately took my PowerBook to the Genius Bar at my local Mac store and demanded to know why my fourth computer in two years had blown...

We unfortunately switched to Dell computers a few years back. Everyone was soooo happy. They were so tired of the "tired, slow machines" and when we got the new ones - wow - so much better. DUH!!! The MAC's we had were ten years old, had little memory and were networked with a computer not a real server. I was sullen and thought, well if we had to have PC's at work, I'd better get a PC at home. BAD MISTAKE. Wow what a bad mistake. But we puttered along with that PC for several years, getting it serviced almost every six months, several hundred bucks each time. Finally, I'd had enough. That's it...

I have never owned a Mac - or used one for an extended period of time before I bought the MacBook Pro.  I was initially going to just by a MacBook - but I ended up getting the MacBook Pro because it had the bigger screen - and I am so glad I did.  Most of you might not need the bigger screen for average stuff like writing, email, web browsing and such - but if you are going to be doing stuff like using Photoshop - the bigger screen is  helpful.  I still have my PC, but eventually - I am planning on upgrading that to a Mac as well.  I honestly don't think I will ever use a PC as my primary...