Ok so I have had my macbook for a little over a month now and I just thought I would share with the world my love for this really great laptop. So in tradition with the rest of the internet here is my top 10 reasons why I love my macbook.
1. Its just really easy.
Chris had prepared me for the worst. He said it would take me time to get used to the new operating system but it wasnt nearly that bad. It took me literially minutes to set up and with in an hour or two it was just as natural as my PC.
2. Leopard kicks the sh!t out of Vista.
Even as I write this I lement the fact that is has come to this. When upgrading my laptop I really didn't want to go down the vista road. I had seen the bugs for myself. Vista played a large part in move to mac and right now with all leopards advantages I cant see me going back any time soon.
3. Pages 08 is just so easy!
My laptop is prodominatly my uni computer. All my essays and reseach is done on it. When it came to writting my first assignment I trialed both Pages 08 and word for mac, I can not lie, once you grasp the principles and inspector on pages your home and hosed. Templates practicly equate to cheating. I get full formatting marks every time with no work what so ever.
4. Mac Apps.
How did I not know about this wonderful world? PC uses are dont know just how out in the cold they are. At this moment I have life shaker, mind node and DVD library running. All my uni notes are in Circus Ponie Notebooks. Best of all, Assignment planner keeps me in track like nothing I have ever come across.
5. Its just so PRETTY!
I scratch my macbook in the first week. I didnt mean to but all my laptops have had hard lives. My HP had this massive black scratch across its silver finish. You could see it from Mars on a good day. My Macbook scratches are practicly invisable. I know Ive tried to point them out to my boyfriend. And how cool is the glowing apple on the front?
6. Dashboard.
Ok PC users how many times have you typed calc? If its anything like me you will know just how cool dashboard is. Why has no body though of this before. With the touch of a single button I have acess to a calculator, Calender, Diconary and my twitter. Its just so user friendly.
7. Compatibility.
I had reservations to begin with about the compatiblity of word and pages. All my uni stuff comes in, in .doc form and has to go out the same way all in all apple really has made it easy. I doubt my lecturers even know that it was done on a mac and that the way I like it.
8.Battery life and Charger.
Do you ever do something really stupid and then think 'god that could have turned out bad'? Well if it wernt for Apples magnetic charger I dont know that I would still have a laptop. As for the battery, I dont know exactly how long it lasts but I know that it lasts the long enough not to disturb my honey if I leave the charger in our bedroom after his gone to bed. There is normally a 3 hour gap between our bed time.
9.The light on the front.
I used to have this really bad habit of getting distracted and walking away from the laptop and coming back to find it flat. My Macbook flashes if its still on and it helps to remind me that I have shut it without turning it off. Its just another great design feature.
10. iphoto.
Organisation is the key to success and I was just so sick of searching folders and files on a PC. Easy to use and great design what more can I say. Makes blogging so much easier.
Don't get me wrong, it has bad points. The speakers suck! Its not enough to stop my mac obsession, I think by the end of the year I will upgrade my PC to an Imac.
Thanks for the comment! I have wanted one of these forever and it is good to hear such great comments about it. My dream is to go on vacation to Australia so I will have to keep checking out your blog to feel like I am already there! :)
Posted by: Denise | April 26, 2008 at 11:08 AM