designerguy
2007-06-23, 21:46
*Posted this on the apple site too:
Thanks for all the feedback and advice for making my decision to get the macbook pro!!!
I LOVE THIS THING!! Long time apple user since apple II Plus days and never had the guts to goto the high end laptops...but always admired them. Have used the desktop towers since day one for both home and professional usage. I have to say that after reading all the probs folks were having on this site and others I was going to wait a few months until things smoothed out. Glad I didn't!!
I'm a graphic designer by career and have no prob so far w/the screen (knock on wood). I think it's awesome. Have no idea what the other posts are talking about w/the yellow hue? Have not noticed any flickering with this laptop or at the store. I work with color correct monitors all day and see no probs with this screen. It's not perfectly calibrated, of course, because it's a lap top. Some folks complained about the whites not being white but when you calibrate the screen to a semi decent state whites are never to be white (at least doing print work).
I did avoid doing the latest system X update because many had posted that doing so killed their net access ability. I'm surfing now wirelessly for the past few hours and have no probs on that front either. Using Dlink router b/g.
Heat wise..have not loaded the processor yet.
Tested out the ichat and have to say that it's been my best experience using ichat. The streaming images were smooth and not choppy/pixelated like I've experienced before.
I picked up the ibook a few years ago for a home system and regreted not getting the Pro grade system. Well worth the wait for the revised screen and new chip set.
Over all i'm in mac heaven. :)
Thanks for all the feedback and advice for making my decision to get the macbook pro!!!
I LOVE THIS THING!! Long time apple user since apple II Plus days and never had the guts to goto the high end laptops...but always admired them. Have used the desktop towers since day one for both home and professional usage. I have to say that after reading all the probs folks were having on this site and others I was going to wait a few months until things smoothed out. Glad I didn't!!
I'm a graphic designer by career and have no prob so far w/the screen (knock on wood). I think it's awesome. Have no idea what the other posts are talking about w/the yellow hue? Have not noticed any flickering with this laptop or at the store. I work with color correct monitors all day and see no probs with this screen. It's not perfectly calibrated, of course, because it's a lap top. Some folks complained about the whites not being white but when you calibrate the screen to a semi decent state whites are never to be white (at least doing print work).
I did avoid doing the latest system X update because many had posted that doing so killed their net access ability. I'm surfing now wirelessly for the past few hours and have no probs on that front either. Using Dlink router b/g.
Heat wise..have not loaded the processor yet.
Tested out the ichat and have to say that it's been my best experience using ichat. The streaming images were smooth and not choppy/pixelated like I've experienced before.
I picked up the ibook a few years ago for a home system and regreted not getting the Pro grade system. Well worth the wait for the revised screen and new chip set.
Over all i'm in mac heaven. :)