Note to Steve... Steve? You could sell way more Macs dude.
Now I don't want to touch off that old powder keg of "Which is better, Apple V.S. PC?" I have iterated to the opinion that you should choose whatever system works for the task at hand. I use Windows because my clients do. It has all the tools I need to get my job done and Mac's don't. Mac's are not easier to use, not more intuitive, not more reliable, and not in any real objective measure better, just different. Sure Mac's have fun toys like Garage Band, but since I no longer make my living as a musician, toys don't help pay the bills.
In my day-to-day work I use Windows Vista SP1. I consider myself a power user. The demands I make on any system eventually end up exceeding it's capacity -- so I replace my laptop about every two years. This time, when I went searching for a new laptop, I needed one that had some juice. I liked the Alienware and Voodo laptops and although they are pretty heavy, they kinda rock. But wait, their is a sleeper here with even better specs!
My choice? An Apple MacBook Pro with 17" with a glossy 1920x1200 display.. It's top of the line, 4 gigs ram, 7200 RPM drive, maxed out everything, etc. etc. -- pretty sweet.
I tried running Vista under Parallels, but it was waaaay to slow so I opted for Boot Camp. The install was straightforward and it worked right away. My only issue was the graphics driver -- the default driver was a generic VGA one, so even though Aero worked it was clunky. I was not able to use any of the native graphics capabilities until I downloaded a driver for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT. I was surprised at the response time of the machine, pretty snappy. Then I found this article ... wow imagine that -- the world's fastest Vista laptop is an Apple MacBook.
So, this begs the question. This laptop is rockin' the free world so why doesn't Apple sell it? Steve, you have made a pretty slick, powerful, light-weight road warrior solution. It handles anything I have thrown at it so far -- I have even dropped it twice and it survived. IMHO Apple would push more product if this configuration was available directly from my local Apple Store -- not to mention the obvious positive influence this would have on the share price.
The only criticism I have is that Apple Boot Camp does not support 64 Bit Windows Vista, so I can't put the pedal to the metal as far as CPU horsepower is concerned. My only regret? That I didn't use the *whole* disk for the Windows partition.
Dude. Offer the MacBook out-of-the-box with Vista 32/64 and Wall Street will love you.
In my day-to-day work I use Windows Vista SP1. I consider myself a power user. The demands I make on any system eventually end up exceeding it's capacity -- so I replace my laptop about every two years. This time, when I went searching for a new laptop, I needed one that had some juice. I liked the Alienware and Voodo laptops and although they are pretty heavy, they kinda rock. But wait, their is a sleeper here with even better specs!
My choice? An Apple MacBook Pro with 17" with a glossy 1920x1200 display.. It's top of the line, 4 gigs ram, 7200 RPM drive, maxed out everything, etc. etc. -- pretty sweet.
I tried running Vista under Parallels, but it was waaaay to slow so I opted for Boot Camp. The install was straightforward and it worked right away. My only issue was the graphics driver -- the default driver was a generic VGA one, so even though Aero worked it was clunky. I was not able to use any of the native graphics capabilities until I downloaded a driver for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT. I was surprised at the response time of the machine, pretty snappy. Then I found this article ... wow imagine that -- the world's fastest Vista laptop is an Apple MacBook.
So, this begs the question. This laptop is rockin' the free world so why doesn't Apple sell it? Steve, you have made a pretty slick, powerful, light-weight road warrior solution. It handles anything I have thrown at it so far -- I have even dropped it twice and it survived. IMHO Apple would push more product if this configuration was available directly from my local Apple Store -- not to mention the obvious positive influence this would have on the share price.
The only criticism I have is that Apple Boot Camp does not support 64 Bit Windows Vista, so I can't put the pedal to the metal as far as CPU horsepower is concerned. My only regret? That I didn't use the *whole* disk for the Windows partition.
Dude. Offer the MacBook out-of-the-box with Vista 32/64 and Wall Street will love you.
posted by John Free at
9:03 AM
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