The MacBook is out
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Unless you want to share a movie with more than one friend, you mean? 
... I'll certainly review the little bugger once it gets here. Might be Monday if it doesn't get here by Friday. Thursday's a holiday here, so I might have miscalculated... Either way: I'll write about it.
... I'll certainly review the little bugger once it gets here. Might be Monday if it doesn't get here by Friday. Thursday's a holiday here, so I might have miscalculated... Either way: I'll write about it.
Okay, got mine. It arrived very early this morning and is now living on battery until it goes to deep-sleep, so I can fully recharge it for the first time. ... The keyboard is "okay" even in the first seconds, but I guess after a couple of hours, I won't miss the old one. The space between keys irritates my fingers a little, though.
Glossy screen? Very different - but good, I think. Right now I have the windows of the room in my back, and I certainly _do_ get a bit of glare, but nothing I couldn't live with. Good picture. When I turn around - so there's no glare - the picture is perfect, I think.
And if you turn the brightness off _ompletely_, I can _still_ see what I'm writing here! So I guess it *IS* better to work with out in the sun! Just turn the brightness down completely and let the sunlight light the screen a little for you! I'll have to test that, of course.
... The keyboard is "okay" even in the first seconds, but I guess after a couple of hours, I won't miss the old one. The space between keys irritates my fingers a little, though.Glossy screen? Very different - but good, I think. Right now I have the windows of the room in my back, and I certainly _do_ get a bit of glare, but nothing I couldn't live with. Good picture. When I turn around - so there's no glare - the picture is perfect, I think.
And if you turn the brightness off _ompletely_, I can _still_ see what I'm writing here! So I guess it *IS* better to work with out in the sun! Just turn the brightness down completely and let the sunlight light the screen a little for you! I'll have to test that, of course.
I've written a first-impression type thingie at http://haligon.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-macbook-has-arrived.html ... There'll be more once my battery is fully loaded and the MacBook used for a couple of hours.
Oh... Have to add that MS Office really is _no_ problem through Rosetta with 2 GB of RAM. Neither is Adobe CS 2. At least for a _little_ work. I'll have to test it against more serious files still, but initial testing tells me that Apple's doing the right thing pushing the move to intel.
Oh... Have to add that MS Office really is _no_ problem through Rosetta with 2 GB of RAM. Neither is Adobe CS 2. At least for a _little_ work. I'll have to test it against more serious files still, but initial testing tells me that Apple's doing the right thing pushing the move to intel.
nice. hey! i just found out that, well, parallels _rocks_ as a solution for running the occasional windows software and (!): the two-finger on pad plus button works as a second mouse button in windows (through parallels), too! so does scrolling with two fingers! gotta say: very convenient solution... now if only i had a real use for windows besides testing web pages.
hey! i just found out that, well, parallels _rocks_ as a solution for running the occasional windows software and (!): the two-finger on pad plus button works as a second mouse button in windows (through parallels), too! so does scrolling with two fingers! gotta say: very convenient solution... now if only i had a real use for windows besides testing web pages. 
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