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4.5 stars
"Finally got mine"
Pros: Has a big, beautiful screen with better clarity and color than my old 21? studio display.
Cons: Yes it?s expensive, but I seem to remember seeing a fully equipped 17? Sony VAIO for about $200 more at my local Sony Style. A strong light source will create a faint apple logo on your screen if it?
Summary: Purchased mine through Apple and got Macromedia Studio MX 04 for $399 more. What a deal! BTW, I?ve had no problems with Dreamweaver or Flash on this machine so far. With a gig of ram, these apps run about as fast as they do on my P4 2.6. There are so many nice touches on this machine. Big things like a screen and keyboard that automatically adjust to ambient light conditions to little things like a power-light that fades in and out while the computer is in sleep mode. When you get one of these PowerBooks, you really get the sense that the design guys at Apple sweat over every little detail. Oh, and I?ve had no problems with dead pixels (haven?t found a one). Purchased the Apple Bluetooth keyboard / mouse and both are working as advertised. Now a word about the Mac OS. I?m traditionally a PC guy ? they were always less expensive and software was, ahem, more available. I?ve done my job both on XP pro and Panther and I have to say that OS X is by far the more robust of the two. XP is frankly a step back for Microsoft. I?ve had explorer crash more times than I can remember when searching for multiple files or while saving to some deep sub-directory (taking your application along with it). After a year working on OS X, I have yet to experience near the amount of productivity robbing crashes and hangs that I suffered through with XP on a multitude of PCs. The thing to remember here is that you?re not just buying a shiny piece of hardware; you?re buying a productivity suite. If your work allows you the option of choosing between the two operating systems, get the Mac. The time you spend aquatinting yourself with the new operating system will more than pay off in the end in a better user experience. If you?re shopping for a new 17? notebook, you?ll be very happy with the new PowerBook.
