The Sect of Rama

I've just received my next laptop, just in time for the weekend: A Macbook Pro. The Acer Ferrari 4000 is a nice machine, but the opportunity presented itself to try an Apple (for the first time), and I took it. More office bling to covet. [thanks Will]

So far- unpackaged, powered-up, patched- I've got mixed feelings about it. The build quality of the Apple if far superior to the Acer, its quieter, and is *slightly* smaller. The first thing I noticed was the one monolithic mouse button sticks up, its not flush. If it weren't for another Macbook a friend got at the same time showing the same symptom, I'd have thought this were a manufacturing defect (maybe it still is, and affects the whole batch?) After booting it up and going thru the initialization process, I got to a registration screen, and although it claims to be optional, I couldn't bypass it without providing all the info! Luckily Watt was at the same screen by now, and found that you could function-Q around this. And yes, I'm a privacy freak.

Other than those two things, its been smooth sailing. The Macbook found the wireless signal and downloaded a bunch of updates-- and thats all I've had time for so far. I'll have to get more comfortable (starting with a 3 button mouse!) this weekend. Check out Flickr for more photos comparing the Ferrari to the Macbook.