It’s been a month now since I bought the MacBook Pro and I’m about to make it my primary portable computer. It’s not any one thing and I’m not sold on the Mac is greatest and Windows stinks. My Windows laptop still gets almost as much use as the Mac and my Windows desktop gets more use than both. What I’ve found though is the combination of light weight and small size make it perfect as the “put in the bag and go” computer that I need. If anything it may reduce my use of the iPad more than other computers.
I do plan to try moving my Windows development environment, my primary use for the Windows laptop, over the MacBook running as a virtual machine. I’m not sure if that will stick both due to the memory in the computer and due to the smaller screen size. I’ve gotten used to this for email and editing files, but not sure how it will look editing code. Time will tell.
I can’t deny there is an element of sexiness to the MacBook. Taking it out of the case just looks better than my PC. Last Friday a friend came over to work on a project together. She ran a little late and while waiting I went through email and when she arrived left the MacBook sitting on my couch. She noticed it and commented on it. Now she is a long time Mac user, but I know that a new PC would not have gotten the same reaction.
So a month into the MacBook it’s winning me over. The next couple of weeks where I try to move my PC related tasks to it will tell much.