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Whether it's playing on the command line or installing a new programming language and interacting with its REPL, I'm continually finding ways to step outside my comfort zone on this computer. There's something about it that just makes me feel more adventurous. Now, I know this might sound crazy, but also I believe this MacBook has made me a more well-rounded individual. State-change on the Mac, in general, appears to be a highly optimized and completely pain-free experience.

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This is amazing! When I was on a Windows machine, waiting for the machine to come out of sleep mode could take upwards of a minute (on a new Windows 7 machine). When I hit a button, it pops back on almost immediately. When I tell it to 'sleep,' it does so instantly. One feature that I feel the benefit of on a daily basis is the incredible speed with which the machine Sleeps and Restores.

This operating system appears to be jam-packed with tons of goodies.Īnd, I'm quite sure I've only scratch the surface. Need to turn your Mac into a wireless hotspot? No problem, it's already built-in. Every time I wonder if the Mac can do something, a quick Google search typically will reveal that such-and-such feature is already built directly into the operating system. One of the things that repeatedly surprises me is how much functionality is built directly into the Mac.

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The good news is, aside from the few items above, pretty much everything else about my MacBook Pro kind of rocks it hardcore style. Though, there was actually one action that I did like for a while but then I discovered that I could program my mouse's thumb-button to do the same thing and the last useful corner became irrelevant (and the slower option). The only time I ever really triggered an Expose feature was by accident. This is another one of those things that looked cool from afar but quickly lost its attractiveness when I started to use it. So what do Spaces do? For me, they only added unnecessary animation (read: delay) between my application toggling.Įxpose (ie. Everything else is an ALT+TAB away - the space on which it resides is completely and utterly irrelevant. In other words, it's the one I'm focused on. With the exception of an IM client, the 'current' app is always that huge window maximized in front of me. The problem was that my original perception was founded on a completely false notion: that apps are grouped.Īpplication are not grouped rather, there is the currently active application and then there is everything else. Then, I got my Mac and realized that Spaces was useless. I always thought it would be awesome to be able to jump back and forth between logically-grouped sets of applications. When I was a Windows user, I saw everyone using Spaces at the conferences and it made me really jealous. Every time I ALT+TAB when I meant to ALT+~, I reminded of the incompleteness of this feature. I have felt this pain from day-one and it is not something that I've ever been able to ever get fully used to. Everything from maximizing, to minimizing, to alt-tabbing is just not up to the level of the Windows OS yet. Without a doubt, the worst feature on this computer is the way it handles windowing. NOTE: Everything beyond this point is 100% personal opinion! I am sure my experience will differ greatly from yours.

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In fact, I can definitely say that when this computer no longer holds its value, my next upgrade will also be to a Mac.įor this retrospective, I want to start with the bad and progress to the good so that we can end on the positive notes (which are far greater in this case). Despite a few flaws, which I'll cover, the experience with my MacBook Pro has been overwhelmingly positive.

In honor of the the Apple WWDC 2011 keynote and event, I thought I would take a few minutes to reflect on my transition to the Mac and how I feel about the computer after a year of dedicated use.

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I'm coming up on my first full year of being a Mac user since my Lenovo died last August.