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Apple PowerBook Laptop 15" M9422LL/A Review from Mirrorguy. Like driving BMW, Like it or not, I’ve used Windows/PC for the past 12 years. Macintosh occasionally appealed to me, but I didn’t get it partly because it’s expensive, partly because of compatibility. At work and at home, I owned: Dell Inspiron, Thinkpad, Dell/HP Desktops, running Windows 98/2000/XP. Also I tinkered with Sun workstations running UNIX (I’m an EE guy and have a respect for UNIX).
After 12 years of Microsoft (and blue screens), I made a bold switch to Apple Powerbook 15" with 1.5GHz/512RAM/80Gb, and I’m so happy with this system that even 5 stars are not high enough.

– The sleek aluminum chassis and the wide screen generate Wow! effect.
– This 15" machine is lighter than my old Dell laptop.
– It’s very quiet during operation, but the bottom side may occasionally become hot.
– The keyboard has a good depth and touch, and the backlit keyboard is simply cool.
– Using the built-in microphone, you can play the bundled 3-D chess game via OS X’s voice-recognition. Isn’t that futuristic?

About software compatibility (from EE guy’s viewpoint):
– MS Office 2004 for Mac became my favorite patch of programs. Even better than the XP version – a very important factor in my decision to switch.
– Math tools, especially Mathematica 5 and Matlab, run well on Mac.
– Favorite design tools, Adobe Photoshop and Carrara 3, work well. After all, Mac was built for them.

– There are tons of open source programs you can use: GIMP, A/G BLAST, …
– Some layout and CAD tools are not compatible. I have to use old PC. For those number-crunching jobs, however, I don’t use laptop anyhow.

As much as I enjoy steering this elegant silver machine, I love to navigate through the Mac OS X. As Sun’s Bill Joy said during an interview, "Mac OS X is rock solid". I like the idea of using UNIX commands on my Mac, although I can do everything with the user-friendly Mac interface.

Yes, Powerbook is more expensive compared with Dell and other PCs, but you get what you pay for: top-quality components, futuristic functionality, eye-catching design, and the enormous joy of owning a rock-solid elegant machine (like BMW!). You’ll definitely like this one!

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