08-26-2010, 08:22 PM
I got a 15" i5 last week, and I'm loving it. It's much speedier than my Core Duo Macbook (2006?) and I get very few beachballs. I suppose having 4gb of ram helps. It also runs Windows 7 in VMWare Fusion like a charm, and I've already used the firewire 800 port for a speedy backup. I do think I could cook an egg if I flipped it over, though, and maybe that should be a feature.
The one thing that is hard to get used to is the trackpad -- I really like the tap-to-click feature, but it doesn't seem to work right at the edges. That, combined with the fact that the keyboard is a bit farther from the trackpad than on my macbook has meant that a number of times I've tap-tap-tapped with nothing happening.
Get it.
-Tofer
edit: forgot to mention that it was a bit pricey, once I figured in the extras I had to get (Applecare, extra power cord, different video cords, new sleeve, etc.). I think it was worth it.
The one thing that is hard to get used to is the trackpad -- I really like the tap-to-click feature, but it doesn't seem to work right at the edges. That, combined with the fact that the keyboard is a bit farther from the trackpad than on my macbook has meant that a number of times I've tap-tap-tapped with nothing happening.
Get it.
-Tofer
edit: forgot to mention that it was a bit pricey, once I figured in the extras I had to get (Applecare, extra power cord, different video cords, new sleeve, etc.). I think it was worth it.