Mac drives me crazy 1/2 the time and I love it 1/2 the time.

I have not posted forever. Probably because this macbook pro drives me absolutely nuts sometimes. After slowly getting use to the different key combinations I can actually get around ok, although I still have alot to learn.

The battery lasts for about 3 hours, maybe slightly more, depending on what I am doing. This is great. It does run fast. But to be fair a new pc laptop with the same config would probably do the same. It wakes up from sleep mode faster than I think a pc with windows ever could. And it is sleek and cool.

But, I can't beleive how hard it is to use some of the dvd/movie features. I have tried to create dvd's from a panasonic mini-dv camera and it has been a frustrating nightmare. Even once you learn how to do it there are quirks that drive me nuts. If you don't catch some of the subtle things, it just fails and you don't know why. Thank goodness for my daughter's basketball coach, she figures it out, even thought it sometimes takes her a while too.

Anyway, my macbook pro isn't going away. But it won't be my main machine anytime soon.

Oh, one huge plus is the touchpad. Dragging 2 fingers scrolls. 2 Finger touch is like a double click (Although Steve Jobs is crazy for not just putting 2 stupid buttons on there in the first place). With the pc I ALWAYS pull out the wireless notebook mouse. With the macbook pro I am more comfortable with the trackpad because it is so responsive and nice. I catch myself trying to 2 finger drag back on the pc and it doesn't work.