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And the Winner Is...

Category: Self: Meet Center. Center: Meet Self.
Posted on: March 26, 2008 8:05 PM, by Dave Bacon

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Well, after the Great Debate, I decided to take the plunge and get....
Yep, a MacBook Pro with a top clock speed and a ton of RAM (what you can't infer those later things from the picture?) So far things are so good, although I must say, the "it just works," MacMantra is just a plain lie. Getting LaTeXiT, Leopard, Linkback plugin, and Keynote to play nice together was certainly not something I'd want to force upon most people. However, I guess if your trying to use LaTeX in Keynote, then you're probably up to the task.

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Oooh, very nice!

My own experiences with a Mac haven't been too kind; I just say that anyone who claims "it just works" about anything is probably trying to sell you something.

Posted by: Spook | March 26, 2008 8:47 PM

Welcome to the club!

Posted by: Steve | March 26, 2008 9:11 PM

Noo! Another one leaves us for the other side... *teardrop*.

(I'm pretty sure this'll work out fine and maybe be an improvement for you, so that's cool, but still, we Windows people are losing brethren, and it's sad...)

Posted by: Domenic | March 26, 2008 10:28 PM

Very nice. (Our tax dollars at work!) ;-)

Posted by: JohnQPublic | March 26, 2008 10:34 PM

That desktop is horrible.

Posted by: astephens | March 26, 2008 10:47 PM

I see from whatever external drive you have plugged in that you are not using Time Machine (on that one anyway). Time Machine r0xrz!

It recently saved me, though I did get a little burnt because I wasn't backing up as often as I should be.

Posted by: Jeb, FCD | March 26, 2008 11:03 PM

Regarding Spook's ill-informed comment, and maybe Domenic's as well, some people's brains just aren't wired for Mac.

Personally, I think those people would be very happy on some sort of Germany 1939-lite version.

Posted by: Jeb, FCD | March 26, 2008 11:05 PM

The it just works is true, provided you don't try to do anything interesting with it. In general, apple is great if you don't need fine-tuned controls.

But maybe I'm just bitter, because I spent a nice while today trying to get our vista box working with the printer plugged into our Airport router, which doesn't have a web interface. I mean, really now. Give a router a web interface.

But congrats on the purchase! Two things I've learned: Quicksilver is your friend, and InsomniaX lets you turn your macbook into a (very expensive, and barely portable) mp3 player.

Posted by: Aaron Lemur Mintz | March 27, 2008 2:01 AM

astephens: sheesh, insult my wife why don't you?

Posted by: Dave Bacon | March 27, 2008 10:54 AM

Why are you switching to Keynote in the first place? You can just as well use Powerpoint. (Yes, Keynote is better, but switching to Keynote is not a necessary part of switching to the Mac.)

Posted by: Sam | March 27, 2008 1:24 PM