I bought a macbook pro two months ago. It is a well designed machine that has many commonsense features not found on many laptops. But, this keyboard still irritates me as does the price of some accessories. $50 for a plastic cover that costs $2 to make???
The Word (2011) software was the big surprise. With its editing and review features, Windows is superior. I’m glad I held on to my Fujitsu LT. At a certain point in my writing, I will have to put this MBP on the shelf.
If any of you know that I’m missing something, please advise me.
If you like the better hardware, but want to run Windows on that Mac, you have two options:
1) Buy Parallels or VMWare Fusion and run Windows in a virtual machine.
2) Use the Mac’s Boot Camp feature to dual-boot Windows and OS X. I’ve done it, and it’s by far the most seamless Windows install I’ve ever done. And to boot you even get a graphical chooser screen, double-click on the OS you want to run.
First, what plastic cover? I don't use one on my MacBook Pro and never did on a Windows notebook - and I know of sources for the soft rubber (anti-spill) keyboard covers for about $12. I love my Mac keyboard the way it is. It's a personal thing.
Second, are you talking of Office 2011 for Mac, or an earlier version? I just upgraded to 2011 for Mac to replace what I believe is Office 2010 for Windows that I'm running on a Windows virtual machine. I don't see much difference, but I know we each get accustomed to little things. Now, Office 2009 for Mac was abysmal.
You realize you can run Windows and OS 10.6 on the MacBook? I rarely find myself using Windows . . . because what I run runs better on OS 10.6.