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    MBP first impressions

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by aprodigy, Nov 16, 2007.

  1. aprodigy

    aprodigy Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've only used it for like 15 mins but here's my first impressions.

    The packaging is very impressive. I like how much effort Apple has put in to make the whole process a pleasant experience.

    So after connecting the magsafe adapter, I powered the MBP up. It's design is pretty much flawless. Love the thiness, but be just a teeny bit heavy to my liking.

    Takes maybe 20-30 seconds on first boot up, not that bad. Put in all my information while setting up Tiger. After all that, I put in my Leopard upgrade disc and do a clean upgrade.

    It's currently in the progress of upgrading...I'll let you know more when I have more time to play with it
     
    aprodigy, Nov 16, 2007
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    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    Congrats on the MBP! It sure is sexy beast... :)
     
    AuroraS, Nov 16, 2007
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    Hope you njoy using MBP...update us with your experience...will be helpful for lots of people like me who are planning to make a switch...
     
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    Thanks guys... installing leopard was going well until it hangs on the create my account (underneath it reads Talking with Apple)....

    Should I power it down and restart it?

    Is it a known issue?
     
    aprodigy, Nov 16, 2007
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    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    Do you have your wireless internet on? Or ethernet cable in?

    Talking with Apple (as far as I know) means registering your account through the internet.. Maybe there's something wrong with your connection?

    I'd say leave it for another 5 minutes.
     
    cdnalsi, Nov 16, 2007
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    Congrats aprodigy! And yeah...just wait a bit longer before doing anything. Probably connection is bad, or connection to Apple is bad.
     
    Sam, Nov 16, 2007
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    well it hangs there for like 7-8 hours so I powered it down and restart

    well I got into leopard and everything seems to work so I guess it's ok...

    currently downloading the new software update
     
    aprodigy, Nov 16, 2007
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    I hope you enjoy your beautiful new MBP!
     
    imMACulate, Nov 16, 2007
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    Sam, Nov 16, 2007
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    ericlala Notebook Consultant

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    congrats on the new mbp and thanks for making these threads... they just keep teasing me to get a mbp eariler
     
    ericlala, Nov 17, 2007
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    Haha, that's what I've heard quite a lot...the more everyone else is getting something, the more you're tempted to get it too :p.
     
    Sam, Nov 17, 2007
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    Wow...been using it for few hours now.

    It's so refreshing to switch from XP. XP is not bad but OSX surpasses it in many ways. Much more intuitive and clean.

    I'm using the base model with MBP but upgraded the harddrive. It has been very snappy.

    I'm learning the basics now and hopefully will get to enjoy even more of it.

    So far i've installed iwork, adium, quicksilver, VLC, transmission and appzapper.

    Anything else I should get?
     
    aprodigy, Nov 17, 2007
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    Another question...how do I transfer my contacts from Thunderbird to Mac's Mail and address book?

    And to all those who are waiting to make the jump, I'd say switch now...you won't regret
     
    aprodigy, Nov 17, 2007
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    Oh and 1 more question...my itunes isn't showing some Chinese songs characters correctly...

    I tried the convert ID3 tags but doesn't seem to do anything.

    My itunes on the pc used to be able to display those titles correctly. Any clues?
     
    aprodigy, Nov 17, 2007
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