Chinese Apple

FedEx delivered me a nice package.

I’ve been intrigued by the “intuitiveness” the Mac os boasts. I am a sucker for change, a sucker for trying new shit and a sucker for good solid design. So I bought a Mac. A MacBook Pro to be exact. Interestingly enough, they ship from China. Had no idea.

I’m typing from it now and to be completely honest, I’m impressed. In short:
• Packaging – dope packaing, simple put - nice Styrofoam blockers in the box
• Build quality: very good, no dead pixels, no creaks (so far that is…)
• Keyboard – very little flex, quick response and I type faster on this thing then I ever did on my standard desktop keyboard (or any other keyboard for that fact)
• Screen – very good quality (I got glossy) – there’s a slight bit of light leakage coming out of the bottom right area of the screen – not too big of a deal yet.

TBD’s
• Battery life – right now I have just about wrapped up calibrating it (I have done two full sessions of complete drains and recharges) - if I can get a good 3.5 hours out of this thing, I’ll be more then happy
• The battery meter is pretty volatile and runs as wild as 40 or so minutes of variability (4:25, jumps down to 3:30 then back up, etc.)
• Light leakage – if it doesn’t get much better, this may have to be revisited
• Boot camp or Parallels (TBD - still waiting on a “licensed” version of Vista so I can install it on my box)

For those of you that are waiting on hopping on the mac train for something simple, effective and useful – you shouldn’t hesitate. If you are thinking of size, I’m actually quite happy I opted for the 15 “ version. I am a stickler for having all gadgets small and quick, but this one makes sense. If this is going to be your primary computer, take it from me – get the 15”.