My new Macbook so far

Raymond Law — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:50:00 -0500

I ordered a white Santa Rosa white Macbook (comes with Leopard at 2.2GHz) from Amazon with $75 rebate and it took them a week to begin shipping on 11/19, but it arrived on 11/21, just in time for me to explore it over the Thanksgiving break.

Here’s what I think: So far so good. This is my first Mac, as well as my first Apple product :) I am happy that Amazon puts the Macbook in another brown box so that my Macbook box does not look trashy when it arrived. So kudos to Amazon. They are really a great place to shop at, as well as Newegg.

The box opening experience was cool but not spectacular. I have taken some pictures during the process. When I took the Macbook out, I got excited and was mad at myself putting my own fingerprints on it…LOL

Turned it on, saw the Apple logo, arrived at the Select Language screen. That’s it. I was not going to take anymore pictures to ruin my experience.

During the initial setup process, I heard the fan came on very loud several times and I was like: Shit, is my Macbook going to be this loud when I do anything. Fortunately, that goes away once the setup process is over with.

The display is beautiful and I had no problems with the glossy screen. When the display is turned off, it is glossy that you can see a reflection of yourself, but once you turn it on, it feels just like a regular LCD display, only brighter and sharper.

I am learning a lot of keyboard shortcuts and installed some applications, but there’s just a lot more stuff to explore with. So far so good.

Raymond Law: My new Macbook so far

My new Macbook so far