Aral Balkan

Oooh, oooh, oooh (my goodness, three oooh's with three o's each!) I just ordered my MacBook Pro from the little Mac place round the corner.

I'm getting the 15.4" model with the 2.16 Ghz processor. I would have picked it up today but I asked for an extra gig of RAM and they've ordered that in for tomorrow. Of course, I'm getting the AppleCare 3-year protection plan with this baby and I checked on the net and it's apparently one of the newer builds (serial number W8617...) so hopefully it won't have the heating issue/whine/etc. that the first models had.

Hand in hand with my new purchase, I'll be getting a copy of Parallels and can't wait to install Linux (Ubuntu most likely) and Windows on it. Oh damn, I just realized that all my licenses for Windows are OEM (they're basically only valid on the machines I have them on.) Grrr... who would have thought that I'd be forced to buy a Windows license for the first time in my life when getting a Mac. Oh wait, I lie, there was that time I bought Windows Me. Oh no, there goes the fortune I spent in therapy trying to forget that experience! :)

macVillePopulation++; // Aral leaves PC world after 22 years

Comments

• cool, keep us posted on how it works out -- especially with that heat issue. I'm planning to go with Macbook Pro and Parallels as well soon, my notebook is about to kick the bucket and I've had it with all the usability issues on PC. Was originally thinking about the 17" model but if you have to carry it around all the time the 15" is probably a better choice. What I heard is most developers have a hard time with the Mac keyboard missing some keys like the curly braces etc.

  by Peter on 2006-08-08 14:02:14

• Ahaaa... Aral gets a Mac! Superb! Welcome to MacVille ;-) I'm sure you'll love it... I've got Parallels running on my Mini and it just plain rocks! Now all I need is a good excuse to get me a new MacBook... My Powerbook is just 1 year old...:-/ @Peter: The Mac keyboard layout does take a while to get used to and us Belgians are even more screwed with that damn azerty-keyboard layout. There are some good keyboards out there that show all the extra characters but none of them are azerty...

  by Serge on 2006-08-08 14:22:22

• Welcome to the World of Mac Aral - I'm hope you enjoy yourself playing with it. Will be interested in hearing how you get on with Parallels.

  by Jane (owner of a beautiful white MacBook) on 2006-08-08 19:18:01

• Mac keyboards missing curly braces? We have curly braces! lol The Mac Pro is out too, yesssss. Congrats Aral, I've got some curly brace keys needing punching.

  by LEE on 2006-08-09 00:12:07

• @Lee: Yes you do... just not on an azerty keyboard layout.

  by Serge on 2006-08-09 06:03:07

• How much was the memory? I have heard crazy stories on the pricing for that... Now that these cuties can run WIN even I may consider buying one ;-)

  by Stefan Richter on 2006-08-09 15:09:26

• Hey Stefan, A one gig stick at Kensington costs about £70. I got mine at the same store for around £90 with installation (yes, I can install memory but I didn't mind paying extra for the convenience of having everything "just work".)

  by aral on 2006-08-12 17:25:04

• Of course, I meant at Crucial not Kensington.

  by aral on 2006-08-12 17:26:18