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Really a question I thought I should have asked. I am a long time Thinkpad use, I am thinking of getting a personal laptop. I visited the showroom and had a lo
by tutysara 15y ago
Really a question I thought I should have asked.
I am a long time Thinkpad use, I am thinking of getting a personal laptop.
I visited the showroom and had a look at the various entry level HP and Dell models and not very much impressed with the build quality of the ~ 1000$ range.
I have seen people recommending MBP in many forums and thought I would give it a try.
I visited an Apple showroom last week and played with the 13 inch MBP for sometime, the build quality and looks are extremely good, but I felt a bit strange when trying to use it (that was my first experience with Mac), I had used Windows and Linux with various UI (GNOME,KDE,XFCE) etc but I couldn't navigate comfortably on Mac , It felt a bit different. I came to know that Mac doesn't have a backspace key, I was also not very much comfortable with the touchpad in Mac (I was apparently searching for the trackpoint)
I will be using a Thinkpad for my office work (client mandates windows XP).
How useful would be to get a Mac, will the transition be easy?
I would have to work on the Thinkpad in office and Mac by evening, will this won't affect my productivity by causing confusion due to different keyboard layout and mouse.
- rgbrgb 15y agoI think you'll be fine. It IS great hardware and even if you don't fall in love with OS X the way so many of us have, you can install your favorite flavor of Ubuntu/Windows. Of course some things will be a bit jarring at first but a little time with something new goes a long way. Personally, I never click my trackpad (tap to click, two-finger-tap to right-click, three-finger to drag) and don't look directly at the finder all that ofter (command-space to go to open spotlight search, return to open something). Of course, if you work in an SSH terminal, there will be basically no difference.