24 Comments For This Post

1. Mitchell Oke Says:
   March 6th, 2008 at 5:50 pm

   So, so jealous.

   Congrats!

2. Christopher Spera Says:
   March 6th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

   Do ** I ** think you can hold out..?

   NOPE. You’re gonna open it, and then make out like you didn’t.(and you know it!)

   C’mon..!!!! Open the box!!

3. Wayne Schulz Says:
   March 6th, 2008 at 7:38 pm

   Come on you have to at least charge it..

4. Judie Lipsett Says:
   March 6th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

   Guys, it’s cheating to open it and not film it as it happens…and I can’t charge it without opening it!

5. Kerry Woo Says:
   March 6th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

   Judie, I’m with you - savor the moment… like fine wine or Christmas morning… I would wait!

6. Joel Mclaughlin Says:
   March 6th, 2008 at 9:20 pm

   A hell….rip it open!

7. Mitchell Oke Says:
   March 6th, 2008 at 9:41 pm

   In the amount of time it’s taken to respond to this, you could have unboxed it by now Hehe

8. Judie Lipsett Says:
   March 6th, 2008 at 9:44 pm

   Ive been doing other things! sheesh! but the box is calling to me…

9. n0iz3 Says:
   March 7th, 2008 at 2:34 am

   if you are going to wait this long, you should make sure you record the expression on your face when you open the box too
   i couldn`t possibly be able to wait that long with the box sitting next to me. i`d have to lock it away

10. Alsicole Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 3:21 am

    As Mrs Doyle from Father Ted would say:

    Go on go on go on go on go on! You will!

11. Donald Posey Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 11:28 am

    First time poster.

    I’m a life-long Windows user but recently I’ve been tempted by the MacBooks.

    Other than the obvious (i.e. size and CPU speed), what is the difference between the MacBook and MacBook Pro. I mainly use a laptop for travel so I’ve been leaning more toward the smaller MacBook.

    Also, I rely extensively on Exchange. How close is Entourage in funtion to Outlook 2007?

    TIA
    Don

12. Judie Lipsett Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    Hi Don, thanks for coming out of the shadows.

    Obviously I can’t answer your questions, but I did want to welcome you. I am sure some of the more Mac-experienced will be chiming in soon.

13. Mitchell Oke Says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    Hey Don, Unless you need high performance graphics then the MacBook would be fine. Uses the same Core 2 Duo chips, just slightly lower clock frequencies.

    My free Exchange account doesn’t allow me to connect to a desktop client unfortunately, but Chris Spera might be using one with his Mac. I’d drop an email to him. Cheers!

14. rsnavin Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 3:57 am

    Judie just do it or have you already done it?

15. Judie Lipsett Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Ok! I did finally do it, and it was filmed. I need to edit the video, but I have been quiet this weekend partly because I have been exploring the MBP.

    I’m in the process of figuring out how to move everything over. Mitchell found a program, O2M to convert my Outlook files so I could keep all of my email files (a big deal for me), and so far I have installed MacOffice, iWork, AppZapper, FireFox, BootCamp and Windows XP Pro service pack 2. I have to use certain Windows only programs still, so I am going to give Parallels a try.

    One question - and you all can laugh at the newbie-ness: how do you right click when in the Windows side, when there is no right click on the mouse? Just askin…

16. Wayne Schulz Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 10:45 am

    Ctrl + Click = Right Click

    Also I found a lot of options could be set in System Preferences.

    This was the first thing I wondered about too.

17. Judie Lipsett Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 11:00 am

    No Wayne, not the Apple side - when you are in Windows. How do you do a right click?

    But that was the first thing I had trouble with.

18. Judie Lipsett Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 11:20 am

    Never mind! I figured it out - in the windows side you emulate a right click by placing two fingers on the pad and clicking! YAY!

19. Wayne Schulz Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 11:21 am

    In VMWARE the Ctrl-Click worked for me on Friday when I was running Windows XP.

20. Judie Lipsett Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    Ah, that’s the problem. I was on the actual Windows partition; I haven’t yet installed Parallels because I am still updating and configuring Windows.

21. dannyka Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 6:00 pm

    I’ve found Parallels to be perfect for running the few Windows-only apps that I must have. The Coherence feature is great, too.

    I don’t have Multi-touch like *some* people (let’s see, where’s that jealousy smilie…), but when I’m on the laptop keyboard (no mouse), my favorite feature is the two-finger scroll.

    Can’t wait to see that vid!

    ~Dan

22. Judie Lipsett Says:
    March 10th, 2008 at 9:18 am

    Yeah, I seriously need to process the video…I know. This weekend just got away from me! But I will definitely have it this week.

23. Joel Mclaughlin Says:
    March 10th, 2008 at 9:32 am

    Get on with it!

    Just kidding! Take your time J and do it right!

24. Judie Lipsett Says:
    March 10th, 2008 at 10:14 am

    Ha! It may take some heavy editing. Jerry filmed it with the Samsung camcorder I will be reviewing this week, and to put it bluntly - he did some really jerky zooming. I’ll have to see what I can salvage, but it will probably be pretty painful to watch.

    Just being honest!!

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