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My New MacBook Pro has arrived!

After 2 years of having too many problems with my white box PC (aptly named “Monster”), and especially in light of all of the recent rebooting /crashing/fixing, I finally felt it was time to buy a new computer; I chose a MacBook Pro notebook.

I’m not particularly attached to any brand of hardware - it doesn’t matter to me whether it was made by Dell, HP, Apple or the computer store down the street, it’s just a tool - as long as it works, I don’t care who made it (with the exception of companies that use slave/child labor or harm animals in the making of their products).

Of course, I’ve gotten plenty of ribbing from my Graphic Designer friends (and non designer friends too) about not working on a Mac. Hey, I learned how to use a computer on a Mac, my first computer was a Mac (I’m NOT going to tell you how long ago) - I’m certainly not anti-Mac. The truth is - I just didn’t see the need to spend the extra $$$.

I finally decided to make the switch for these reasons:

1. I wanted to buy the new Adobe CS3 software, and because it costs so much (nearly as much as the notebook!) it was better to make the decision to switch to a Mac before purchasing that software for my PC and having to buy it again.
2. I have an iPhone, which I hope (because it is an Apple product) will communicate easier with the MacBook.
3. There is now a more dependable way to run the Windows OS (using VMware Fusion) to allow me to run the PC only programs that I can’t live without.
4. I wanted a 15″ notebook for portability, the new MacBooks can accept 4gb of RAM, so they have enough power to do what I need, and they have dual DVI built in so I can use my 30″ Dell monitor.
5. It’s pretty (I’m only sort of kidding here - what’s not to love about the clean design and the beautiful OS?).

So, here I am - with my new MacBook, and I’m as excited as a kid on Christmas morning! Because it seems like the thing to do (as a photographer and an excited child), I’ve photographed un-boxing my new toy. Like you haven’t seen this a million times on the web ;)