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It's time for a Mac

Finally, I succumbed to the pressure and bought it. After months of procrastination and countless visits to the Apple shop, I managed to make the decision and splash out for a 17" MacBookPro with a non-glossy (antiglare) display. My first impressions are very positive. The Mac is an amazingly beautiful piece of hardware and the OS is just a joy to work with. the antiglare display Having seen both displays in the shop I am absolutely certain I  made the right choice. I've also used it in bright sunshine and put simply it's the best screen I've ever used outdoors without a problem. the keyboard The backlit keyboard it's just beautiful. Although my friend vpapanik  has opted for a completely blank keyboard, I must say that when the lights go off the glow from below is quite pretty and useful. the performance This machine (I bought the 2.66GHz not the 2.93 one) is actually fast! Running my CPU-demanding  Maze  to produce a really large maze, was 15% faster on a virtual