Apple MB991LL A

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I have been a user of Windows since 2.1 and OSX since 2005. When I purchased this MB Pro I expected a premium experience.

The Good:
- The construction is certainly solid, but the performance is poor.
- The multitouch trackpad is outstanding and a pleasure to use. It makes navigating very easy - I have not had to use a mouse with the MB.
- The backlit keyboard has a good feel and is easy to use day or night

The Bad:
- The Macbook pro stutters when playing back HD through iTunes! That's on par with my $300 netbook's performance. It plays HD video fine using other software, unfortunately it is crippled by iTunes and Quicktime.
- The glossy screen is very reflective to the point of seriously hampering visibility unless precisely aimed.
- 160GB hard drive in a $1200 machine??!!
- Compared to Windows 7, OSX Snow Leopard is a poor experience. It is difficult to find applications (Spotlight does not index reliably). I have had to manually re-index the drive several times.
- Battery life is not as good as advertised. It is only about 4 hours in normal use. The battery drains much faster than a Windows notebook is "sleep" mode.
- I tried using iWorks '09 with Excel spreadsheets. Not only is the iWorks software difficult to use compared to MS Office (even my 17-year old daughter agrees), it also corrupts Office files. I switched to MS Office for Mac - much better.
- I tried using iPhoto with my photos - they are all stored on the LAN. The stupid software tried to copy 20,000 pictures to my MB. I had to switch to Google Picasa to view photos.

I would have given the MB Pro 3 stars for great hardware (despite the poor screen, and small hard drive), but the horrible OS and software coupled with the high price makes it a 2-star. Money is better spent elsewhere.