The FedEx guy dropped off the MacBook Pro about half an hour ago and I’ve unboxed it, run through the setup (<5 minutes) and run the software update to get all the system files up to the current version. This process was pain-free, the Mac even made setting up the wireless network drop-dead simple. The OS update (think Windows Update) surprised me a little as over 250 MB of update files were needed. The whole process only took 15 minutes though and after a reboot I set up the Bluetooth Mighty Mouse which is pretty cool itself. I’ve done a little tweaking (of course) and now am getting my apps installed, including Parallels to get Vista running on it. First impression– this notebook is FAST!! Even with all the eye candy of OS X this thing blazes through everything. Some things happen so rapidly I have to double-check that they did in fact happen, mainly since I’m not used to the Mac. I’ve got a few pics of the unboxing after the jump.
The Apple packaging conveys one message very well– simplicity. It makes it clear that what is in this package is very simple and elegant.
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