Last weekend I decided to take the plunge and buy my first Apple computer. The recently announce MacBook Pro 13.3 seemed like the perfect fit for me. I have been looking for a small laptop for a long time, I even bought a Dell XPS 13.3 and had to return it. So when the new updated MacBook Pro’s were announced at WWDC I just decided to order the next day.
After using it for a couple of days I thought I would post some inital thoughts on the system, and compare it to my limited experiences with the Dell XPS 13.3.
Well it has now been a full month since I placed my order for a new Dell XPS M1330, their new flagship mobile system. After all that time I still do not feel much closer to getting my system, and on top of it all I still have not received the other items I ordered from them. There is a lot of discussion going on over at notebookreview.com right now about the lead times on these systems, but the biggest problem is the complete breakdown of communication.
Well after a lot of shopping around and reading reviews I have decided to take the plunge and order a laptop. The laptop I finally settled on was the brand new Dell XPS M1330.
Buying a laptop has been in my mind for quite a while now, but there always seems to be a good reason to wait. Wait for the prices to drop, wait for the new processors, wait for LED screens, wait for new chipsets, etc etc. With the recent release of the Santa Rosa platform from Intel, and now the new XPS M1330 I believe now is the best time to buy.
The follow video just really got me excited about trying out the new Compiz Fusion project. It really looks amazing.
I especially like the new ability to group windows together, and flip them around like each window is on the back the other. The Linux desktop is really coming into it’s own right now, if only it could get better application support!
Now that I have a bunch of Adobe products installed on my main system Linux has pretty much dropped out as an option for me. When you do not rely on a specific set of applications to do your everyday work it’s a lot easier to pick and choose OS’s.
That being said I still love to use Linux and I am planning on buying a laptop very soon mainly so that I can have a Linux system again. Then I can use my desktop for work related stuff, and use my laptop for everything else.
Well after a lot of shopping around and reading reviews I have decided to take the plunge and order a laptop. The laptop I finally settled on was the brand new Dell XPS M1330.