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Well it’s been more than a week since I started using a Mac.  I figured that my previous posts were mislabeled since I am not really migrating to Mac. I merely explore the possibilities to use a Mac along with a PC.

One really cool thing on the MacBook Pro are the gestures on the multi-touch pad. It’s just awesome.

• Sliding up/down left/right two fingered touch will scroll (I already catch myself truing to do it on the PC Laptop).
• Swiping three fingers left and right would to the browser’s back and forward. Very slick.
• Rotating two fingers would rotate and image/pdf/etc.
• Pinching and expanding would zoom (in/out) images, web-pages, etc.

Another greatness is battery life. My Lenovo barely lasts 1h and 40 min (15.4″). The MacBook (13″) may not be as good as the advertised 7h (they probably tested idling), but it lasts over 5h. Cool.

I also like the “sleep” mode a lot. Drains much less battery than my PC with Vista. Don’t know if it’s the hardware or the OS, but also the waking up is very fast. Actually the initial boot is pretty speedy as well.

I learned a new shortcut Command+, displays preferences in any application. Shortcuts, shortcuts… I wish they didn’t make them with so many keys to be pressed at once.

This time I guess my annoyances didn’t prevent me to give Apple credit where is well deserved (although I still look for the “About” in the Help menu, I learned it is in the App Name menu).