Thoughts of using Peppermint

Peppermint is a great new MacBook comes with built-in iSight which adds great convienience esp. when Ad is travelling, I wont have to worry about lugging around the iSight and the firewire cables, reducing a bit of bulk on the travel. Also, it comes with its own remote control to control iTunes, iPhoto, DVD and Videos just at the touch of a hand. The sensor is so cool that it can activate these s/w at any angle, any direction, super cool! unfortunately, I'm experiencing some lag in its use. Especially when i'm trying to turn it OFF after the machine goes to sleep.... Maybe Peppermint prefers to sleep.... hmm...

at 512Mb ram, its lag time to open up softwares is pretty SLOW! and slightly unbearable at times, not sure if its an Intel issue, as it did not happen to my 800Mhz 17' PB nor to Nicky (15' PB).

Okay... things i like about Peppermint includes the coolness of its whiteness... never had a white machine before, I wonder how long i can keep it in its prestine state.... hmm... its going to be challenging....

another thing I love about it is .... hmmm..... i cant think much... because its new???

right, it has most if not all the features of the other PB that i've experienced, so its nothing new to explore.

I was abit concern about its keyboard as it is abit too noisy for me, its got a pretty different feel to the PB. But after a few days, i've gotton used to it. In fact, its actually easier to type on this keyboard than the PB ones. Especially noticeable when my fingernails grow abit too long, it used to slip off the keys on the PB but here, it rarely happened.... unless of course when I am day dreaming! ha ha ha...

With the iSight built in, it also mean that I can be ultra VAIN on the macine, constantly checking out my hair, specs, clothes and how i look etc ha ha ha....

Something noticeably different about Peppermint is... she's not as loud as Nicky or the PB line as the speakers are built in a different part of the machine. I really miss the loud and clarity of Nicky's speakers. I was trying to listen to some podcast using my remote seated about 4m away from Peppermint, and it felt that it was loud enough even when the volune was at max! :( either Peppermint needs some speakers to broadcast.... or I need to dig the wax out of my ears!

another interesting feature of Peppermint as with her Intel peers, its her magnetic power connector... it got knocked out of the socket without me noticing it.... so it can be a potential harzard at work if I need to move around abit with it....especially, if i'm forgetful enough to not bring it home with me... eeks!!!

with 13.3" of screen space, all the fonts are tiny mini on Peppermint as compared to Nicky or 17" PB.... so my eyes are squinting abit MORE to see what's being written or typed, I'm not too sure if that's a good thing. I dread to open up my horrendously big excel files....

also the glossy screen has given me more reflections then i like....

so here's my first review of Peppermint.

here's to many more good years with Peppermint!

jen mac