First weeks with a Mac - general impressions so far
Three weeks with OS-X
Well I've had the Macbook Pro now for about three weeks. My first impressions are generally good, but its not an experience that has been without flaws. Overall the experience of switching has been very good however. The computer has generally performed well.
I have noted a tendancy on its part however to take a disliking to having a differing set of attached peripherals when woken from sleep than it had when it was put to sleep. E.g., when I leave work, I frequently close the lid, unplug the apple keyboard, turn off the bluetooth mouse and pack the computer in my bag. Then when I get home, I'll just open the lid without any of these items attached. The computer then gets a bit confused and flicks back to a grey screen for several extra moments before resuming correctly. I have to get used to detaching the peripherals before I close the lid.
I have had one solid crash since I bought the machine. It absolutely locked up on me when waking up from sleep and had to be turned off and restarted.
There are minor interface annoyances that I find with the operating system. Some of these are a matter of learning the new new keystrokes for the various opreations (and training muscle memory to not reflexively press Ctrl-C when I mean Apple-C). However a significant annoyance is the way the F11 key minimises all open windows, but restoring any other window instantly opens all the application windows as well. Another major annoyance is the way that Home and End keys (on the external keyboard) don't take me to the beginning and end of the current line. That is functionality I reflexively rely upon in both Windows and Linux.
Apart from that the general impression I have in using the operating system is that its definitely nicer than Windows XP or Linux. Quicksilver rocks most excellent and I am getting used to the Dock's behaviour now.