I just purchased my first ThinkPad!

I went with the T500. I'm coming from a Macbook Pro Unibody (quite the difference eh?). I came to the realization that a PC is better suited for my needs.
So any suggestions or advice? What can I expect? And if anybody has experience with both the T500 and Macbook Pro, I would love to hear from you!
Thanks.

Kirkwood wrote:
I'm kind of curious as to why you didn't just run Windows on your Macbook Pro. What were the hardware features of the T500 that you needed that the Macbook Pro didn't have? That's a big chunk of change to abandon a laptop that has essentially the same hardware instead, just with an Ati 3650 instead of a nVidia 9600M (assuming you got the integrated option)
That's a fair question. I guess a simple answer to that is - bad decision making on my part. Not that the Macbook Pro isn't capable because it is! However, at the end of the day I'm better off working with a PC than a Mac simply because the tools I use (Software Developer) are all Microsoft. Sure, I can use boot camp or even a virtual machine all day (which I have) but it seems silly because nothing on OS X is a necessity for me, whereas Windows IS because of the tool-set I use.
So with that said, I purchased the T500 for $1400. Overall the hardware and options is better than the Macbook, which was purchased for $1999 before tax. The base Macbook Pro has a max limit of 4 gigs of ram where the T500 has 8. Aside from that, I think I will greatly benefit from the extra bump in resolution 1680x1050 vs. 1440x900. The T500 is more future proof.
So, at the end of the day it was simply a bad purchase on my part. I love Apple and I think the Macbook Pro is fantastic; it's just that the T500 will serve me with better hardware options at a lower cost (however the cost is moot now!)
Lesson learned!
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