My 2-week Old MacBook Pro 15" w/ Retina Display, 2.3GHz, 16GB RAM, 512GB (Late 2013)
Coming from Windows since 3.1 and 3.11, and having continually used Windows almost every day of my life for the past 17 or more years, I have some thoughts to share about my new MacBook Pro (Late 2013 - quad-core):
It's amazing. It's perfection. It's the best laptop I've ever seen and used.
Thanks, Mr. Jobs for your dedication before passing into oblivion.
Before I ever used Macintosh, I always talked bad about that. (You know, "ewww.... not a Mac! THEY SUCK!")
I guess we're all ignorant at one time or another.
May Tim Cook share Steve Jobs' philosophy and vision for future development of future products
And I love your new iPad Air (I have the 32GB wifi model). But seriously... your iPhone 5 *****.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Matthew
Sounds like you've solved your own problems- give yourself 10 points.
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