Mac advantages over Windows PC

[Saphirea]

you told us you don't plan on gaming on it but what do you plan on doing with it and in what type of environment will you be using one?

for example one of our salespeople brought it upon themselves to buy a macbook and asked if it could be connected to our network, which while it may be capable of file sharing I'll be damned if I let him do whatever he wants (no AD integration) on my network

Why not, I'm not asking to be a smartass either, I'm asking out of learning is all. I mean with Samba it would interact just like a linux box on it. And my networking opinion, wouldn't that be more secure?

[Kaisha]

for example one of our salespeople brought it upon themselves to buy a macbook and asked if it could be connected to our network, which while it may be capable of file sharing I'll be damned if I let him do whatever he wants (no AD integration) on my network

Last I checked Macs did have AD integration, unless I'm misinterpreting that statement.

Anyways, had my MacBook Pro for a week now, and was only now that I realized only standard MacBooks have that sexy white look. On the other hand though, those shells would likely melt considering the amount of $&#@ing heat the Pro generates on my lap playing Oblivion.......that and the Pros have a more professional look to them, which I'm starting to now like.
(shame its battery life is still crap, but regardless, loving the thing, makes a great {expensive} portable DVD player with its screen, kill time between my classes)

[Saphirea]

As far as the Macbook Pro's go, is there a huge difference inbetween the ATI 256mb card and the one that comes with the Nvidia 256mb card?

They have two both with the glossy screen and the one with the Nvidia is a 2.4ghz and the ATI is a 2.33ghz obviously thats a difference but the price between the two is almost 300 bucks.

Sorry for the barrage of questions; I'm just making sure that if I'm dropping that kind of cash, I get the best I can.