I couldn’t believe it when I saw the box sitting by the door. My new Mac Book Pro arrived and I have to admit my heart skipped a beat as I picked up the box to open it. When I opened the box, I was surprised at how compact and organized everything inside was laid out. Basically, there was the laptop, a remote control, a DVI to VGA cable, and the power adapter. A smaller box containing some brief instructions and the Mac OS X cds was the only other thing inside the compact box.

I booted up the computer and was up and running in a matter of minutes! The interface was easy to navigate and the Mac is everything I expected and more. I do have a couple of gripes. There isn’t an easy way to right-click. I didn’t realize how much I relied on right-click on my other notebooks to now really miss it. There is a way to right click but I have to hold down the Control key to do it.

The only other gripe I have is that there doesn’t appear to be any docking stations for the Mac. I normally use an external monitor, keyboard and mouse when I’m at the office and I plan on using my new mac exclusively for both work and home productivity so maybe someone out there knows where I can get one.

After setting up the mac book, my kids started playing with the Photo Booth application. My son is now adamant that he wants a laptop just like this one. I found it odd that he said he wants one because he’s never said he wanted one of our Windows laptops before and I can only assume the built in camera is what has clinched the deal for him. I’ll have to talk to Santa about bringing him one this year ;)