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A quick follow-up to my previous post about buying a macbook pro primarily to run windows.  I’m happy to say that after a week of intense frustration at repeated crashes, I now have an extremely stable system.  Installation issues aside, this is unquestionably the best Windows laptop I’ve ever used:

  • The apple keyboard is great, even if it is missing a number of keys.  It feels nice.  It’s lighted.  It’s quiet.
  • The LED-backlit screen is amazing.  It’s as bright as a desktop monitor.   It is so bright, in fact, that I have to turn it down to avoid eyestrain.  Even sitting with my back to a window–as I am right now in a tea bar–it is easy to read at the middle brightness setting.
  • The battery life is amazing.
  • Going from sleep-to-wake by opening the lid is nearly instantaneous.

It is just a shame that Apple doesn’t do more to improve the Windows installation experience.