So I recently decided that I was in a serious need for a new laptop. I told myself when I sold another few small photo/video projects that I would treat myself to something new. Well that happened a few days ago, so I decided to go shopping...

 

Somehow I walked back into the house carrying a 2500 dollar Macbook Pro. I haven't owned a Mac in, well, a long time. I know, I know, I could have bought a PC based system for far less money with better specs. I'll still be keeping both my laptop and desktop in addition to this. The laptop will go to the kids, I'd expect it to last a week. Another selling point for me was that I, my daughters, mother, brother, and several good friends all have multiple apple mobile devices. If that wasn't the case, I certainly would have spent more time looking elsewhere. I've been very interested in a Mac for a while, but when I saw the 15" Retina screen in front of my I was darn near sold. I've got two weeks left of playtime before the times up to return it. My first impressions are very good though. I still have a long way to go messing around with the new OS.

 

Handles editing 4k video like a dream though. Conversion and render times in 4k aren't phenomenal, but they certainly aren't bad either. Especially when you consider that it's not a desktop.

 

Have to see how the learning process goes before I make my final decision on it. I feel like a complete rookie using this thing.

I bought a MacBook Pro a little while ago as my first Apple product, needed to learn it for work anyway but also to try it for my pics and my wifes horse show videos. It quickly became the most used system in the house. Even my wife who is not a techie will use it over the other laptops which are all Windows based. It is a little bit of a learning curve but not to bad. It just plain works.

Welcome to the club!

 

We are issued MacBooks at work and I will never use any other computer again. 

I didn't know they made apple flavored Kool-Aid.  That's why I clicked on this thread, but it's just about computers.  Thanks for getting my hopes up.

I bought a macbook air in late 2013 and the next year bought a desktop for my son and wife and now we are an all apple household.....wouldn't have it any other way.  Easy to use and the learning curve isn't as bad as you think.