I purchased not only my first laptop, but the macbook pro I've been dreaming about. Best thing is I didn't put it on a credit card! I've been saving for quite some time, and I used some money from early birthday gifts, and selling the mac mini to purchase this dream machine as my birthday present. I'm proud of myself for waiting this long. Specs, it's the base model macbook pro 15" with the 128MB video card. This thing is smokin hawt (in a really good way).
[...] Buying my Macbook Pro, and selling my other computers. I’ve been wanting a laptop for a while for it’s mobility and power, I’ve been wanting a mac, because I’ve only heard good things about them and everyone seems to like them. It’s powerful and light enough for my needs. I love the 15″ screen, I would have really regretted getting the 13″ Macbook. I had a really nice windows desktop that I sold on craigslist, because Mandy bought me a mac mini which I loved, but wasn’t as portable as this thing. I upgraded the hell out of my mac mini and sold it on ebay. I’m still super glad I bought my macbook pro, it’s been really a pleasure. [...]