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<blockquote data-quote="Enforcer" data-source="post: 1312548" data-attributes="member: 396">I have a Dell Insprion 5150...and after visiting my Mac-using friend over winter break, I wish I had bought a Powerbook instead. This is after years of sole Windows use and numerous derisive comments about Macs. Anyways, I'm thinking about ebaying my Dell and seeing if I can swing a 15&quot; Powerbook with the cash I make. If not, then perhaps I'll get one when I get my first job out of law school (in 2007...).Why do I want to switch? Everything works. Hell, my Dell wireless router is a pain in the ass, but my friend's airport worked flawlessly for my Dell laptop's wireless connection--that's just not right. Also, there's more than just Blizzard games for the Mac now, which is nice, and I've become less of a gamer anyways. Also, you get a hell of a lot of nifty software for free with OS X (I've done lots of research on Macs in the last few weeks.What's holding me back? Right-clicking for one. Yes, I know my Microsoft USB mouse will work, but that doesn't help on a Powerbook when I don't want to lug my mouse around. On my Dell I can program corners of the touchpad to act as extra buttions--the upper-left acts as the &quot;back&quot; button in Internet Explorer, the lower-left will minimize a window. I could also program a corner to do the same thing as the right-click button, though with two real buttons I have no need. Can a Powerbook's touchpad be programmed the same way? Oh, and you can program the touchpad to have a tap=1 click, right? None of the Macs at the Apple Store downtown were programmed that way, as I remember.Anyways, I'd like to be considered a future Mac owner for the purpose of this thread.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Enforcer, post: 1312548, member: 396"] I have a Dell Insprion 5150...and after visiting my Mac-using friend over winter break, I wish I had bought a Powerbook instead. This is after years of sole Windows use and numerous derisive comments about Macs. Anyways, I'm thinking about ebaying my Dell and seeing if I can swing a 15" Powerbook with the cash I make. If not, then perhaps I'll get one when I get my first job out of law school (in 2007...). Why do I want to switch? Everything works. Hell, my Dell wireless router is a pain in the ass, but my friend's airport worked flawlessly for my Dell laptop's wireless connection--that's just not right. Also, there's more than just Blizzard games for the Mac now, which is nice, and I've become less of a gamer anyways. Also, you get a hell of a lot of nifty software for free with OS X (I've done [I]lots[/I] of research on Macs in the last few weeks. What's holding me back? Right-clicking for one. Yes, I know my Microsoft USB mouse will work, but that doesn't help on a Powerbook when I don't want to lug my mouse around. On my Dell I can program corners of the touchpad to act as extra buttions--the upper-left acts as the "back" button in Internet Explorer, the lower-left will minimize a window. I could also program a corner to do the same thing as the right-click button, though with two real buttons I have no need. Can a Powerbook's touchpad be programmed the same way? Oh, and you can program the touchpad to have a tap=1 click, right? None of the Macs at the Apple Store downtown were programmed that way, as I remember. Anyways, I'd like to be considered a future Mac owner for the purpose of this thread. [/QUOTE]

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