My experience with Macbook Pro 15" (not the 2008 model)

Perhaps, some of you have noticed that I am a mac guy. I don't know why it's so, I don't think PC is all that bad. I don't know about Vista since I never used it, but Windows XP is not a bad operating system. But for professional graphic and multimedia and sound editing, I can't see another way to go than mac.
So my desk in my home office is occupied by two macs, intel 2.0 Ghz iMac, and 2.4 Ghz Macbook Pro, which I bought last May.
I'd like to share with you the experience I have had with it so far. Now that the new models of the Apple's notebooks are out, it's good time to look into the old model that most of us still have.
My life with Macbook Pro started as I expected. The operating system was pre-installed, so all I needed to do was to fill out the registration page, and I was up in a minutes.
I moved the work files over, and installed the software what I had previously had on my iMac. I transferred my iTunes Music Store purchases, and authorized my iTunes to play the music I had bought from the iTunes Store.
So far I was very pleased with the improvement of the performance. The system responded to the slightest touch. Windows and programs opened almost instantly. The 2 gigs of ram inside Macbook Pro have something to do with it, sure. But running Photoshop for example, was much faster in my MBPro than in my one year and half old iMac, although the architecture isn't that much different.
The display really stunned me too. It's 1400x900 resolution is same as with the 17" screen of my iMac. And boy, it's bright, and colors are accurate. By far the display is best display I've ever had or used. My eyes never hurt even if I use the computer for a long time constantly. The edges and lines are sharp and there are no distortions or any errors in the image.
Moreover, the dedicated graphics inside the Macbook Pro really stunned me. I played some 3D game demos via Bootcamp. And the performance was excellent.
So you must think that a system this powerful must generate a lot of heat, so at least, the price we pay must be the noisy fans inside the machine. Right? Well, I don't know how they do it. But I rarely hear even a slighest sound of fans. Not even when the machine is rendering a heavy 3D scene in Lightwave.
Apparently they have thought the heat issue well. The ventilation holes are located inside the hinge of the display, so it's virtually impossible to accidentally block these (by a pillow, for example). Of course I don't recommend trying, but the air flow just naturally seems happening.
The computer does get a very hot though, but the aluminium enclosure should conduct heat well too. In any case, you never have to worry about noise of this computer. This is a very very silent system by all means, even with a full processor or graphics load.
Well, I rarely got any problems with my intel iMac. The system has been very stable. But sometimes it gets a bit slow, especially in Final Cut Pro and I have got a few kernel panics while connecting external DV camcorders to it. Only a few though.
But my Macbook Pro though has never crashed. Not a single glitch of a kernel panic. There has been no problems whatsoever. I am simply amazed (again) by the design and care the designers in Apple exercise.
I have a very good faith on this 250000 yen investment (now that they released the new model, I was kind of shocked to see the price go down to 179 000 yen).
When we produce professional audio and visual content, we just need to have the right tools. It makes the workflow so much more smoother.