I got this MacBook Pro with my college tution. Apparently it was the newest model to come out, with a new "mecury-free" screen and other stuff...it also came with free PhotoShop (as well as an assload of Adobe programs), and Sibelius 5, Reason, and BandInABox.
But yeah, I'll have to echo about the programs being as reliable as their Windows counterparts, and how sometimes the systems locks up for no reason and there is no "command prompt" that allows you to fix anything.
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