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copied!<p>I have a late 2009 13" MBP with only 2GB of memory running VS2008/SQL Server 2008. I used Bootcamp as I don't see what the big deal is - the install was a snap and Apple has released 2 updates to address compatibility issues.</p> <p>The speed is good, not great, and I've been putting off going to 4GB of memory, but most definitely workable.</p> <p>The function keys work for debugging. The most annoying thing to get used to is the fn key at the bottom left, as I'm really used to having the control key there. There are keyboard equivalents to delete, pg up, pg dwn, etc...</p> <p>Also annoying is the keyboard backlite. The only way I found to disable it is to kill the Bootcamp process, sleep and wake.</p> <p>Not sure what you mean by @ and " switched on the keyboard, as I've been using shift+2 and the " two keys right of l.</p> <p>I've built some fairly large web apps using VS and I'm happy with the MacBook as I use it to build iPhone apps as well, so I need a Mac. It's also nice to have 2 OSes. You can't get a Windows machine to run both Windows and OS X as easily as you can get a Mac to run OS X and Windows.</p> <p>Also, not keyboard related, but design related. Apple, IMHO, put aesthetics over usability in making the edges of the body so sharp. When you lean your wrists on the keyboard, the edges dig in and after leaning on them after awhile, you have pretty deep dent marks. I've seen videos where people actually file down the edges (I think I saw that the MacBook was still powered on in one video. Ouch.)</p>

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