Leopard upgrade

Though the machine was bought after October 26 (the date Leopard's sales started), I had to resort to "update" by the Mac OS X Leopard Upgrade DVD. Here are my steps:

1. Boot from Upgrade DVD and install Leopard afresh
I originally made 3 partitions, one is boot partition, one is for data, and the last one is for Windows. But Bootcamp refused to use these partitions.. and Disk utility could not remove the extra partitions, so I did this:

diskutil mergePartitions HFS+ disk0s3 disk0s5

to merge boot partition (disk0s3) with disk0s4 and disk0s5. Then Bootcamp is satisfied.

2. Use MBP bundled DVD and install bundled application
Upgrade DVD does not come with iLife, since iLife came not with Tiger but bundled with

3. Install Windows Vista Ultimate via Bootcamp.

Hi, I am a Mac (switcher)

I can't really say I switched to Mac, since I used Mac for the first time in 1987, and even since I replaced my last Mac (a PowerBook 520) with a Sony Vaio in 1999, I still used public Macs at school (and at work I regularly use iMac and Xserve). But since 1999 my main machine has always been a Windows machine, so let's just consider I just switched (back) to Mac, which is a MacBook Pro.
So first, my complaints:

1. The screen could not be tilted away deeper.
This is quite annoying, since when I put a notebook computer on my lap, the screen needs to be tilted low for clear viewing.
2. The power adaptor is bulky
It's not just bulky but also heavier. And oh, it hasn't changed since the 90s, the cable is thick! I am not sure if there is benefit of making power cable this thick, but it really is a nuisance.
3. Apple Mail can't use vertical orientation
I can't believe Jobs really thought users would be happy with horizontal orientation while current Apple notebook's screen is wide. Fotunately, macnoto shared me this link that would just solve this problem.
UPDATE 2007/11/11: Letterbox has not been updated to Leopard yet, but there is an alternative here.
4. MagSafe power connector keeps disconnected
Am I too obsessed with using a lap-top PC (i.e., putting it on my lap)? The MagSafe power connector on the left side keeps getting knocked out by my lap.
5. Mac can't hibernate
You may say there is "deep sleep" on Mac, yeah but it's not deep enough. I like to preserve my workspace so I rarely shutdown my notebook computer. On Windows, putting it to hibernate cut power totally (thus saving battery power) and the notebook will never wake up on its own. But Mac only has sleep, no hibernation, and I have experienced twice already putting Mac to sleep and then put it into my bag, only to find it became very hot when I pulled it out since it woke up inside my bag!
UPDATE: Yes there is hibernate on newer Macs including this MBP, but still I can't put the Mac to hibernate immediately using supported method. There is utilities like "Deep Sleep" but this is not using officially supported feature and not always worked in my situation.

Well, there are more, but that's it for now. I am waiting for the Leopard disk to come to try the "300 new features" :P
(BTW, though I am new switcher, I have been a Tiger user;) )

Softwares for the switcher…

After I stopped using Mac as daily personal machine in 1999 (when I bought Sony Vaio 505 to replace my PB520), today I returned to Mac as daily machine. Here are the softwares to make life as switcher easier:

Make Mail vertical oriented
http://harnly.net/software/letterbox/