So when I was in grade eleven, I was gifted with a brand new laptop which was uh, MacBook Air having an m m one chip. At that time it was very expensive and, but now it’s quite cheaper. I needed that laptop because I chose my major as computer science food, my plus two which is grade eleven and twelve. So I needed it for mainly programming and uh, browsing the Internet for various research purposes. So it was gifted to me by my uncle. I was just planning to buy another yachp laptop of windows, uh, operating system. But uh, before buying that laptop I was just gifted and I was very happy because it has a great display and uh, large memory capacity and uh, cues and uh, very fast speed. I must say that initially it was very hard for me to adjust to that computer because I was using uh, windows operating system since last seven years. But when I just got this laptop I was not that uh, confident in using this and not that expert. But as soon as I learned various things by watching videos of macintosh.com, i really got new uh, knowledge and I’m very expert now in using this device. Moreover, it was very helpful in my studies and uh, while writing various codes for my computer science major. It uh, just helped me since it has great memory space and um, how, whatever and how many tabs we open in Google Chrome, it does not matter. It never gets slow, slower.
Band 8+: Describe a time when you started using a new technological device (e.g. a new computer or phone). You should say: what device you started using why you started using this device how easy or difficult it was to use and explain how helpful this device was to you.
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When I was in grade eleven, I received a brand new laptop as a gift – a MacBook Air with an M1 chip. At the time, it was quite expensive, but now it's much more affordable. I needed this laptop because I had chosen computer science as my major for my plus two years, which are equivalent to grades eleven and twelve. I needed it primarily for programming and researching online for various projects. My uncle gifted it to me. I had been planning to buy a different laptop, a Windows-based one, but before I could purchase it, I received this gift, and I was thrilled. It had a fantastic display, ample memory capacity, and was incredibly fast. Initially, it was quite challenging for me to adapt to this computer because I had been using Windows for the past seven years. I wasn't very confident or experienced with macOS. However, I started watching videos on macintosh.com and quickly learned a lot. Now, I'm very proficient in using this device. It has been incredibly helpful for my studies, especially when writing code for my computer science major. The large memory space is fantastic, and I can open countless tabs in Google Chrome without any lag or slowdown. It's a truly remarkable machine.
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