I love my MacBook Pro!
This is Sweet
I got a 17” MacBook Pro and it is changing the way I work. My new shiny laptop replaced a 12” PowerBook that I thought was the best computer on the planet. But, with the old laptop I really needed external monitors to get any real work done. I even bought monitors to leave at client sites so that I wasn’t constrained by 1024×768 pixels.
The MBP has 1680×1050 pixels in a 17” screen and this seems to be some sort of optimal sweet spot. I have a friend who has a 15.4” laptop with 1920×1200 pixels and the size of each pixel is just too small. He has to blow up all the fonts in order to use the machine. But, some things can’t be adjusted like that and he is not happy with the computer. He is looking at mine with great envy!
I have an Apple 23” display that is gorgeous and an office in my house that I made myself and an expensive chair to sit in. I just realized that I haven’t been in my office for a couple of weeks. I can now work anywhere. I sit on my bed rubbing my wife’s back while she does homework on her laptop. I sit on the futon in the family room in front of the fire when it is cold. I sit on the couch in the living room waiting for the kid’s bus.
I love this freedom and I love this machine!
I’ve been looking at the MacBook myself lately. It seems they have come down in price. A 15” MacBook was around $1300.00. I remeber buying my powerbook for twice that much 3 or 4 years ago.
The MacBook seems like a great value.
Apple stuff may be expensive, but you certainly get value for money. You couldnt buy an equivelant PC and software.
I will never go back to a PC. my first macbook sure cost a pretty penny and took me a while to save for but i never regretted it