Comments on: MacBook Pro Has Arrived http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/macbook_pro_has_arrived The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:42:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/macbook_pro_has_arrived#comment-46389 Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:51:16 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/macbook_pro_has_arrived#comment-46389 [quote comment="46387"]What an awful conundrum to have... which new toy to use first... :)[/quote] And I still haven't used either. :-P Joe Eversole said on March 4, 2008:

What an awful conundrum to have... which new toy to use first... :)

And I still haven't used either. :-P

]]> By: Joe Eversole http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/macbook_pro_has_arrived#comment-46387 Joe Eversole Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:36:12 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/macbook_pro_has_arrived#comment-46387 What an awful conundrum to have... which new toy to use first... :) What an awful conundrum to have... which new toy to use first... :)

]]> By: lottadot http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/macbook_pro_has_arrived#comment-46385 lottadot Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:36:19 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/macbook_pro_has_arrived#comment-46385 Oh the lens, definitely the lens! I up'd from a 15" G4PB, then to the first iteration intel 15" MBP. This past December I up'd to a max'd out 17" MBP. It took considerable time to make the decision to move to the 17". But that's the route I ended up picking. (Primarily because the 17" had that max'd out screen). I couldn't be happier. At first the size increase was quite alarming. That took about a day or two to get over, because the screen is magnificent! The battery lasts longer (I think it's physically bigger on the 17"). I have f/w800 now too, so that helps w/ time machine backups and parallels images and big Aperture libraries. To be fair, I don't travel much. I take the laptop to/from work, about a 20 mile drive round-trip. I don't travel much but once or twice a year for business training/developer conferences. If I did travel a lot, I might reconsider the huge 17". Oh the lens, definitely the lens!

I up'd from a 15" G4PB, then to the first iteration intel 15" MBP. This past December I up'd to a max'd out 17" MBP. It took considerable time to make the decision to move to the 17". But that's the route I ended up picking. (Primarily because the 17" had that max'd out screen).

I couldn't be happier. At first the size increase was quite alarming. That took about a day or two to get over, because the screen is magnificent! The battery lasts longer (I think it's physically bigger on the 17"). I have f/w800 now too, so that helps w/ time machine backups and parallels images and big Aperture libraries.

To be fair, I don't travel much. I take the laptop to/from work, about a 20 mile drive round-trip. I don't travel much but once or twice a year for business training/developer conferences. If I did travel a lot, I might reconsider the huge 17".

]]> By: Heinrich http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/macbook_pro_has_arrived#comment-46384 Heinrich Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:26:05 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/macbook_pro_has_arrived#comment-46384 I ordered the new 17 inch, 2.6, 4GB, Hi Res (not Glossy!)...I may not see it for a week or two.... but I used to have a 17 G4, and I loved the huge screen. My 15 MacBook Pro Core Duo (1, not 2) was wicked fast compared to the G4 (or even the G5!). My new 17 will be wicked fast, mondo huge, and it will be the device I get 99% of my work done on, hence the nickname "The Wife". Now if my Time Machine migration is seamless, I will be a happy camper! I ordered the new 17 inch, 2.6, 4GB, Hi Res (not Glossy!)...I may not see it for a week or two.... but I used to have a 17 G4, and I loved the huge screen.

My 15 MacBook Pro Core Duo (1, not 2) was wicked fast compared to the G4 (or even the G5!).

My new 17 will be wicked fast, mondo huge, and it will be the device I get 99% of my work done on, hence the nickname "The Wife".

Now if my Time Machine migration is seamless, I will be a happy camper!

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