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Yes, I know, for those that know me, this would probably come as a shock… I’m considering buying a MacBook Pro 13″ so I need help from those (lots of you NCSS guys) that own them/are fans.
Well, my reasoning is that the government gives that 50% tax back thingy up to $1500 spent so I could splurge a little bit and get a Mac this year for uni (because next year will have enough expenses as is without adding on the cost of a laptop). I already have a nice Q6600, 4GB RAM, 24″ LCD so I’m after something that’s portable.
Enter MBP 13″ base model, 2.4GHz C2D (No Nehalem though… wouldn’t mind an i3/i5), 4GB RAM and 250GB Hard drive, “10 hours” battery. Now my questions….
What is the advantage of getting this 13″ MBP compared to say a nice 13″ Dell with an i5 and anti glare screen? Am I just paying lots for the design and Apple looks? I’m after portability here so battery life I guess is a fairly important factor as well as weight and size. I don’t want to lug a brick around all day.
I’m not sure if I want the power that the Dell would give (considering I do have a pretty good desktop though) or if I want the Mac which has perfected all the details (MagSafe, single glass trackpad etc) at the cost of a bit of performance… if that 13″ MBP came with an i3/i5 life would be so much easier!
Damn you Apple!
I’d not be surprised if new MacBooks show up in the next couple of days… (I personally would go for the MacBook, if only because the actual device is much better built than anything else out there)
But the MBP 13″ only got released in April of this year! http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook_Pro. Apparently the deal with the C2D in the smaller MBP’s is that they can’t fint in an i5 as well as dedicated grahpics in that chassis so they stuck with what they already had 🙁 Damn… ahh well, I’m leaning towards this despite being a PC person for my whole life