Honestly, I'd ahve a harder time justifying a Pro over a regular Macbook. I'm assuming there's a good reason you want the pro? If you're honestly comparing the Pro with other manufacturers you do have to be careful that you're comparing them feature for feature - the Pro has quite a few premium features included that you don't normally see in your everyday laptop.
Honestly, OSX is the best reason to buy a Mac. If you're not convinced by that then I'm not sure I can convince you.
I'm with Tudders..... The PRO is a serious laptop and, as an owner of a regular MacBook, I'd really wonder why you'd buy it unless someone else is writing the cheque.
The regular MacBook is a great machine, far better than most offerings from the Dell's, Acer's and Toshiba's of the world. In fact (And this is gonna hurt me), the only thing that is similar, quality wise, is the Thinkpad I'm using now and it won't run OSX.
Really there are only two things about the hardware itself that sets it apart: - Its a very high build quality laptop - It runs OSX
Simple as that, however, that 2nd point is really about 1000 points rolled into one and is something you have to experience to understand.
I'll break it down like this: We're at a conference that has some of the nerdiest minds in the world attending. I'd say that approximately 50% of the laptops you see have a nice Apple logo on the back, and the other 50% are either company provided or belong to students who can't afford one.
If you do stray from the Apple path though, for the love of EVERYTHING that is holy please make sure the laptop has Intel all the way through it. Most good laptops do these days, but some of the less reputable brands (*cough* HP *cough* Compaq *cough* Acer *cough* Cheaper Dells *cough* (I really need to quit smoking, don't I?)). Ignore this advice at your own peril!
Well the setup that I want is going to cost me in excess of 2K for a decent Dell or Toshiba, I think I am going to get a MacBook and just pay the extra few dollars to double the memory to 2Gig.
With that I will run OSX with Windows running within it and there will be much rejoicing. The only question i have for noisymime is does the 13" screen work well for you, would it be good to have on a daily basis, or should I factor the purchase of a seperate monitor into my equations??
If you look at the comparable Dell's, the cost difference is actually negligible, making (I hate to say this...) the MAC with the dual OS capability a BETTER deal!
My other suggestion is that if you look hard at what you'd think you need and then do a realistic audit of what you REALLY need, you might find you can do equally with far less. I did.
What I thought I had to have in a laptop was costing $3000+, but what I found on a realistic assessment was I could really get away with far less (i.e $1200) to do what it needed to do. So I've had a laptop for 12 mths now, where as while I kept telling myself I needed $3000 one I didn't get one!
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Honestly, OSX is the best reason to buy a Mac. If you're not convinced by that then I'm not sure I can convince you.
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The regular MacBook is a great machine, far better than most offerings from the Dell's, Acer's and Toshiba's of the world. In fact (And this is gonna hurt me), the only thing that is similar, quality wise, is the Thinkpad I'm using now and it won't run OSX.
Really there are only two things about the hardware itself that sets it apart:
- Its a very high build quality laptop
- It runs OSX
Simple as that, however, that 2nd point is really about 1000 points rolled into one and is something you have to experience to understand.
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If you do stray from the Apple path though, for the love of EVERYTHING that is holy please make sure the laptop has Intel all the way through it. Most good laptops do these days, but some of the less reputable brands (*cough* HP *cough* Compaq *cough* Acer *cough* Cheaper Dells *cough* (I really need to quit smoking, don't I?)). Ignore this advice at your own peril!
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With that I will run OSX with Windows running within it and there will be much rejoicing. The only question i have for noisymime is does the 13" screen work well for you, would it be good to have on a daily basis, or should I factor the purchase of a seperate monitor into my equations??
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If you look at the comparable Dell's, the cost difference is actually negligible, making (I hate to say this...) the MAC with the dual OS capability a BETTER deal!
My other suggestion is that if you look hard at what you'd think you need and then do a realistic audit of what you REALLY need, you might find you can do equally with far less. I did.
What I thought I had to have in a laptop was costing $3000+, but what I found on a realistic assessment was I could really get away with far less (i.e $1200) to do what it needed to do. So I've had a laptop for 12 mths now, where as while I kept telling myself I needed $3000 one I didn't get one!
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