Saturday, April 29, 2006
17 Inch Macbook Pro
The Intel conversion continues. Apple has just announced the 17 inch Macbook Pro.
I personally wouldn't want a laptop this big. It becomes a pretty significant burden to carry around. If they had come out with the 12 inch model of the Macbook Pro, that's what I would have bought rather than the 15 inch model. For me, mobile computing is just that...it needs to be easily portable.
That said, this is a nice looking book. It includes the FireWire 800 port (which was one of my complaints on the 15 inch model) and a FireWire 400 plus a whopping three USB ports. This laptop really is a desktop replacement.
I personally wouldn't want a laptop this big. It becomes a pretty significant burden to carry around. If they had come out with the 12 inch model of the Macbook Pro, that's what I would have bought rather than the 15 inch model. For me, mobile computing is just that...it needs to be easily portable.
That said, this is a nice looking book. It includes the FireWire 800 port (which was one of my complaints on the 15 inch model) and a FireWire 400 plus a whopping three USB ports. This laptop really is a desktop replacement.
