laptop advice

[Dice144]

I had my eyes on the Macbook Pro 13 for the smaller size without losing upgrade options (ram/hard) down the road. I get a 8% discount thru work.

But I just got done reading the review of the new Dell XPS and I can get a quad core+6 gigs of ram AND a better GPU. I would get the 14".

I fell in love with the Mac trackpad in the store and to my knowledge no local store I can go check out the Dell trackpad in my area. Battery life is a biggie for me. I want to be able to not be tied to a wall outlet at my friends or my parents. I have a "gaming rid" AMD X6 1090 with SSD and 6 gigs of ram with Nvidia GTX 460 so not worried to much about gaming on either notebook. Also the Macbook screen looks amazing.

I really like the look of OSX and it is the only OS at home do not have installed yet. Using Ubuntu and Win7. Yet, OSX and the style of the MBP is still making me lean that way. Am I a fool?

 

[slugg]

I had a 13 inch MacBook Pro. Loved it... until it got stolen.

The laptop sucks really bad in Windows, though. Your battery life and trackpad are ruined. The keyboard is terrible in Windows, too (ex: you don't have an actual delete key).

Other than that... the screen looked great, I got fantastic battery life under OS X, the trackpad is AMAZING under OS X, and the build quality and styling are fantastic. Thin and light - great design.

What's the catch? It's terribly overpriced. It's based on really old technology and costs more than other, much better performing laptops.

Overall, I'd say I enjoyed it quite a bit!

 

[tysjiang]

Nope, you're not a fool. The MBP is an amazing piece of hardware, though pricey. If that's what you want and it's within your budget, get it. Life is too short to skip out on things in which you know you want and can get.

 

[Eug]

How heavy is the Dell XPS? For a laptop, weight often matters.

I already find the 13" MacBook Pro heavy, and most 14" laptops (with optical drives) are a lot heavier.

 

[Emulex]

osx RDP client 2.0 works great!

 

[Dice144]

Well got the MBP 13. I almost got the AIR but wanted a DVD bay to remove for a second HD. Soon as the Intel 3rd gen comes out will get that (if better then Sand Force) or the Intel. The 250 hard drive in it may hold me over.

 

[Emulex]

sandforce isn't that much better than current X25-M unless you count zero filled benchmarks lol.

 

[Dice144]

Well I am more holding out for a new SSD. I currently have OCZ 30 GB "boot drive" that I use on my Win7 gaming rig. I want at least 128 GB for my new MBP. Since I just smashed my piggy bank going to hope prices keep falling at the current pace.

 

[Marcuf]

Well there is wireless zero configuration, that can sometime malfunction requiring a windows repair install.

However in services.msc, this should show as started.