Hey all,
I've been using a macbook pro lately, one of the so-called unibody ones although not the latest Core i5s.
I basically like the slim, sturdy case, and the battery life on them, and I'm wondering if anyone knows of any similar laptops that are non-Macs. I also like that the trackpads on them aren't total crap, although I try to use an external mouse when I can. I'm mostly concerned with functionality and sturdiness here, although the fact they look better than the average crap I see cluttering the shelves at futureshop (best buy) is nice.
I'm not highly concerned by price, as I'm definitely not in the market for a $500 laptop, but you know if I can find something that has most of the hardware qualities I'm looking for without paying for the Apple logo, I'm all for it. When I say hardware qualities, I'm not talking about spec sheet checklist, but good keyboard, good screen, good trackpad, etc.
I could just buy myself a MacBook pro, I'm not horrified by the price. But everyone keeps telling me they are way overpriced though, but the comparisons usually seem to be to that crap littering the shelves I was talking about before (usually from HP...), and I'm just not interested in that stuff.
Say maybe something in the $1200 range, rather than the $1800. Mostly I'm interested in 14-16" sizes. The 15" MBP I have is maybe a tad bigger than I'd like, but it's not awful. The 17" MBP is a beast, and I've got bad eyes, so I find the 13" is a tad small.
I've never been much of a laptop guy, and I'm not looking to trade in my gaming rig, but I find myself doing a lot of my day to day computing on the work mbp. Shopping for apple stuff is pretty simple, they don't have a lot of choice. For non-macs, I don't know which vendor to start with, and any that I do seemingly have dozens of near indistinguishable models.
It makes me sound a bit like a fruity mac dude, but basically I'm wondering if there are any laptop vendors out there with good taste that make mid-upper range hardware.
I've been using a macbook pro lately, one of the so-called unibody ones although not the latest Core i5s.
I basically like the slim, sturdy case, and the battery life on them, and I'm wondering if anyone knows of any similar laptops that are non-Macs. I also like that the trackpads on them aren't total crap, although I try to use an external mouse when I can. I'm mostly concerned with functionality and sturdiness here, although the fact they look better than the average crap I see cluttering the shelves at futureshop (best buy) is nice.
I'm not highly concerned by price, as I'm definitely not in the market for a $500 laptop, but you know if I can find something that has most of the hardware qualities I'm looking for without paying for the Apple logo, I'm all for it. When I say hardware qualities, I'm not talking about spec sheet checklist, but good keyboard, good screen, good trackpad, etc.
I could just buy myself a MacBook pro, I'm not horrified by the price. But everyone keeps telling me they are way overpriced though, but the comparisons usually seem to be to that crap littering the shelves I was talking about before (usually from HP...), and I'm just not interested in that stuff.
Say maybe something in the $1200 range, rather than the $1800. Mostly I'm interested in 14-16" sizes. The 15" MBP I have is maybe a tad bigger than I'd like, but it's not awful. The 17" MBP is a beast, and I've got bad eyes, so I find the 13" is a tad small.
I've never been much of a laptop guy, and I'm not looking to trade in my gaming rig, but I find myself doing a lot of my day to day computing on the work mbp. Shopping for apple stuff is pretty simple, they don't have a lot of choice. For non-macs, I don't know which vendor to start with, and any that I do seemingly have dozens of near indistinguishable models.
It makes me sound a bit like a fruity mac dude, but basically I'm wondering if there are any laptop vendors out there with good taste that make mid-upper range hardware.