My mother in law is fond of saying you don’t know if you don’t ask, or something to that effect. i don’t always agree with that but most of the times I do. Earlier this month I asked for a new laptop from work. I have been without a work laptop since early summer (long story I wont go into). I have used a desktop I had an my own Macbook Air. My company allows personal Mac’s on a bring your own support type model. I was wanting something more powerful than what my Air could provide and I really didn’t want to keep using my personal gear for work. I researched my options and the Dell developer build laptop they offered was powerful but very big. I liked the power but I didn’t’ really want to go back to a windows machine. I looked and noticed i could get a Macbook Air bundle that wasn’t much more than the Dell and it was basically just as powerful. Since I can do my entire job on a Mac i asked if i could just get one of the new Retina Display Pro’s instead of a Dell. My boss got approval and said yes i could get it. I was extremely pleased.
Today the computer arrived unexpectedly early at the office. I was on vacation but got the tracking information. I talked with MC and she agreed to let me go in to the office to pick up the computer and come home. That would allow me to start migrating my stuff off the Air onto the new Pro before I got back to work after the new year.
The Pro is bigger than anything I have had since a 15″ Powerbook, but it was just as heavy as my 13″ Macbook Pro I used to have. It is much heavier than the Air I had and that will take getting used, however that extra weight comes along with the more ram and much more powerful processor. Not to mention the bigger screen. I wont need the bigger screen most of the time but when i am not plugged into a monitor it will come in handy.