I got a new 13″ Macbook Pro today. Back in March I decided I didn’t need a personal laptop so I ditched my Aluminum Macbook for a 24″ iMac. Recently however I have wanted the potential portability of a laptop. I know I have my work laptop but it is really not the fastest thing out there and I don’t like putting personal stuff on it, and work also frowns on that! Problems with my iMac have also soured my opinion of all in ones. I am still a bit pissed at Apple, but the reality is I looked around and I couldn’t find anything as nice from Dell or HP. I don’t care what the Microsoft commercials say, the Macbook’s are still really well built nice to look at, and perform fantastically. I was open to running Windows 7, heck I may still dual boot the Macbook Pro. Now I know I didn’t need the laptop, but I never treated myself to anything after my tax return this year so I splurged. With my employee discount I was able to get a really good deal. I also had a much bigger hard drive I still had that I pulled from my old laptop so I didn’t have to configure the higher end model.
I still really want to get a 30″ display. Right now the Dell 30″ is looking better than the Apple one, but both require the dual link DVI adapter for the Macbook Pro. I have read horrible reviews about it so I don’t want to shell out money on a huge monitor and have it not work because the cable is crappy.
With this new purchase I will probably use my 24″ iMac as a media center machine. I will most likely sell the older 20″ iMac I was using as the media center since it has great resale value. I could probably make back most of the cost of the laptop on that sale! Gotta love Craigslist and Ebay. I may also just give it to my sister for the kids, the reality is I think it is way more powerful than they need. I might just buy them an upgrade to the old dell they currently have. I need to check out how their computer is working when I am out there this month.