I wish this was easier but at the same time I don’t.
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For someone as nerdy as myself, it’s amazing how I survived so long with a “dumb phone.” The primary reason for not adopting a smartphone sooner was cost. Due to a series of impulsive decisions, I’ve finally joined the club, but where I ended up might be surprising to those who know me for my Apple Fanboy-ism. Continue reading ‘Life with a smartphone’
Owning two sexy Apple computers, it’s not always easy deciding which one I want to use as my primary machine. The contenders’ general specifications are as follows:
MacBook Pro (Mid 2008):
- 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor/2GB DDR2 RAM at 667 MHz
- 160 GB hard drive @ 7200 rpm
- 256 MB nVidia GeForce 8600M GT
- 15.4″ matte LED-lit display
- Illuminated Keyboard
- 2 USB/1 Firewire 400/1 Firewire 800
Unibody MacBook:
- 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor/2 GB DDR3 RAM @ 1066 MHz
- 160GB hard drive @ 5400 rpm
- nVidia GeForce 9400M chipset
- 13.3 LED-lit glossy display
- Glass multi-touch trackpad
- 2 USB ports
Ultimately, the performance is nearly identical. In real-world usage, the MacBook boots faster than the MacBook Pro, but I attribute this to the fact that there is significantly less occupying its hard drive. It’s hard to give up the MBP. While the unibody construction is sleek and very durable, the sentiental connection I have with my MBP is hard to get over.
The old MBP does have a few extra perks as well such as an ExpressCard slot. For most average users, this is hardly a point of significance. I can’t remember the last time I used any card-slot peripherals.
For those of you with older MBP’s considering a new laptop, I generally agree with what’s been said at Wired, and here. The conclusion seems to be that if you actually use more advanced features (card slot, firewire, do heavy film editing), stick with the pro. Otherwise, the new Unibody MacBook has closed the gap between pro and consumer models in a good way; save yourself some dough and go for the regular MacBook.
Following in the footsteps of their latest Laptop Hunter ads, Microsoft has created a new ad targeting the iPod. More specifically, the cost of filling an iPod with music. According to Microsoft, it’ll cost $30,000 to fill an iPod from using iTunes. Continue reading ‘Microsoft is at it again’
I know this has been pretty well documented, but I never really paid much attention to this issue until now. The hinge on my unibody MacBook seems to be much looser than that on my previous generation MacBook Pro. In regular usage, it’s really not a big deal at all. I only notice occasionally when I set my laptop down; a slight (very slight) bump is all it takes to make the screen fall back a bit.
It’ll be interesting to see how this olds up a few months from now. I generally make it a point to take care of the hinge by not closing my laptop too abruptly. Anybody else experience any similar issues? What did you do about it?
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