My, my, did I garner some replies. Sheesh!
N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=Sam3]
17" is too big, I had the G4 version at one time.
You can't compare the two. Back when I bought my 15" three years ago, I too avoided the 17" because it was too bulky. The current 17" feels like my old 15", and has a much nicer screen than the 15", to boot.
I've been waiting for this day since Christmas, when I gave my 15" to my stepson as a gift. Papa's getting a new MBP!
Are the newer 17" lighter and more comfortable than the G4 17"? I always liked my 14" TiBook, and when the first MBP's came out, the 15" felt just right for me. The 17" G4 was too bulky, and the first 17" MBP's looked and felt the same.
N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=Sam3]
Oh, and the 17" not having an i7 option? What's up with that?
Umm... it does. $200 extra.
I didn't see that. It's as a BTO only, though.
N-OS X-tasy! wrote: [quote=Sam3]
Still only two USB slots? In this day and age? I can think of four devices that people could want to use simultaneously; mouse, hard drive, card reader, wireless cell card.
So get a USB hub. Or even better, a Windows laptop. Nothing to complain about there!
Hub = another piece to carry around.
Windows laptop? Umm... no thanks. I'm trying to repair a 17" Dell Precison at work right now. Heavy, heavy, bulky!
deckeda wrote:
[quote=Sam3]
Still only two USB slots? In this day and age? I can think of four devices that people could want to use simultaneously; mouse, hard drive, card reader, wireless cell card.
There are 3 on the 17."
If you got one of the smaller models maybe you could limp along with "crappy FireWire" for one of the items in your list? If it's not too much of a hardship.
But not on the 15". If these machines are termed "Pro", then they should be equipped better than non-pro machines.
Where did I ever call Firewire crappy? Geez!
I do use a drive in a OWC Firewire enclosure, but for the average user who needs external drives, they most likely will not roll their own, but purchase one. Most external drives are USB-only.
deckeda wrote:
And now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go play with the flap to the ExpressCard slot on my 15" MBP I have yet to use.
(Settle down, folks, YES that's one of the reasons I got a Late '08 model, to potentially "future proof it." So far the joke's on me, still.)
I have and use an eSATA and a card reader ExpressCard/34.
Oh, and why didn't the 13" come out with the i3? In the PC world the i3 is in the lower end models, Core 2 Duos are almost history.