Mac Book Pro

[wh1t3 and n3rdy]

Looking at buying one in the next couple of days? (2.53, 4gb ram, 250 gb hard drive etc)

Arguments for and against ( No stupid flame war crap, i'm not 12 and not interested in bullshit)

Cheers guys.

[Rkiver]

For: Well made.

Against: You can get better from if you go for something not a Mac for the same price.

[dr0p]

For: Aesthetics, OSX (if you like it).

Against: Can get the same hardware for much cheaper with a PC.

[VaKo]

For: It's an Apple product.

Against: It's an Apple product...

They are interesting laptops, and OSX is nice if that's what your after. Apple have a reputation for being high quality, but this might not be 100% on par with reality.

Personally, unless you are wedded to the idea of OSX, I would recommend that you take a look at the HP Envy laptop, for $3700 you can get 1.73GHz i7, 16GB RAM and a 320GB SSD, and the base option is quite respectable. It looks nicer than a Macbook imo, has a high resolution screen, better graphics and personally I think its a far better machine.

[Ap0the0sis]

Agree...

I own a MBP from a few years ago. She's been nice to me, and its been fun messing around with Apple's Darwin *nix (although I prefer any Linux distro over the OS X kernel.), and the media editing perks are a definite plus if you're a movie editing/ photoshop junkie like me.

IMHO, I would not buy again. Apple seems to have a kick going on where they completely obliterate their products 6 months after you purchase. Sure, one could say that about any PC/ laptop available, but the sting from that just has got me in a rut with Apple. First it was the Macbook, then I bought an iphone 3g, only to find out this past summer, they release the 3GS with full video capability right after I jailbroke mine. My .02: Get a killer laptop for the same price, install your favorite distro (and Windozzze if ya have to) and live free.

For: It's an Apple product.

Against: It's an Apple product...

They are interesting laptops, and OSX is nice if that's what your after. Apple have a reputation for being high quality, but this might not be 100% on par with reality.

Personally, unless you are wedded to the idea of OSX, I would recommend that you take a look at the HP Envy laptop, for $3700 you can get 1.73GHz i7, 16GB RAM and a 320GB SSD, and the base option is quite respectable. It looks nicer than a Macbook imo, has a high resolution screen, better graphics and personally I think its a far better machine.

[Netshroud]

For: It's awesome

Against: refresh rumored for january

[VaKo]

I suspect the refresh will be on par with the Envy I mentioned tbh. Also, wait until after Christmas, then hit the sales.

[wh1t3 and n3rdy]

Yeah i am going to use the January refresh as a haggling point.

[azend]

Just get a cheap laptop and buy OSX and a Rebel EFI. It's only like $800 cheaper

[wh1t3 and n3rdy]

I have done the hackintosh thing.

[wh1t3 and n3rdy]

I bought the MBP, very happy with it and talked the price down a bit too.

[7h3kk1d]

For: Battery life is amazing and build is nice.

Against: Price and Dvd drive gets on my nerves every once and a while

[barry99705]

For: Battery life is amazing and build is nice.

Against: Price and Dvd drive gets on my nerves every once and a while

Little late. ;)