> And Sarah, let me express my utter horror that you let your kids play games
> on your development computer. I trust that any woman brilliant enough to
> develop software, has not provided an Administrator account in either OS to
> the little gremlins?
LOL! The "little gremlins" are now bigge
I used to lug a 17" around and a couple of years ago I switched to a
15". Fits into more accessories (messenger bags, etc.) as well as
being lighter and opens more easily in an airliner. I am strongly
considering going back to the 17" on the next pass as I work in video
and being able to see a full
If carrying books (plural) and papers with the MacBook Pro, I seriously doubt
the difference in weight between a 13" and 15" model would ever register much,
unless he is going hiking on a mountain trail. :-)
Bob
On Apr 28, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Peter Alcibiades wrote:
> and think about how he wo
My only caution to this approach is if something goes horribly awry in your
Bootcamp installation, it's a wipe and reinstall in your future, just like with
an actual Windows machine. Also the amount of disk space your Windows partition
takes out of your Mac hard drive is fixed.
Parallels howev
I think the difference between the two is mainly screen real estate. I
personally like room to stretch out so I have the 17" model. My advice in any
case is if you are going to be running VM's, get at least 4 gigs of ram and a
large HD. The ones they come with these days are pretty large so you
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Alex,
Over the last decade and a half each new laptop I bought had a bigger
screen. I've always considered this an improvement.
On the last purchase I debated for almost six months between the 15"
and the 17". I finally got the 17" and have not regretted that
decision at all. Based on my exp
If buying new, always check out the Apple Refurb Store at
(For the UK)
http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/specialdeals/mac?mco=OTY2ODY3Nw
(For the US)
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac?mco=OTY2ODY3Nw
You can save several hundred pounds and you still get the full warranty e
Modern versions of both parallels and fusion can run multiple
instances of Windows while running OSX.
If you purchase a MacBook now vs buy a used model from a private
party, you will be working with Snow Leopard. You need to check for
compatibilities and ask specifically about Snow Leopard
My advice is smaller is better.
I have an LCD screen at home and at work along with full keyboard and mouse and
other peripherals at these two major use locations. So in effect, I have a dual
screen setup at home and at the office. One large LCD and a smaller laptop LCD.
When I travel I obviou
Alex
This is a little off target from the question you actually asked, but
I wanted to share my experience going from a 15 in MBP to a 13 in MBA.
The biggest impediment I found to getting work done efficiently on the
MBA was not the lack of speed. It was the fact that the 13 inch
screen s
Hi Alex,
This might help you.
http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/Triple_Boot_via_BootCamp
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> I'd like advice in two areas .
>
> 1. Should I buy the 13-inch or the 15-inch ?
> I can compare the screen sizes, and the resolution and even the relative
> weights.
> But I don't have a realistic idea of how much faster the Intel i5 is over
> the older Dual Core.
> So any advice about perfor
I'd like advice in two areas .
1. Should I buy the 13-inch or the 15-inch ?
I can compare the screen sizes, and the resolution and even the relative
weights.
But I don't have a realistic idea of how much faster the Intel i5 is
over the older Dual Core.
So any advice about performance, or p
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