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If you would like your MBP a computer on the go, do you thing 2.04KG is too heavy???
If you would like your MBP a computer on the go, do you thing 2.04KG is too heavy???
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Do you think the 13" MBP is too heavy?
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Actually, had it been available before I purchased my Air my answer would be no. Since I've been Airified, I'd say yes but that's pretty jaded. It's light for what it has. Lighter than the plastic MB.
I've just upgraded to the 13" MBP from a 12" Samsung I had. The Samsung weighed in at around 1.85kg and this is 2kg, so I'm packing an extra 150g. That's not really a lot.
I quite happily walk around airports with 10 kilos on my back though admittedly I'd rather not do it every day. In this case though, the bag I have is so well designed that the weight distribution is perfect, so I don't feel too strained as such.
As for school (the reason I want a small screen laptop), I have a backpack that is pretty standard and not really that ergonomically designed. I could feel the weight of my 12" Samsung when I took it to and from uni (a 30 minute walk), but to be fair, the bag is such that I can feel the weight of anything of substance. I should consider a new one... anyway, I expect much the same experience with the Macbook Pro. The only way I could avoid this is if I had a tiny Netbook, which I don't want
In short, the 150g to me isn't that big a deal. It's about as portable as you can get whilst still having a comfortable to use, well-specced machine to take with you. I love the added power I get in this thing over my Samsung for instance, and the superior keyboard. Compared to my 4.5kg 17" Toshiba beast, it's a beauty.
The lesson to be learned here - invest in a decent bag and you won't have any trouble. It's far better than carrying textbooks around!
I quite happily walk around airports with 10 kilos on my back though admittedly I'd rather not do it every day. In this case though, the bag I have is so well designed that the weight distribution is perfect, so I don't feel too strained as such.
As for school (the reason I want a small screen laptop), I have a backpack that is pretty standard and not really that ergonomically designed. I could feel the weight of my 12" Samsung when I took it to and from uni (a 30 minute walk), but to be fair, the bag is such that I can feel the weight of anything of substance. I should consider a new one... anyway, I expect much the same experience with the Macbook Pro. The only way I could avoid this is if I had a tiny Netbook, which I don't want
In short, the 150g to me isn't that big a deal. It's about as portable as you can get whilst still having a comfortable to use, well-specced machine to take with you. I love the added power I get in this thing over my Samsung for instance, and the superior keyboard. Compared to my 4.5kg 17" Toshiba beast, it's a beauty.
The lesson to be learned here - invest in a decent bag and you won't have any trouble. It's far better than carrying textbooks around!
not heavy at all
I was carrying a gateway tabletpc and that was heavy. now compared to an Air, yes the uMBP is heavier but nothing I notice. I just carry in my bag a notebook, my uMBP and a book and the bag is the heaviest thing seem like (Coach leather bag).
I was carrying a gateway tabletpc and that was heavy. now compared to an Air, yes the uMBP is heavier but nothing I notice. I just carry in my bag a notebook, my uMBP and a book and the bag is the heaviest thing seem like (Coach leather bag).
I'm in the camp that believes the macbook should loose the optical drive, making it potentially thinner and lighter. So yes, I think it could be a little lighter. I did have the air once and found it to be a bit pathetic (best way I can describe it!) but it's weight was nice.
People want it to have the best of everything... screen, video card, ports (lots of ports), card readers, slots, large capacity drives, unlimited amounts of RAM and more... but they want it to defy gravity and float in the air, and remain constantly at room temperature even when downloading multiple torrents and playing Crysis through flawless framerates in virtualization.
No... it is not too heavy
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No... it is not too heavy
Woof, Woof - Dawg
NO.
I had the impression that will be, until I got one. Is pretty easy to carry around.
Too heavy?
To lift full stop or in comparison to other units?
There's a few hundred grams difference between heavy units and light, if that weight spread is the difference between walking to work/school comfortably or arriving in an an ambulance having had an embolism then it may need considering.
Alternatively we could collectively email apple saying asking them to make it out of sh***y plastic and ask them to cut big fan grilles in the back, that would help.
I welcome any technology that enables this much to be packed into something this small, if its not to ones liking, buy an Air or replace your MBP's components with bread, that would also help.
Regards
CR
To lift full stop or in comparison to other units?
There's a few hundred grams difference between heavy units and light, if that weight spread is the difference between walking to work/school comfortably or arriving in an an ambulance having had an embolism then it may need considering.
Alternatively we could collectively email apple saying asking them to make it out of sh***y plastic and ask them to cut big fan grilles in the back, that would help.
I welcome any technology that enables this much to be packed into something this small, if its not to ones liking, buy an Air or replace your MBP's components with bread, that would also help.
Regards
CR
Wow, really? Compared to the stuff I lug around on a day to day basis even my 15" mbp is light, so no...the 13" is not too heavy
Not at all. Coming from carrying several 15" PB/MBP's over the last six years it's nice having something even more portable than the they were.
If you really think it's too heavy. Get yourself a gym membership and go do some weights for a few months, you'll soon realise it's not the machine that's heavy but your biceps was lacking something.
The MBA is light for what it is missing as compared to the MBP.
Hell if your gonna talk light, get a Netbook.
The 13" MBP is a full function notebook, the MBA is a limited function notebook.
For those who think the 13" Macbook Pro is too heavy, may I make a suggestion?????
................I'm Training For When I Get My 13" Macbook Pro
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Hell if your gonna talk light, get a Netbook.
The 13" MBP is a full function notebook, the MBA is a limited function notebook.
For those who think the 13" Macbook Pro is too heavy, may I make a suggestion?????
................I'm Training For When I Get My 13" Macbook Pro
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If you think it's too heavy, maybe this is the notebook you should be using. Don't forget your pencil...
yes, it is very heavy if you had an mba before. carrying it around with the lid closed and with the lid open feels totally different. if you carry it around in your room a lot (like i do), it feels really really heavy if you hold it from one side with a single hand, that's why i'm thinking of switching to a mac mini and an ipad instead.
Of course its not to heavy... think about it this way..
if you go out and take a bottle of water with you then for a 500ml bottle of water you have added an extra 500g roughly, you dont stop and think maybe i should have got the smaller bottle so i can carry it do you?
generally people dont go out and find a lightweight bag to carry it in either, all of the savings in weight that it offers over something even 1kg more can be cancelled out by the bag and what you take with you, the clothes you wear etc.
its 2.04kg... not 20kg.... its not heavy
if you go out and take a bottle of water with you then for a 500ml bottle of water you have added an extra 500g roughly, you dont stop and think maybe i should have got the smaller bottle so i can carry it do you?
generally people dont go out and find a lightweight bag to carry it in either, all of the savings in weight that it offers over something even 1kg more can be cancelled out by the bag and what you take with you, the clothes you wear etc.
its 2.04kg... not 20kg.... its not heavy