I just want to run this by everyone here to make sure it all makes sense.
Potentially unnecessary backstory:
I’m going back to (grad)school in the fall and I need a new laptop. I have a 2007 15” mbp 2.2 c2d right now. It still works, although it has slowed a bit (I’d guess the HD is a bit strained, although the SMART status is fine) and the battery is pretty much dead. I could probably get away with using the Pro, but it’s not very portable anymore and I just don’t have the confidence in it now that it is pushing four years. I don’t want a logicboard failure (which already happened once) or the like in the middle of a term.
Does it make sense to pick up a 13” Air for the portability and SSD enhancement to average tasks and basically use the pro as a desktop (to manage external HDs, run garage band, hold my itunes and iphoto libraries, rip/encode things, maybe install windows and try some games I missed, etc) until it dies, and then replace it with an iMac or mini? Or should I just grab a 15” pro and stick to having one mac? I’m leaning towards the former, but I can see advantages to both.
So desktop plus Air or mbp?
Potentially unnecessary backstory:
I’m going back to (grad)school in the fall and I need a new laptop. I have a 2007 15” mbp 2.2 c2d right now. It still works, although it has slowed a bit (I’d guess the HD is a bit strained, although the SMART status is fine) and the battery is pretty much dead. I could probably get away with using the Pro, but it’s not very portable anymore and I just don’t have the confidence in it now that it is pushing four years. I don’t want a logicboard failure (which already happened once) or the like in the middle of a term.
Does it make sense to pick up a 13” Air for the portability and SSD enhancement to average tasks and basically use the pro as a desktop (to manage external HDs, run garage band, hold my itunes and iphoto libraries, rip/encode things, maybe install windows and try some games I missed, etc) until it dies, and then replace it with an iMac or mini? Or should I just grab a 15” pro and stick to having one mac? I’m leaning towards the former, but I can see advantages to both.
So desktop plus Air or mbp?
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