I'm torn between a MBP 13" and 15". I like the size of the 13" for travel. I plan on running Visual Studio (via parallels) and XCode so I'm concerned about the screen size on the 13" will be too limiting for development purposes. I'm looking for advice/opinions/experience on using a 13" and dev tools like the ones I mentioned.
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MacBook Pro 13" or 15"
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Personally the 13" is not large enough to do development work over extended periods of time.
Yes, this.
This will give you the best of both worlds, unless you plan on doing the majority of your work while you aren't at home/at the office where your monitor will be.....
Especially for projects that are more complicated than school homework assignments.
I much prefer 1920x1200 for my development. I even use a second screen (my 32" TV) when developing to assist in making things easier for me. I always stick with 17" laptops.
Stick with the 15" BadBoy Pro if you're interested in extending the lifetime of your hardware investment (e.g. future-proofing).
Sorry, I haven't been a member of the forum for long. Is this some long running personal joke or something?
It's a joke for everyone else... possibly for him, no one really knows if he's being serious or not.
I have with my 15", I don't recommend to use the MBP with the LID closed, not if you want the machine to run noiseless
How does closing the lid affect noise, since the exhaust fans are at the rear?
Only YOU can answer which is better for you. I personally could not live with the massive size and ridiculously high DPI of the 17." When I need more pixels and better color accuracy, I connect my 13" to my TV. For everything else, the WXGA res is sufficient.
If you do not use files that require larger than WXGA res., then you are paying a heck of a premium for extra pixels that you don't need. The price differences between the 13" and 15" are enormous. With $500, you could get a very nice 24" LCD.
Then again, if you don't plan on connecting your MBP to an external display often, then the 15" is probably the best compromise of size and portability, as well as price. I simply could not sleep knowing that my 17" MBP cost so much more than quad-core PC laptops.
Only YOU can answer which is better for you. I personally could not live with the massive size and ridiculously high DPI of the 17." When I need more pixels and better color accuracy, I connect my 13" to my TV. For everything else, the WXGA res is sufficient.
If you do not use files that require larger than WXGA res., then you are paying a heck of a premium for extra pixels that you don't need. The price differences between the 13" and 15" are enormous. With $500, you could get a very nice 24" LCD.
Then again, if you don't plan on connecting your MBP to an external display often, then the 15" is probably the best compromise of size and portability, as well as price. I simply could not sleep knowing that my 17" MBP cost so much more than quad-core PC laptops.
Get the matt option, shaves pounds off it
And somehow, it "future-proofs" your MBP.
The 15 inch isn't much better unless you like working with Photoshop with photos scaled to 45%. And don't even try editting in final cut!
Well sorta. It's not like you can't do it; I used to edit in Final Cut in a 13 inch screen. However, Final Cut is really meant to be on a couple of screens. It just isn't the most comfortable way to edit hours of footage.