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UMBP 15" or 17"?

Just pulled the trigger.

Ordered a 2.66GHZ 15" UMBP with 320GB 7200RPM HD.

Expected delivery 5/29-6/4.

Took advantage of the back to school special to get a 16GB iPod touch!

I am now officialy a mac convert.

Thanks again for all the input ya'll!
 
Just wondering if the U necessary when talking about the MBP?
or is it there just to remove any confusion?
thanks
 
bruinsrme said:
Just wondering if the U necessary when talking about the MBP?
or is it there just to remove any confusion?
thanks
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Well I guess is is not necessary :eek: I just included it out of habit/to remove any confusion. Plus I tend to get a little OCD and want to put the correct labels on things :eek:
 
I wasn't sure if there was a lot of differences between the newer and older models that putting it there was beneficial.
Thanks for the reply
 
Congrats to the OP on buying your MacBook Pro, that must be exciting! :)

I have a MacBook a few years old and I'm thinking of making the upgrade soon myself to the Pro model. My MacBook has been great, but the one thing I have always disliked about it from day #1 has been the screen. I own the old white MB with the integrated intel 950 graphics chipset. Its pretty horrendous for watching movies and in my new notebook I would prefer something with a higher resolution and that can handle more modern videogames, such as The Sims 3.

I have been reading this thread and have seen the comments where some posters aren't happy with the resolution of the 15" uMBP vs the 17" model's higher resolution. My question is - is it THAT much of a marked difference? If I pull the trigger and buy this new uMBP I really would prefer a model with portability over size. However, I'd prefer a great resolution over a crummy one. I'm not going to be doing graphic intensive video editing or anything like that. But, for watching movies and playing videogames, is the resolution of the 15" that poor compared with the 17" model? Honestly, money is an issue, so that's a factor too. But - I don't want another case of "buyer's remorse" where I am stuck with a poor resolution for watching video and playing games for the next few years. Any advice? Thanks, I really appreciate it in advance :)
 
JusChexin said:
Congrats to the OP on buying your MacBook Pro, that must be exciting! :)

I have a MacBook a few years old and I'm thinking of making the upgrade soon myself to the Pro model. My MacBook has been great, but the one thing I have always disliked about it from day #1 has been the screen. I own the old white MB with the integrated intel 950 graphics chipset. Its pretty horrendous for watching movies and in my new notebook I would prefer something with a higher resolution and that can handle more modern videogames, such as The Sims 3.

I have been reading this thread and have seen the comments where some posters aren't happy with the resolution of the 15" uMBP vs the 17" model's higher resolution. My question is - is it THAT much of a marked difference? If I pull the trigger and buy this new uMBP I really would prefer a model with portability over size. However, I'd prefer a great resolution over a crummy one. I'm not going to be doing graphic intensive video editing or anything like that. But, for watching movies and playing videogames, is the resolution of the 15" that poor compared with the 17" model? Honestly, money is an issue, so that's a factor too. But - I don't want another case of "buyer's remorse" where I am stuck with a poor resolution for watching video and playing games for the next few years. Any advice? Thanks, I really appreciate it in advance :)
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I'm definitely not as well-versed in the resolution arena as many others, but after going to the apple store every other day for a month (almost anyways :p ) and agonizing over whether the 17" resolution/battery was worth the extra cash to me, I decided it was not. A good friend of mine was a photographer at the Dallas Morning News and is a very successful professional photographer. He swore up and down that the difference between the 15 and 17 was negligable in real-world situations (i.e. not just talking specs/numbers) and went on to tell me that all the photographers he knows at the paper use the 15". Take that for what it's worth.

Also I figured that if I really ended up needed higher res I would buy a nice big external for around the price difference between the 15 and 17.

Bottom line you gotta figure out what works best for you, what you can live with. Some will swear the 17" is worth it, others will say it isn't, and some say there's no difference. Go spend time with both of them in the store - play movie clips, get on the web, look at and play with the photos, etc. and decide if you just can't live without the 17".

Plus it is my understanding that it's pretty easy to upgrade within the first couple weeks after purchase if you are really kicking yourself for going 15"...

That's my $.02, hope it helps :)
 
Thanks for the advice, Boxer!

I figured as much, that I should actually go to an Apple store and "kick the tires", to see if I can tell any difference in the resolution b/w the 15" and 17" uMBP screen. I know sometimes its hard to actually see differences in the store as opposed to playing around with your laptop at home, though. However, I'm certainly no professional photographer, so if their trained eyes are happy with the resolution of the 15" uMBP, then I'm guessing that should certainly be enough for my occasional movie watching and video game playing. I just know that I've been unhappy with the resolution on the 950-integrated clamshell Macbook screen and I don't want to make that mistake again. I guess I need to head to an Apple store soon. Thanks for the advice, I'll let you know how it goes!
 
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