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What do YOU do with you MacBook Pro?

Currently, I'm waiting for my next paycheck to buy the new mbp. To justify the price, I am using this as a full blown music machine. I do a lot of recording/mixing and have the ultimate goal of doing live shows with ableton running different synths and midi controllers, which take a lot of ram/cpu and need a reliable computer...windows has never been reliable when doing live stuff (from my experience). I also do photography on the side, a little graphic design, some coding, and some video editing, and I'm a student so I need to be able to multitask. Also a big factor is the battery, I need a battery that actually works and doesn't die within the year, all of my other laptops failed at this.
One thing I try to live by is to get what you want. You can get hung up on the money, and always regret buying some pos pc. Or you can invest in a quality laptop and enjoy the benefits. yeah.
 
Dunno yet. Just got my first Mac Sunday afternoon. Just figured out how to export a Numbers file as Excel. LOL.

I guess I learn. Yeah, that's what I do. I learn OSX on my MacBook Pro.

In a couple of years, after I do that, maybe I'll teach myself Objective-c and start developing apps for the app store. LOL.
 
Surfing the web, music, movies, mail, video transcoding, photo editing, programming and casual gaming.
 
I come from the half nerd, half artist camp. I am using mine for testing / troubleshooting / installing network environments and running virtual machines side by side... and also recording, mixing, mastering with Pro Tools. Forth Mac for me. 15" 2.3Ghz.
 
Everything

Whatever I need it to do, it'll do.

I do photos in iPhoto, videos of the kiddo, write my grad school papers, itunes, web browsing, etc. I needed something light and yet powerful. I went with the base 13" 2011 model. I'm hoping it'll be as faithful as the MBP before it.
 
I am the only employee where i work that has a mac... So 200 other people are forced to use crappy Dells.... Since I need PC supported applications, I run Win7 Pro in Bootcamp, then use VM Ware to run OS X and Win7 concurrently.

PHP program as well as Web Design, use Adobe Creative Suite, listen to iTunes, lots of Remote Desktop to VMs and other servers... With the new 15" MBP on its way, I will finally be able to run more than just the Win7 VM!

But most of all, just work....never down due to repair... like my coworkers are typically...
 
Love the ease of using MacOS.

MBP gets used for:
-School (Microsoft Office related also research)
-Internet browsing/shopping
-quick iMovie projects for my work
-syncing my iPhone 4

Mac mini is used for downloading large files, storing back ups from external, "family" computing tasks I general.

LOVE Macs always will!
 
+ word processing
+ FCE
+ podcast production
+ LR & PS (CS5)
+ Autocad
+ event management
+ iphone
+ finance manager

It's for everything I need really, both my iMac and MBP have never failed me. And it may sound a wee bit strange, but having my macs actually make work a lot more fun.
 
I plan on running most of my business on this machine :)

Soo.. word processing, email, maintaining my website, accounting.
 
Things I do with my MBP:

Surf the web
Watch Hulu,Netflix
Write Papers
Write/Execute Code
Edit Video
SC2

I have to say I really like the fact that OS X is Unix based though. Taking a linear algebra class this quarter and its nice to not have to head into the lab to get some stuff done.
 
Web Design in Aptana Studio (a lot of this right now)
Music while I game on my desktop
Gaming on the go? (HoN and Minecraft)
Web Browsing
Starting Objective C development
Visual C# Development in VS2010 (VirtualBox WinXP) Might try to move to Mono develop soon
Some graphic design work in PS CS5 and Video Editing for school in Premiere CS5

For the most part, it serves as a second machine to do whatever I need (internet, music, pushing or pulling files to my NAS from an FTP site, etc) while I'm doing work on my desktop, I just set it up next to my monitor and control it through Synergy.
 
My wife and I own and operate a non-profit. So I handle all the video production side, which I do on this machine using FCP. Plus, I run our books through quickbooks which I have installed via bootcamp (but soon to jump into the world of virtual machines)
 
I am gonna use mine for hobby photography (Lightroom), web/mail/music/writing/presentation, watching tv series when I am on the move, some steam games
 
I justify mine because you need a laptop these days and since my nerves can't handle Windows and I love OS X the choice is pretty easy, even with the higher pricetag. This Mac has lasted me for almost 3.5 years now and I'm gonna push it to almost 4 years before buying a new MBP.

Out of school right now so it just gets used for casual surfing, mail, watching Youtube, etc. :)
 
I have a 2006 original MBP that has lasted me 5 years that I would LOVE to use more for photo/video editing but it can't handle HD video really and trying to edit RAW files is torture.

So once I get a new one I'll be using it for that plus light gaming (starcraft 2, maybe steam) plus surfing the web, a lot of video watching, and word processing at work.
 
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Hump it, lick it, worship it...

Mainly uni work for daily use, then Logic Pro for music recording & editing. Also a lot of media. That's about it. Actually a little frustrating to have to spend for better specs for a single program that I use but that's life. Gaming makes me motion sick and I'm useless in Photoshop & film editing lol. But very good on Logic.
 
Same here, patorioto. My dear old '06 MBP is ready for retirement/to be given to my better half.

I'm an 'actor' so most of my time is spent begging, messing about, and crying over the bleakness of my own future. I predominantly use my lappy for music production and graphic design to give me a little bit of cash. Been composing for short films/stage shows since I was fifteen and I've always sworn by Logic. When Emagic was bought, it seemed logical to go with Apple.

Plus I'd always unhealthily lusted over their work from afar. That helps. There's a nude picture of my first iPod in my wallet.
 
Web surfing (MR forums predominately), so I need a powerful machine that can handle my hundreds of tabs open at the same time. Multitasking with iTunes in the background...that's about it. Oh, and some word processing in Pages.
 
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+1 I hope any accidents are still covered by AppleCare.

The usual software development / web & graphic design. I don't need it for games I have a pc for that.
 
Mostly database development and .NET development, mostly running in VMWare Fusion, though occasionally boot camp. Sometimes this includes setting up two or three VMs to test multi-tier systems. I also occasionally have to give presentations, since I'm one of the "head geeks". I run OS X most of the time with Windows either running in VMWare's Unity mode or fullscreen a dedicated Space.

Got the MBP for the quad core, the giant touchpad, the reasonable weight and the fantastic battery life... plus being able to run OS X for most of what I need.
 
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