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Why did you go pro?

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raymondu999

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Hey all. Just out of curiosity, I made this thread. It seems to me that a lot of people out there got a Pro over a Macbook for many things, the minority of which sometimes seems the upgraded spec😱.

Now, just out of curiosity, please state the reason for you going pro(it doesn't matter, unibody or classic, but it wouldn't hurt to say which one you have, to help clarify😉) , as opposed to just getting a normal MacBook (eg. bigger screen, matte screen, better graphics, you do Photoshop, you do FCP, etc.)

For me personally, I work a lot with Quartz, slideshows, and Keynote. I find that using MacBooks, some of my more advanced transitions, which I personally compose in Quartz, and then import to my Keynotes, don't actually play well. I just tried one of my presentations yesterday on my friend's Penryn BlackBook. THe thing went at like 0.2 FPS 😱 Hence, I have no option but to go pro should I want it to play smoothly. Heck, even my last-gen 2.6 Penryn couldn't take my last Quartz slides. Why? I don't know. When Apple introduced the MacBooks with nVidia 9400 graphics, I rejoiced, as that meant I no longer needed a pro. Or so I thought. Until I saw that even the new MacBook couldn't handle my slides. So, I went pro.

Now, what's your reason?
 
I wanted the higher resolution screen (even though 1440x900 is still too low) and the graphics chip. Gaming isn't too shabby on this thing!
 
More For The $

I like all the extras and feel I can get more.. therefore loose less when I sell this one to get another. In my opinion the price difference for what you get along with the performance is not that big of a deal breaker..... ???
 
I went Pro for the screen size(I have the 17in) and for the extra power, I have the 2.33ghz model and it still rocks out everything, Like I'm working on a magazine layout for school and the file is 364mb and I'll have itunes, safari, Ai, PS, Indesign, fontexploreX, and a couple other stuff open and it works with out lag.

I went with a refurbished MBP also.
 
Processor speed and betting on GPGPU/OpenCL. It's all about performance, though admittedly the gap has narrowed significantly.
 
I just ordered a new MBP. I wanted a larger screen size from my Macbook, but realistically I had to get the MBP as I have quite a few firewire devices hanging around.

I could easily still work with a 13" otherwise.
 
FireWire... and that second GPU, though if the MacBook had FireWire it would be a tough call, but I'm not "upgrading" to a USB video camera.
 
I could (and did) get a 2.6GHz 15" refurb pro for less than a new stock 2.4 GlassBook. Better bang for buck

...and this

NC MacGuy said:
Returned a MB for a MBP because of poor quality display. So, guess it would be display quality for me.
Click to expand...

....was also turning me off the GlassBook anyway.
 
screen size (15"), 13" was too small
I also liked the aluminum design better than the black or white (I bought mine in January)
 
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