Writing on the MBP 13”

[jgould]

As a fellow writer, may I recommend Scrivener if you write fiction? There is a trial available I believe. Great program, you can organize your thoughts on notecards, and then shuffle everything around as needed.

Interesting you should mention Scrivener... I am looking at an older work of mine in it right now... I've been using it since around version .70. I don't really know how I wrote anything before it.

I've read that the full screen mode on the 11" Air and Scrivener isn't too bad of a combination...

 

[mrsir2009]

The sharp edge of the computer shouldn't matter... If your typing properly your wrists won't come into contact with the computer.

 

[arcite]

Jer's Novel Writer is sort of like scrivner, but it's free. It has fewer features, but I like it.

Also, Speck covers reduce the sharp edges, but add to the weight.

 

[Nychot]

I happen to be a writer. The mbp has a great keyboard and is just a bit below the tactile feedback in my truly great apple bluetooth keyboard and magic trackpad that i use with my desktop, a 2010 mac mini. I'm not a touch typist though but do 100 wpm plus with two fingers so the edges are nit an issue fir me.

 

[Nychot]

I'm a writer and i returned the mba and got a mbp. Tactile feedback is important to me and the mba kb had none in my opinion. It was mushy. The mbp kb is almost as good as the truly great apple bluetooth kb that i use for most of my writing, currently a 125,000 word nonfiction book. So i know from where i'm speaking. i also felt the mba was too delicate for the kind of industrial strength writing i do and is better suited for light work -- surfing, email. Entertainment, etc. The mbp is really not that much heavier and has all the ports, the superdrive etc and the 13 inch 2011 i5 with 4gb ram costs me a few bucks less than the mba.

As a writer you should be buying the MacBook air and realize you'll adjust to the different keyboard in a day or two....

As a writer you'll love the light weight take anywhere and instant on features etc etc that the MBA offers

 

[Young Spade]

As a fellow writer, may I recommend Scrivener if you write fiction? There is a trial available I believe. Great program, you can organize your thoughts on notecards, and then shuffle everything around as needed.

You do realize how old of a thread you just bumped correct?

 

[wrinkster22]

I have decided to get my first mac and up until yesterday I was pretty set on getting a MBA 13”. The revelation that came to me yesterday was when I went to a store and tried typing on both the MBA and the MBP. For me personally, the MBP keyboard felt a lot better.

What I would like to get more input on is experience on writing extended periods of time on the MBP 13”.
I have been to stores and tried it out, but I couldn't really sit there for several hours and just type.
I read the following in a review (http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Apple-MacBook-Pro-13-2010-04-2-66-GHz-Notebook.33236.0.html):

A further point of criticism levied on the previous unibody-models remains the same: the sharp front angle is uncomfortable to the underarm after periods of long use at a desk.

I can't really understand that, but on the other hand I just typed for 15 minutes or so.

So please post your experience regarding typing for longer periods of time on the MBP 13”.

YES! I am not alone! the unibody edge kills my wrist. Thats why I got the MBA

 

[jgould]

You do realize how old of a thread you just bumped correct?

Older threads get bumped all the time....

Also, I was the one that bumped the tread...

 

[Mojo1]

I just recommended Scrivener in another thread; here is the link to the Scrivener Website: http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php.

 

[palpatine]

not a big fan of zombie threads, but i will second the scrivener recommendation. what a wonderful piece of software. in combination with apps on the ipad, it is magical