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Only someone very young would have the upper limit of a age poll at 35+
I am in the 50+ category not to be confused with the 65+ category. Strictly speaking this is an important computer demographic because by age 40+ even those with great vision start to need glasses. For the group that can't focus closely anymore, like myself, the resolution or pixel density of a computer is a huge part of the selection. The high res 15" and high res 17" are simply options I/we can't consider. When I read about how people want 1900 x 1200 resolution on a 13" laptop I scream - 'don't you know what that will eventually do to your eyes!!!" Anyway, I am typing this form my 13" Macbook which is te perfect size for travel as long as I set the minimum font size on safari to 12 or 14 so I can easily read with my glasses.
By the way, when I was in college and graduate school I had to use 'punch cards' to run the programs with the university computer - long before the words 'laptop' & 'computer' were used together. In high school I had to use 'paper tape' to feed into a computer. (I also used a Slide Rule before the advent of the 'personal calculator') So remember what you are using today so you can tell the next generation about the old days off 'spinning hard drives' and something called "USB" and a battery that only lasted for a days worth of use.
Only someone very young would have the upper limit of a age poll at 35+
nope not young. i had the assumption of young people on here. seems more balanced.
I'm 32.
I had a 17" MBP through all of grad school and never had a desk issue. Starbucks is horrible coffee, but when I've been forced to go there for inet access I've never had a problem fitting my 17" on a table. I also don't have any trouble at the good local coffee shops I frequent. I understand if someone wants an ultra portable computer and gets the smallest computer they can find, but I just don't see much difference between the 15" and 17". As a software developer I want as much screen real estate as possible.
Also, I've never owned anything other than a MBP (and Powerbooks before that) because the horrible resolution on everything else.
26 (will be 27 this year) rockin with a 2007 15" MBP.
Some of you guys are real lucky (and rich?) here...I could afford an Apple only when I hit 24!
Some of you guys are real lucky (and rich?) here...I could afford an Apple only when I hit 24!
65+, 15" and 17" MBP.
Mdatwood, you mentioned "horrible resolution." Not every laptop was horrible, if by horrible you mean low res. My laptop before the MBPs was a 17" Dell with 1920x1200, same as my MBP. I didn't see many like it, but there it was (and is . . . still working fine).
And as for paper tape and punch cards, oh yeah. Been there, done that. But it's what we had, so we used it. We got our work done.
I'll close by mentioning my Data Systems Design hard drive, 5 megabytes, 19" rack mount, $5,500, so we're talking about roughly $1,000 per megabyte. Mega! This was 1982, I think. But . . . it worked and got the job done.
Mdatwood, you mentioned "horrible resolution." Not every laptop was horrible, if by horrible you mean low res. My laptop before the MBPs was a 17" Dell with 1920x1200, same as my MBP. I didn't see many like it, but there it was (and is . . . still working fine).
And as for paper tape and punch cards, oh yeah. Been there, done that. But it's what we had, so we used it. We got our work done.
I'll close by mentioning my Data Systems Design hard drive, 5 megabytes, 19" rack mount, $5,500, so we're talking about roughly $1,000 per megabyte. Mega! This was 1982, I think. But . . . it worked and got the job done.
turning 31 today. yay!!! first experience with mac in 2006 and never looked back at redmond ever since. going to get a 15" 2.4 i5 hi-res matte this summer. -grad student here!!
By the way, when I was in college and graduate school I had to use 'punch cards' to run the programs with the university computer - long before the words 'laptop' & 'computer' were used together. In high school I had to use 'paper tape' to feed into a computer. (I also used a Slide Rule before the advent of the 'personal calculator') So remember what you are using today so you can tell the next generation about the old days off 'spinning hard drives' and something called "USB" and a battery that only lasted for a days worth of use.
This reminded me of my first experience with computer. It was when I used a 80286 16 MHz computer with a monochrome screen and DOS
+10 for us old guys ~~~~~~~~
. 56 YO SW dude. Can't say enough good things about that 2010 13" MBP.
Purchasing a new one during the Back to School sale this summer.
19. 15"
College - Medical Physics and Maths
19. 15"
College - Medical Physics and Maths
37, Director of Photography/cameraman and sometime editor. The poll made me feel old as it's the first time I had to check the last option on the poll.
15" MBP
15" MBP
38 and I'm currently loving my HiRes i7 MBP...got my first Mac in 1987 when I was studying GD:
Try carrying that round in a backpack
Try carrying that round in a backpack
I'm 21 Boyakasha!
15" Unibody Macbook Pro at 19. And now a 15" Macbook pro i5. PRO all the way. And of course I worked for everything.
15" Unibody Macbook Pro at 19. And now a 15" Macbook pro i5. PRO all the way. And of course I worked for everything.