Re: MacBook pro - OT

The SSD's advantage will come into the picture more often than you might
have imagine :-). No moving parts hence more durable, much faster load up
times (and you will see the difference when you load tonnes of apps at one
go) and much power savings. Pricey? Yes. Usefulness? Priceless.

Welcome to the MAC camp :-)

On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Jeferson Guardia <jefersonf_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> wow this topic raised SO many good opinions and advices.. Im definetly
> going
> for a mac.. :-)
>
> So, do you guys think is worth adding an extra 1200 USD for getting the
> 500GB SSD ? My friend told me its just AWESOME.. I think I`ll get a 15inch
> i7 8gb with that 500gb SSD.. is gonna be a little bit expensive but such a
> nice machine..
>
> thanks everyone for jumping in :) fun times!!
>
> 2011/6/25 Carl Gosselin <carl.gosselin_at_altizone.com>
>
> > I own the 17" MacBook Pro, being a consultant I found it gave me the best
> > package as a mobile office and I don't think it's heavy to carry around.
> I
> > do appreciate the aluminum casing for durability and style!! I have a
> Time
> > Capsule at home for wireless backups... Other then that I use iTerm and
> > VMware fusion for Visio and other Windows app. I did run into issues with
> > Parallel that pushed me towards fusion but that 3 years ago... I paid for
> > the 8GB RAM and 500GB SSD and it was worth it!!!
> > I would never go back now that I went Mac!!
> > -Carl
> > ;-)
> >
> > ==============================
> > Carl Gosselin CCIE R&S Voice #15228
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> > On 2011-06-25, at 20:53, Alexei Monastyrnyi <alexeim73_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > My wife has a 13" one, the only downside is no anti-glare screen for
> > > this screen size. VMWare Fusion is good, although they say Parallelsis
> > > 20% faster. And you may find them quite warm siting on your lap when
> > > they are running. :-)
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > A.
> > >
> > > On 6/26/2011 6:53 AM, Jeferson Guardia wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> Sorry.. This is Totally OT .. I know that..
> > >>
> > >> I'm a network eng.. Working a lot on pre-sales (visio diags etc) and
> > lots of routing voice etc..
> > >>
> > >> I wanna get rid of my Dell and get a mac pro for work and fun..
> > >>
> > >> Which one should I get .. The 13.3 , 15 or 17? I don't want anything
> > very heavy because I move a lot.. So I don't think of getting the 17
> inch..
> > Any recommendations from Mac users working on networks and stuff??
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >>
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