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Used and love macs, but never owned. Should I?

I really want to buy the Macbook Pro (the new ones). Well, its more i really want a mac, and notebooks suit me better, and the pro seems so much better. Should I go for the Macbook, the Macbook pro or wait for something better?
Also, which one out of the three different macbooks do you think should i go for?

TOPICS: Mac OS X
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It just wasn't worth it...

emory;7149 wrote:
It just wasn't worth it to me. I don't like carrying big computers.

I have been carrying a 12" Powerbook (Last generation before they moved to Intel) for almost two year. By carrying, I mean carrying damn near everywhere. The 15" MBP is one pound heavier than Cyprian. (Yes, I name my computers.) I'm not sure if one pound is that much of a difference. IIRC, the MBP is thinner than Cyprian as well.

Here is an odd question: Is 13" widescreen on the MacBook bigger, smaller, or the same as my screen real estate on Cyprian? That has been my biggest problem with the 12" is that I have had to become something of an Expose ninja lest I go crazy. I aim to get a larger display for home eventually, but for now, I'm bound to the built-in LCD.

 
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