“…and that MacBook Pro was strictly a sitting on the couch and dicking around on the internet while I watch TV machine, quite a waste really…”

I am sat on mine doing the same thing, best thing I do with it. I think dicking around is underrated. Dicking around + Yojimbo = a library full of rubbish I am very proud of.

I honestly don’t think I could deal with not having a notebook. Desktop, sure, but I need my macbook pro.

My iphone is so much more portable, like when my son wants me to lie down with him until he falls asleep, bam read my rss feeds for the day etc. something I dare not do with my MBP. I haven’t gone as far as ditching my MBP, though I did setup a login for my wife.

I only need my laptop twice a year: law school exams. It turns out that I never take notes, and the only time I really ever use my laptop is for goofing off when I should be paying attention— honestly, my iPhone is more than sufficient for goofing off and for checking email.

Meanwhile, if you use a laptop at home instead of a proper desktop, you ought to have your head examined. Given the choice, I would never use a laptop for real work— not when I can have two enormous screens and a real keyboard and mouse. Plus, they don’t make laptops with 2 tb of storage, yet.

A couple of improvements to the iPhone and I’m mothballing the dang Macbook.

I actually only use a laptop at home. And while I do think a head examination would be in order, this is not the reason.

The thing is, I do most of my work, well, at work (that’s where I got the notebook). While I do have a desktop machine there, I use it only to do heavy computational lifting; all the “creative work” (everything that involves moving a mouse) is done on my MacBook Pro. Which, I admit, is hooked up to one of those enormous screens and a proper keyboard. The reason I do this ist that I absolutely hate having more than one computer to search for a certain document or file. The whole laptop<->desktop synchronization mess is too much of a hassle. So I stick with one computer, and when I need to take some work home, I just take the laptop. Which I also use for private eMails, taxes, and the like. On the couch.

In spite of all the drawbacks (slow and small disk, inferior screen and keyboard), the convenience of having just on device to work with more than makes up for it. And, coming back on topic, my iPod touch (read: iPhone) can’t replace my laptop, because it’s the only computer I have. So I’d rather ditch the iPod touch/iPhone than the laptop. If I couldn’t have both… :)

Ah. As far a synchronization between machines, .Mac and IMAP make it painless, although no one ever believes me.

My iPhone has enabled me to be much more productive and has allowed me to be away from the office and still get stuff done, or check on the status of something. It’s come in handy while sitting in traffic, not only in using the phone but dropping someone an SMS instant message letting them know I’m late, or can they cover something for me. I am able to check on reservations, make reservations (as we’re driving to a restaurant), check movies and entertain myself when I’m stuck somewhere I don’t want to be. I love having my addresses and phone numbers in sync and the same with my schedule. While it’s not as robust as my video iPod, it is great when I’m traveling and need to travel light. I dunno … it’s entertaining, fun and practical for me. I didn’t think it would be, but now that I have one, I wouldn’t be caught without it.

You are aware Apple sells something called the “MacBook” at about half the price, right? It dicks around quite nicely, in fact probably better with the slightly smaller screen and lower weight. I wasn’t aware that dicking around while watching TV required discrete graphics, an extra few hundred megahertz or a backlit keyboard.

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/08/telekinesis-enables-remote-mac-access-through-your-iphone/

I agree with yesno. My laptop is gathering dust. Desktop to iPhone to desktop.

I’m not a .mac fan. Why in the world does Apple charge customers to use .mac? I can see charging customers who have not purchased a mac or have a older model, but if a customer just forked out 2800.00+ for a Macbook Pro, why in the world should he have to pay for it? I’ll stick with Google & Gmail.

Additionally, I have a 24” monitor, wireless keyboard, wireless mouse, wireless laser printer, and wireless network storage at my home. When I sit down at my desk to do actual work at home, I only have to connect 1 cable and I am set to go. When I am done, I have everything I need to take to the office the next day. My notebook allows me to use the same machine when at home, at the office, and while traveling. Plus, I can sit on the back porch on a nice day and read my news feeds.

I’m not good with numbers, so forgive me if I’m missing something obvious here. It seems to me that you could not have made money on the deal unless you sold the notebook for what you paid for it plus the cost of the iPhone and the termination fee. Is this what happened, or did you mean that what you got for the notebook was greater than what the iPhone + ETF cost?

I have sold many notebooks on ebay. (some for more than retail)

Dell XPS 2710 - Sold on ebay for 2900.00 (was 200.00 more than I paid) Mac book 13” - Sold on ebay for 1299.00 (a bit of a loss, but wanted a Macbook Pro) Dell 6400 - Sold on ebay for 1000.00

I’ve sold quite a few others as well but they were older and they sold from 150.00 to 800.00 each. Yes, I do buy way too many notebooks. I think at the moment I have 8 at my home.

My advice for ebay, craigslist, etc. Take lots of pictures of the item. I took pictures of the sides, top, bottom, back, open with power on and one showing an application open on it. (Just to show its in working condition)I also find the manufacturers website to be quite useful in providing the specifications and data about your specific model. I would also suggest you apply all updates and fix/patches/updated drivers on the system. I found its a great selling point to be able to state “this system has all the current…”. You want to set your system apart from the many other used systems.