chronobits » laptop http://chronobits.com Wading through the wonderful world of technology Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:18:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 New MacBook Pro http://chronobits.com/archives/11 http://chronobits.com/archives/11#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:12:27 +0000 Matt http://chronobits.com/archives/11 After a week of waiting, my MacBook Pro is finally here. It has been five years since I last plunked down some change to get a G4 Powerbook. The G4’s hard drive had less than a gigabyte in space, the lower RAM slot was fried, and the warped case would pop out the power adapter every five minutes. What’s funny is the MacBook Pro looks almost identical. The real differences are under the hood. Compare this to the old laptop:

  • 2.6 GHz processor vs. 1.5 GHz
  • 2 GB of RAM (I’ll be upgrading to 4 GB soon) vs. 512 GB
  • 230 GB of Hard disk space (about 214 GB is usable) vs. 80 GB

With all these additional features, I am debating loading my laptop with some additional software. In particular, I’m wondering if I should upgrade the Microsoft Office and Adobe Design Suites. Both software suites cost a fair bit money. I also tend to find them a bit bloated for my needs. I’m debating whether I can dodge Adobe by using Pixelmator and VectorDesigner. I think I’ll be able to get by with Bean and iWork instead of Office. I know iWork is a bit bloated, but its integration with iLife and lower price give it some clear advantages. I’m beginning to question each application and document I put on my hard drive. Like any diet, the trouble isn’t losing the weight, it’s keeping it off.

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