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I'm getting a Mac. Which Mac do you use?

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Re: I'm getting a Mac. Which Mac do you use?

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Post by randallsquared »

A PPC 17" iMac. My wife has a dual-G5 PowerMac. Of course, you can't buy these models any more, but they've both been reliable.

An important thing is that you should probably buy directly from Apple. Every experience I've had buying from third parties resulted in Macs arriving with hardware problems. Could have been a coincidence, I suppose.

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Post by randallsquared »

bkmrkr wrote: post #6
inklesspen wrote: post #3

17" MacBook Pro. It is very, very, very nice.

Do you carry it everywhere with you?

I used to have a 17" PowerBook (first 17" model), and I carried it around a lot. There's a Halliburton case that fits it snugly on all sides; no rattling or anything.

People complain about the weight and size, but I never noticed a problem. Of course, I'm a pretty big guy.

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Post by reitzensteinm »

I don't use a Mac as a primary machine (I test on them), but I do have a piece of advice - the Dell 24" is possibly the best value monitor ever. If you're on a budget but still want some decent real estate, they're perfect. I run 2 of them, 1920x1200 on the left for general stuff and 1200x1920 on the right for code (I'm considering adding a third for notes). I find it impossible to do any serious development on a laptop these days.

A 23" Cinema display is the other obvious choice - much sexier, but the specs are inferior and it costs significantly more.

Re: I'm getting a Mac. Which Mac do you use?

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Post by reitzensteinm »

reitzensteinm wrote: post #13

I don't use a Mac as a primary machine (I test on them), but I do have a piece of advice - the Dell 24" is possibly the best value monitor ever. If you're on a budget but still want some decent real estate, they're perfect. I run 2 of them, 1920x1200 on the left for general stuff and 1200x1920 on the right for code (I'm considering adding a third for notes). I find it impossible to do any serious development on a lap…

I should add, the key word was 'budget' - a 24" iMac will probably serve you better (unless you need serious graphics card power or multiple hard drives).

Re: I'm getting a Mac. Which Mac do you use?

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Post by martin »

15" MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo. 2.33GHz / 2GB RAM. Nice machine, although perhaps not the most durable (I handle it fairly carefully, but it's already pretty scratched up after ~6 months). Thinking about upgrading to 3GB RAM (the max), as I run 2 WinXP VMs under Parallels (for IE 6 and 7) and that slows me down pretty bad currently.

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Post by brett »

15in mpb 2.0Ghz / 2gb ram. a lot of the time w/ 20in monitor plugged in. I've been ecstatic with it. The 17in seems to big to move around with (though I did not have that option when I bought mine).

If I was buying it again today I would take a really hard look at the MacBooks; especially since they are now as fast as my mbp.

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