Hi Everyone,
I am about to the pull the trigger and by a MacBook Pro. However, before I spend the money, I thougth I would ask y'all a few questions. Does anyone see a problem using the MBP 13.3" as a platform to devleop for iOS (iPhone and iPad)? Does anyone know of an adapter or work-around for the single combined in/out audo port on the 13.3"? I would like to be able to plus in an audio source, and listen to it through headphones on the Mac.
Does anyone know if the Intel HD 3000 video supports OpenCL? Apple has made a big push for it, and it would really suck if this Mac doesn't suppor it, as I would expect Lion to make good use of it. Finally, it worth it to pay the additional $300 for the upper model (with the i7 and the bigger hard drive)?
Thanks!
Rich S.
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Personally I'd say it's not worth it, as the 13" model is already overpriced anyway, and if you're paying extra, you might as well go for the 15" one that at least has SOME GPU.
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks for all the advice. Picking a new Mac was a much more difficult prospect than I initially thought. I ended up buying the Core i7 13.3 MBP, based on the recommendations here, as well as the store. Hopefully it will work well, and the lack of OpenCL won't bite me in the rear. So far it is an interesting experience. My last MBP was the early 2008 pre-unibody model (and before they had 13" MBPs), this one is quite a bit nicer. The low resolution isn't bothering me as much as I thought, and I absolutely love the keyboardHowever, I am not to keen on the trackpad. I might have to break down and get a mouse. Thanks again!
Rich S.
BTW, this new MBP boots the 64-bit OS X kernel, last time I used one, they defaulted to the 32-bit one. Pretty cool... -
About to pull the trigger....
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by LinkRS, May 19, 2011.