New MacBook Pros
Posted by Nathaniel.
The old MacBook/new MacBook Pro 13″ seems like an amazingly sweet little computer. I liked it before it gained the “Pro” name, but a 7 hour battery makes it the perfect little portable machine.
My views on the 15″ have changed a little though. I mean, longer lasting batteries are great, but why did they get rid of the ExpressCard slot? (Well, I know the answer, it’s probably something to do with the fact that 2% of owners actually use the slot.) Replacing it with a SD card reader doesn’t help me though. (It does help the 90% of people who have digital cameras with SD cards though.) The end result though is that if you want to do anything with fast data throughput like eSATA, you have to spring for the 17″ now.
I might spring for an iPhone 3S. My current phone is two years old now so I can get a cheap upgrade. On the other hand, the only real benefit that I see to the way I do things is the fact that the new phones have a real gps in them. The improved camera, video, etc doesn’t do much since I already have much better tools to do all that.
June 13th, 2009 at 10:04 pm Using
I will have a very hard time not getting an iPhone as soon as they ditch AT&T… the 3G S looks pretty slick, naturally, and I’d finally have an excuse to do more than just download the iPhone Dev SDK.
I think that adding the SD card slot is a pretty good idea, but you’re right about the resulting lack of eSATA compatibility… this change along with the others announce last week, certainly point towards Apple’s renewed focus on market share. I’m not sure that this is a good thing for me personally, but I can see why they’d make the push.