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I don't think I've seen a 17" mac in around three years. See a lot of 17" gaming laptops, but aside from editing video or photoshop, I'm not sure why you would

by duaneb 15y ago

I don't think I've seen a 17" mac in around three years. See a lot of 17" gaming laptops, but aside from editing video or photoshop, I'm not sure why you would want something that big.

bdunbar 15y ago
I'm not sure why you would want something that big. Heh. I remember the same argument against the added expense of a 15 inch monitor. Twice I lobbied my boss for a 17-inch mac, was turned down due to reasons of cost. Why? Because 'more screen' is better, be it terminal windows, emacs, or a browser. Like a lot of guys, my laptop functions more as a portable computer than anything else.
- kls 15y ago
  Agreed I am a freelancer and I am always on the road, in a good deal of my working situations I don't have the luxury of hooking my laptop up to a second monitor. If Apple killed the MBP 17 it would suck of me. I understand that my use case may be a niche and not the norm, but I would have to imagine there is more than just a handful that have similar needs for the 17. If they kill the 17 I would probably look at building out a hackintosh system on a large screen PC laptop rather than move down to the 17. I have been anxious for this refresh, due to the fact that I skip a refresh so my 17MBP now is the generation before the current offering, as such I can't upgrade past the 8GB ram barrier which I am really starting to feel when running VMWare. I hope the news is just rumor, because I could have already switched to a PC laptop with a hackintosh set-up, but I have been grinning and bearing it knowing a refresh was around the corner.
frou_dh 15y ago
To have a single self-contained computer with enough resolution to work with 2, 3 or 4 windows comfortably (in a keyboard-driven way like SizeUp.app, of course). Remember the 15 is actually 15.4", so it's less than a 2" difference.
stephencanon 15y ago
I have both a 17" macbook pro (work machine) and a 13" macbook air (personal machine). I would not happily trade either one of them for anything else. I find the bigger screen is invaluable for coding; the small size of my personal machine makes it great for travel.

by duaneb 15y ago

I don't think I've seen a 17" mac in around three years. See a lot of 17" gaming laptops, but aside from editing video or photoshop, I'm not sure why you would want something that big.

bdunbar 15y ago

I'm not sure why you would want something that big. Heh. I remember the same argument against the added expense of a 15 inch monitor. Twice I lobbied my boss for a 17-inch mac, was turned down due to reasons of cost. Why? Because 'more screen' is better, be it terminal windows, emacs, or a browser. Like a lot of guys, my laptop functions more as a portable computer than anything else.

kls 15y ago
Agreed I am a freelancer and I am always on the road, in a good deal of my working situations I don't have the luxury of hooking my laptop up to a second monitor. If Apple killed the MBP 17 it would suck of me. I understand that my use case may be a niche and not the norm, but I would have to imagine there is more than just a handful that have similar needs for the 17. If they kill the 17 I would probably look at building out a hackintosh system on a large screen PC laptop rather than move down to the 17. I have been anxious for this refresh, due to the fact that I skip a refresh so my 17MBP now is the generation before the current offering, as such I can't upgrade past the 8GB ram barrier which I am really starting to feel when running VMWare. I hope the news is just rumor, because I could have already switched to a PC laptop with a hackintosh set-up, but I have been grinning and bearing it knowing a refresh was around the corner.

frou_dh 15y ago

To have a single self-contained computer with enough resolution to work with 2, 3 or 4 windows comfortably (in a keyboard-driven way like SizeUp.app, of course). Remember the 15 is actually 15.4", so it's less than a 2" difference.

stephencanon 15y ago

I have both a 17" macbook pro (work machine) and a 13" macbook air (personal machine). I would not happily trade either one of them for anything else. I find the bigger screen is invaluable for coding; the small size of my personal machine makes it great for travel.