To go pro or go air? That is the question!
About 3 months ago I was really looking forward to upgrading my iBook to a MacBook Pro. I was really feeling the sluggishness of my old computer and was really getting frustrated with it. I was spending a lot of my time on photo edits and photoshop is not the lightest program out there.
The only thing that stopped me from running out and buying one was the rumor mill keeps whispering about a new update to the apple laptops coming this fall. I decided to wait.
But then my laptop died. I took it to the apple store and got a quote for around $325 to fix it. I had the money, but if I was soon to get a new one, why not wait? So I spent 2 weeks without a computer. I got by with borrowing a friends from time to time, but that soon got frustrating. Especially since I was beginning to learn Objective C and Cocoa. I needed my own computer. I decided to borrow my mom’s iMac.
It has been ages since I have had a desktop so I wasn’t used to being stuck in one place. So this began my desktop experiment.
It has been over 2 months since I get the iMac and I have found that having a desktop is not that bad. They are more powerful out of the box then a laptop and they are relatively less expencive. And I didn’t even mind being stuck at home. Well, at least at first. But now I’m getting antsy. I miss the freedom the laptop gave me. I miss taking it to coffeeshops to work. I still spend time at coffeeshops, but that means my computer work is beginning to pile up and I’m running out if non-computer work.
So I’m beginning to think about a laptop again. I will, of course, wait till Apple releases the new ones in the fall, but I may break down and get my laptop fixed in the mean time.
And when I do get a new laptop, I will have a decision to make:
- do I get a MacBook Pro or get an air?
The air is much less powerful but is a whole lot lighter and easier to carry around. I have learned over the past month that I can gain access to a powerful computer when I need one. And I’m also hoping to keep the iMac. So do I really need the portable power?I’m not sure I do.
What my laptop needs to do:
- run Xcode and all related development programs.
- surf the web
- run keynote presentations.
All other things are much lighter in resource use, so if can do those things, It can do everything I need it to.
Now if only the iPhone would do those things.
