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This post is really just me talking out aloud, but I would be very grateful for any advice you great people can offer me.
I am about to order a MacBook Pro 15" for work (Was supposed to do that last week).
I will mainly be using it for Adobe Premium Creative Suite and of course Office. My job also involves processing Multi beam data for marine surveys. This involves a lot of number crunching. My belief is that for MBES processing I would be better off with a powerful desktop. So my feelings are that I will still be able to do some processing wether I get an i5 or i7 and if I want to do some more serious processing I would use a Win7 desktop computer.
The main issue I have is deciding on the display. In the office I will connect it to a Dell 24" (U2410) so the laptop display in the office is not that important. The main issue is when I am away from the office. I do work on survey vessels as well and this means that glossy screens could be an issue. On the smaller boat the changing of either the direction of the vessel or the movement of the vessel might cause annoying reflection issues. Therefore it would makes sense paying extra for the matt display. This of course means I am less likely to get a deal on the laptop because it will have to be ordered directly from Apple by me or the online stores (Business account).
One of my account managers at an online store has offered me a MacBook 15" i5 2.4 GHz with a higher res matt screen for £1365 exc vat which is a bit cheaper than direct from apple.
But then there is another store that sells the MacBook 15" i7 2.66Ghz with glossy screen for £1333 exc vat. So I would get a faster processor, bigger HDD and more graphics memory for less, but no matt screen.
The higher processor does give a bit more power but not that much.
Glossy screens do look nice when the light is controlled. The lower res would be easier on the eyes and higher res does not matter if I am in the office but does when I am out of the office. I prefer the black design on the glossy screen MacBooks
With the matt display I will never have to worry too much about the lighting...
So I either go for a MacBook with a slower processor but a higher res display which is matt or I go for a faster processor with a lower res display and which is glossy.
I will stop rambling now...
I am about to order a MacBook Pro 15" for work (Was supposed to do that last week).
I will mainly be using it for Adobe Premium Creative Suite and of course Office. My job also involves processing Multi beam data for marine surveys. This involves a lot of number crunching. My belief is that for MBES processing I would be better off with a powerful desktop. So my feelings are that I will still be able to do some processing wether I get an i5 or i7 and if I want to do some more serious processing I would use a Win7 desktop computer.
The main issue I have is deciding on the display. In the office I will connect it to a Dell 24" (U2410) so the laptop display in the office is not that important. The main issue is when I am away from the office. I do work on survey vessels as well and this means that glossy screens could be an issue. On the smaller boat the changing of either the direction of the vessel or the movement of the vessel might cause annoying reflection issues. Therefore it would makes sense paying extra for the matt display. This of course means I am less likely to get a deal on the laptop because it will have to be ordered directly from Apple by me or the online stores (Business account).
One of my account managers at an online store has offered me a MacBook 15" i5 2.4 GHz with a higher res matt screen for £1365 exc vat which is a bit cheaper than direct from apple.
But then there is another store that sells the MacBook 15" i7 2.66Ghz with glossy screen for £1333 exc vat. So I would get a faster processor, bigger HDD and more graphics memory for less, but no matt screen.
The higher processor does give a bit more power but not that much.
Glossy screens do look nice when the light is controlled. The lower res would be easier on the eyes and higher res does not matter if I am in the office but does when I am out of the office. I prefer the black design on the glossy screen MacBooks
With the matt display I will never have to worry too much about the lighting...So I either go for a MacBook with a slower processor but a higher res display which is matt or I go for a faster processor with a lower res display and which is glossy.
I will stop rambling now...
