Macbook pro 13 too small?

[neo2210]

Was thinking of getting one of these, got the chance to play around with one while doing my xmas shopping and it just looked and felt so small.

Like, unusually small.

It's a nice machine, but the screen is just tiny, makes me wonder if it's even worth getting one.

The 15" seems a little better size wise, but it's wayy over my budget for a laptop.
I would wait until the refresh and go aheaad and get one, but it seems the older models barely drop in price even then.

This will be my first mac by the way!

 

[neo2210]

Was this in an Apple store? I own a 13" MBP and a few months ago I walked straight up to a 15" MBP in the store because I thought the 13" next to it was the MacBook Air.

Now, that's not me being stupid (although admittedly I could have been paying more attention ) - it's because I've noticed Apple display their products in a way that makes them appear smaller than they are.

The 13" is fine for a laptop. I do miss the vertical resolution when I'm doing "real" work but for general use it's fine in my opinion.

Nah, no apple store where I live (edinburgh), was in john lewis.

I actually done the exact same thing as you, initially thinking the 15" was the 13".

Going to be using it for a general portable machine and learning some objective-c programming.

 

[neo2210]

Get a 13" MBA with higher res screen.

No such computer exists.