My first Mac - thinking of getting macbook/macbookpro

[Scott Salisbury]

Hi all,

As I sit here in my room, reformatting both my main machine and my gaming laptop, again - I found myself browsing some of Apple's products.

I've been thinking about it for some time, but I'm not sure if I can achieve my requirements.

I'm a web developer/designer by profession, but I also have a hobby in digital photography and graphics. This means that the flexibility of a laptop is nice to take to and from home/work.

I really like the look of Apple monitors, but on their website I can only see the 24" version. I've heard these are great for graphics and photography.

1) My first question is: does anybody know if smaller apple monitors are available which are still good for digital photography?

2) My next question: is either the MB/MBP capable of handling an additional 2x external monitors? As I'd rather have two smaller 20" or 22" monitors than one big one. When running in external monitor mode, having the macbook screen is not essential.

Any have any ideas as to whether I can achieve this or something similar?

 

[Scott Salisbury]

I remember you from Newcastle University especially when you used your huge Dell laptop during the lectures

Haha, small world. What was your name, which lectures?

Thanks for the replies, most helpful. Yeah, as sexy as the apple monitors are, there's really no need for the anal price tag. I've heard they're not actually that great for design anyway because of the glare.

I already have stuff like a screen calibrator etc, the only thing I don't have are decent monitors.

I think I'll take a look at the NEC monitors.

As said, either the 15" or 17" macbook pro with a 22" monitor will be good enough. Do both of these allow me to plug in any brand of external monitor?