Saturday, November 1, 2008

i want mac.

just finished watching Steve Job's keynote on the new macbook.

i'm finally all in.

or




i was marketed to in the most devastatingly effective method. they are simply selling an object of pure perfection. how can i say 'no'?! i have been clenching on to the excuse to wait for a multi-touch mac tablet ever since the 'iphone / ipod touch' was released, but have now come to terms with the fact that it is never coming. either way, after the keynote i am nearly convinced the glass touchpad is conceptually better than a multi-touch screen in many ways. i'll save my multi-touch 'Minority Report' display dreams for the Microsoft Surface if it actually ever does . . . surface.

so many options. what do i buy though? i want tiny. the smallest available macbook pro is 15". my current acer laptop is a 12.1" tablet and i am of the stringent belief that laptops should be tiny and easily portable! if i want large, i will use my 23" desktop display or my 44" media center display. the macbook has a 13" option that is the same in every way (even the new 9400M gpu) as the macbook pro except for the lack of the second 9600M GT gpu. the 13" begins at $1299. the other option is the macbook pro 15" starting at $1999. should i spend the additional $700 for a second gpu? i'm not entirely sure i would be unhappy with a 15" if i had too, but i am still convinced smaller = better.

please advise me.