Pro
Four years is a long time in computer years. Now a Macintosh lives a longer average life than its non-Apple counterparts, but four years is definitely old for any computer. If that four year old computer happens to be a laptop, then it is really ancient. My iBook happens to be that computer, but one should not fear generational decline. New machines rise with the retirement of the old, and the soon to be envy of many a computer user (Mac and non-Mac alike) is the MacBook Pro.
The speed is definitely one of the main aspects driving my anticipation. By 600 MHz G3 is very long in the tooth and trying to juggle Pages documents, iPhoto, iTunes, OmniGraffle, SubEthaEdit, Safari and countless others has become an interminable waiting game. There is much more I would like to explore, but I limit myself to the confines of my current iBook’s capabilities.
The MacBook Pro, with new Intel Core Duo might, will allow me to expand to those computing horizons my fellow Macians have been enjoying for years: multi-user video conferencing, greater than 640 MB of RAM, hoards of applications open simultaneously, and bragging rights for having the latest and greatest—can anyone say MagSafe?—that geeks everywhere (including myself) covet.
With just under an estimated 14 days to go until my MBP is scheduled to arrive at the door, my anticipation grows. I was very skeptical at first of the performance claims made by Steve Jobs on stage one month ago at MacWorld San Francisco, but the iMac based on the the same Intel processor architecture has been well-received (save the Rosetta problem) and does show huge improvements over the G5 in several areas.
In preparation for the day of arrival, I have purchased a new WaterField Designs Sleeve Case and the missing DVI-to-S-video adaptor, and I plan to fill up the last remaining RAM slot with another gigabyte to bring the total to 2 GB. The usual can be expected of that day: Apple packaging porn, whereby I slowly open the box, careful to judiciously inspect its assemblage and ultimately its contents.
The day is coming, and it is going to be oh, so sweet. (Except of course, I have a Physiology mid-term on or following that day, so maybe I’ll have to hold off one day. Damn.)
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