Thoughts on a new MacBook Pro?

[steuard]

Anyone know a good reason why I shouldn't get (via startup funds at work) one of the new MacBook Pro 15" i7 models? More importantly, does anyone have advice on

1) glossy vs. matte screen?

2) standard hard drive vs. solid state drive?

I'm leaning toward the cheaper glossy screen and the much cheaper standard hard drive at this point. (I've heard oddly negative things about Apple's solid state drive technology, in fact.)

(A more extreme possibility would be to get a 13" model instead, for the greater portability and slightly better battery life. But I think I want something with pretty high end processing power so I can use it for research when I'm away from work. We've got our cute netbook if we really want portability.)

[Edit: Fixed typo in first sentence: shouldN'T!]

Comments

[beth_leonard]

I'm guessing there's something non-standard in my Calendar file somewhere. There were problems exporting and importing some, but not all of the iCal calendars when I tried to do it manually. The iPod method of transfer seemed to work however. (At least, I don't think I've forgotten to go to any events that went poof that I didn't notice... one never really knows...)

--Beth