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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!]
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!]
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SSD's have much higher sustained read speeds. If you think you'd be reading large files on a regular basis, they _might_ be worth it, but probably not.
You might want to shell out the $400 for 8GB of RAM. That's less than you'll have to shell out later if you decide to upgrade from 4 to 8 GB. Just logging in and starting Firefox, KMail, and Adium will consume well over 2GB of RAM. That's not leaving too much room for a serious Mathematica session.