Ted, Sorry for joining late. Enthusiastic support for the 15" MacBook Pro Retina, 16 Gb RAM, 256 or 512 Gb SSD.
When you think about the value of your time, having the best the laptop possible is one of the best investments you can make. Yes, you will pay more, but check the resale value on used MacBooks ... you will make up the difference in cost when you decide on your next laptop purchase. The MacBook Pro will not disappoint. Super reliable, high performance, easy to use, long battery life. Retina display is gorgeous. Apple's Magic Mouse is a $79 accessory that's highly recommended. Built-in keyboard is good. I use the $49 Apple corded USB keyboard when I'm not traveling. This keyboard adds 2 additional USB 2.0 ports and a full numeric keypad. Absolutely love OS X. Very stable and secure... rarely reboot and have only locked my workstation up once in the last 18 months. Lots of personal productivity features ... Spotlight provides instant searching at not only the file and file content level, but the application level as well, eg. searching your contacts, calendar, and Evernote notes. Application launch utilities like Alfred (among others) make moving between applications almost seamless. Seamlessly integrates with iPhones so I can call out and answer my mobile phone without taking my hands off the keyboard ... even if my phone is another room recharging. Same for sending and replying to text messages. The only disappointment has been Microsoft's Office products have lagged behind their Windows equivalents. This limitation should disappear later this year when Microsoft synchronizes their Office software across all platforms. Worst case: You can always switch over to a Windows VM to use Office 2013 specific features. So far I haven't found the need to do this ... just pointing out this possible limitation. My recommendation: Take the MacBook Pro for a 2 week spin and return it for your money back if you find it wanting. Malcolm PS: A shout out to Dave, Christof, Paul, Ed and others on this list who encouraged me to consider the MacBook 1.5 years ago. Great advice. Thank you again! _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/1432303583.2594375.275705649.1a7bc...@webmail.messagingengine.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
