About to pull the trigger....

Hi Everyone,

I am about to the pull the trigger and by a MacBook Pro. However, before I spend the money, I thougth I would ask y'all a few questions. Does anyone see a problem using the MBP 13.3" as a platform to devleop for iOS (iPhone and iPad)? Does anyone know of an adapter or work-around for the single combined in/out audo port on the 13.3"? I would like to be able to plus in an audio source, and listen to it through headphones on the Mac.
Does anyone know if the Intel HD 3000 video supports OpenCL? Apple has made a big push for it, and it would really suck if this Mac doesn't suppor it, as I would expect Lion to make good use of it. Finally, it worth it to pay the additional $300 for the upper model (with the i7 and the bigger hard drive)?

Thanks!

Rich S.

 

Yes, people know. No, it doesn't.

Yes, for the CPU.

 

Personally I'd say it's not worth it, as the 13" model is already overpriced anyway, and if you're paying extra, you might as well go for the 15" one that at least has SOME GPU.

 

would work fine but for alot of coding I would say get an external monitor as well or a mac mini, after spending hours of php and sql work I find the screen realestate under 17" a nightmare, but that is personal preference.

there may be now but I have yet to see one, granted I have not looked in close to 2 years, I do on the otherhand use a USB DAC ( external soundcard ) for better ports and sound quality, internal audio processors in laptops are just plain bad.

It does not

for app development yes.

 

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for all the advice. Picking a new Mac was a much more difficult prospect than I initially thought. I ended up buying the Core i7 13.3 MBP, based on the recommendations here, as well as the store. Hopefully it will work well, and the lack of OpenCL won't bite me in the rear. So far it is an interesting experience. My last MBP was the early 2008 pre-unibody model (and before they had 13" MBPs), this one is quite a bit nicer. The low resolution isn't bothering me as much as I thought, and I absolutely love the keyboard However, I am not to keen on the trackpad. I might have to break down and get a mouse. Thanks again!

Rich S.

BTW, this new MBP boots the 64-bit OS X kernel, last time I used one, they defaulted to the 32-bit one. Pretty cool...

 

it takes a little while to get used to. Turn on tap click so you don't have to push the click button most of the time.... and just imagine the bottom section of the thing is the actual button. You can click down with one finger like it was on a button and still move a different finger for moving a window around (etc..).