Took the Plunge!!

When Leopard was released earlier this year with its many new features I thought I could hold out a little while longer with my always reliable upgraded PowerMac G4 (Sawtooth), but after a number of discussions with friends and family and a trip to the local Apple Store, I was convinced now was as good a time as any to take the plunge.  Ready to pass on my bulky desktop (to my semi-computer illiterate older brother) for something more sleek, powerful, and stylish, I decided that it was time to go mobile.

Macbook&MacbookPro

An avid fan and Mac user, I had a pretty good idea of my needs but four things stood out for me:
   
    Ability to manage growing media stores
    Interest in photo processing with Aperture
    Audio and video editing power
    Connectivity to a Sony 57" tv (right out of the box preferably)

After listing these, the Macbook Pro seemed like the clear choice.  Let me say however, Apple's pricing made this a much harder decision for me to make.  Why they gave the low end MBP & the higher-end black Macbook the same processor, take away 50gb from the HD on the MBP and post a $500 difference in price was aggravating; it took me a while to rationalize that in my mind (bigger screen, video card with dvi output, multi-touch pad).  Nevertheless, rather than wait for the new quad-core based Macbooks speculated to come out in the next year, I just grabbed myself a standard Macbook Pro (MBP). 

MBP

2.4Ghz Duo Core processor, 2GB ram, 200GB HD, Aluminum casing, 15.4" widescreen monitor, multi-touch trackpad, plus many more!

So, now that I've owned it for a couple of weeks, how do I feel?  Well, I'm still suffering from the sticker shock and to be honest, it doesn't seem that much speedier than my old G4 now that I've finally got everything installed on it and running the way I want.  I even notice that it hangs (colored spinning wheel) when I'm performing multiple functions much like the old system did however, being mobile is awesome and I think once I start doing some 'heavy lifting' in FCP & Aperture, I think I'm going to be pleasantly surprised.  We'll see in time.  Keep you posted!