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Member Since: Dec 20, 2006
Location: Middletown, Pennsylvania
Posts: 25,916
Mac Specs: 15" MBP, Core i7/2GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB Crucial M4 SSD
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05-20-2011, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Orchardmead143
The ASUS's very glossy screen has put me off it. How glossy is the MBP? Bad reflections in sunlight?
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VERY glossy. In fact, there is an optical glass panel over the entire display, so it's not like the traditional glossy panels you've seen on more common displays. If that sort of thing bothers you, you should opt for the 15" MacBook Pro with the anti-glare option.
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Thanks for the rest of comprehensive responses, especially to to my question on video editing. The white paper is just what I needed. There are going to be more questions on this subject.
If the video editing is so easy on the MBP, is there a problem with connecting it up to my 24" Benq monitor. If not what hardware adapter would I need?
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It depends on the kinds of input adapters that monitor supports. The MacBook Pro will have Thunderbolt (and mini-DisplayPort) port for external monitor connections. If the Benq supports DVI or better yet, HDMI, you can pick up a mini DisplayPort adapter when you buy your machine. It should run around $30. Apple doesn't make their own HDMI adapter, but OtherWorldComputing has a very good one (that also pipes audio) as an aftermarket option.
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Can the MBP Pro (or Air) have a portable Blue Ray optical drive attached to it and the output sent to a large screen TV (1080p)?
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Although you can physically attach a Blu Ray drive and burn them with 3rd party software, the necessary video codecs to play commercial Blu Ray discs do not exist on the OS X platform (yet).
Liquid and computers don't mix. It might seem simple, but we see an incredible amount of people post here about spills. Keep drinks and other liquids away from your expensive electronics!
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Thanks
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