Hey all,
I have been a windows user forever and have been in the IT field for about 5 years servicing windows computers and servers. I have never been anti-mac, I have just (until recently) seen macs as being more for the artistic or tech challenged user. My wife got a mac for her new job and she loves it. I have gotten a chance to play around with it and I am really enjoying it as well and now want one.
Here is what my plans are and I need some help choosing the right MBP for my needs. I currently have a desktop PC that I am using to play games (WoW and MW3) on as well as do some software development. I would love to turn my desktop into a SQL server and move my games and Visual Studio onto a MBP. I need help in finding the right MBP that will offer the performance to run games, VM Ware and Visual studio while not breaking the bank. I am looking at the 2.8ghz i7 13" MBP it has a 750GB HDD and 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM. From what I see it looks as though it will be able to do what I need but I would like a few other opinions. I really don't want to go to 15 inch if I don't have to. I don't like the size and I don't want to spend the extra dough. Thanks for any advice.
I have been a windows user forever and have been in the IT field for about 5 years servicing windows computers and servers. I have never been anti-mac, I have just (until recently) seen macs as being more for the artistic or tech challenged user. My wife got a mac for her new job and she loves it. I have gotten a chance to play around with it and I am really enjoying it as well and now want one.
Here is what my plans are and I need some help choosing the right MBP for my needs. I currently have a desktop PC that I am using to play games (WoW and MW3) on as well as do some software development. I would love to turn my desktop into a SQL server and move my games and Visual Studio onto a MBP. I need help in finding the right MBP that will offer the performance to run games, VM Ware and Visual studio while not breaking the bank. I am looking at the 2.8ghz i7 13" MBP it has a 750GB HDD and 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM. From what I see it looks as though it will be able to do what I need but I would like a few other opinions. I really don't want to go to 15 inch if I don't have to. I don't like the size and I don't want to spend the extra dough. Thanks for any advice.