MacBook Question

I am considering buying a Macbook when Leopard comes out.
My only concern is the screen size. 13.3"
Are you guys comfortable with the screen-size to do web work?
Or do you usually connect a bigger external monitor?

 

No problem with the screen. It's easy to re-size the text abd Dreamweaver has re-size options too.

 

Thanks Essonova. Any more comments on this or other things that come to mind with working on a macbook would be appreciated.

 

I am still using PowerBook G4 with 12" screen. Working fine. Pls pay attention that new Macbook with 13.3" screen is wide screen, so you can view more compared to normal screen.

However, consider to take Macbook Pro, with 15.4" if you really like bigger screen. And macbook pro's replaced for Powerbook line. The macbook is replaced for iBook product line.

 

Yeah, i would like to go with the Macbook Pro but its mainly a budgetary thing and i'm looking at CS3 WebPremium software as well. One thing i just found out about the macbook pro is that memory should be in matched pairs while on the regular macbook it can be un-matched (size). 2Gb should be enough for any web work.

 

I have the new MacBook (White) maxed out. Its great. Screen size isnt an issue.

 

I thought the 14.1 iBook was the best bang for the buck... 13.3 aint bad either... But then I have a pair of 20" flat screens, so that helps. 12" now that was small!

 

Thanks guys. I'm all set for Macbook.
When do you think Leopard will come out approximately?

 

I think June is about when Leopard will be available!

 

Apparently, Apple just released this statement on Leopard----

Apple on Thursday released a statement noting that Mac OS X v10.5 “Leopard” won’t be released until October. The cause of the delay? The iPhone.

“iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is,” reads a statement published by the company.

Getting the iPhone ready for its June launch has had an unintended consequence, however: QA and “some key software engineering” resources allocated to Mac OS X needed to be diverted from their work to finish the iPhone. As a result, Apple won’t release Leopard at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, as it had first planned.

“While Leopard’s features will be complete by then, we cannot deliver the quality release that we and our customers expect from us. We now plan to show our developers a near final version of Leopard at the conference, give them a beta copy to take home so they can do their final testing, and ship Leopard in October. We think it will be well worth the wait. Life often presents tradeoffs, and in this case we’re sure we’ve made the right ones,” reads the statement.

 

Look at it this way, at least you do not have to wait 5 years for an update, like you do with Microsoft.