Macbook Pro 17"

[mik3cap]

Wow... Almost $6000 for the most tricked out version of the 17" MBP. That's with solid state 256GB drive, 2.93GHz processor, 8GB RAM, and all the bells and whistles and protection plans. Holy crap.

Neither Sony nor Dell has a 17" laptop model with 8GB RAM, and the most expensive ones they've got are still less than half that price. Alienware has an 8GB model that runs Vista 64-bit, and has a blu-ray drive built in, and it's still roughly $1500 cheaper. The solid state drive doesn't make much of a difference - it's the 8GB memory upgrade that massively tips over the MBP price point.

I bet that monster MBP will scream once Snow Leopard gets released.

Comments

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

I like having the ability to do large scale graphics and video things too, horsepower and disk speed are good for that kind of stuff. But you're absolutely right, laptops are as much about comfort and form factor as anything else.