17" MacBook Pro Released

[az]

Aren't 17" notebooks almost A3 size? Nice for when all you do is commute by car between home and office, but other than that, too large, IMHO.

[lecter]

Yeah, a 17'' laptop would be a lot of fun in an Economy-class airline seat...I think it would be fine on modern trains & such, though. My current 15.4'' DELL weighs more than this MacBook and it's still manageable...depends how much you're willing to lug around on your back, I guess.

[Sasq]

I went in and played with one tuesday night.

I spend all of my time commuting by train, either local to the office, or shinkansen to customers.
It's honestly not that large for what it can do, and as I end up doing software compiles, data transforms etc at customers as well as in the office, order will go in on monday for 17" with 7200rpm 100GB drive
*public holidays here this week.

[VJ]

17" widescreen displays are just too big for a laptop. Unless you plan to use it as a desktop replacement and rarely travel with it.

I agree...
My brother has a 17" widescreen laptop, but for him it is a desktop replacement. At work, we have a number of 15"+ laptops, and people are just reluctant to take one of those with them (once they wheigh over 3-4 kg, people seem to perceive them as too heavy). But that doens't mean there isn't a market.
I on the other hand have a 8.9", <1kg portable, and while the screen is small, it is easy to carry.

I guess it all depends on the needs...
(where are those foldup-e-ink-screens when you need them? )


Jörg

[Nowhere]

Yeah, I've got a feeling I will get myslef something like 12' iBook...I really don't like the idea of carrying another bag just for laptop (weird people...)

[Jessterw]

Just FYI, a comparison chart for the various MacBook & MacBook Pro offerings:

http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/comparison_chart.html

[Dr Mordrid]

...I really don't like the idea of carrying another bag just for laptop (weird people...)

My Dell lives in a lightweight backpack, along with a 120gb WD Passport, blank and full CD/DVD/DVD-RAM's and some other minor toys (car charger etc.). No problem at all, and very convenient.

Dr. Mordrid

[Nowhere]

But, but..I'm used to my USSR made Red Army bag (about the size of big bread and borrowing it's name from it (bread = chleb; name of type of bag: chlebak). And, as the name suggests, usually used for carryig grenades)