I know there are people who will fight me to the grave on this one, but the rooster's trusty IBM Thinkpad T-Series bit the dust this year and it was time to upgrade. The winner in the laptop comparison was the Mac Book Pro 13". Except for the keyboard (missing a bunch of keys I like to use like PgUp and PgDn) this could be laptop perfection. You can really sense that Jonny Ives from Apple agonized over getting this machine right. What is right about it?
- The screen is amazing (retina display).
- The battery life is amazing, yes, you really can get 10-12 hours of battery life out of this laptop while using it. I don't even carry the charger any more.
- It edits HD video like a dream.
- It is extremely lightweight and not a chore to lug around in the backpack or laptop bag.
- You can hook up to 6 external displays to it, yes, a laptop.
- If you are a heavy gamer or graphics/video editor and still want to have a hardcore video card, you can use the thunderbolt 2 ports and build an eGPU (external GPU) so that you can game at your desk with a high end video card. This is not officially supported by Intel or Apple since it cuts into high end desktop and processor sales. Shouldn't everyone should purchase a phone, tablet, laptop, and of course a desktop? :)
- Now with HDMI out.
- You can Airplay Audio and your Desktop to any Apple TV or Airplay speaker, very nice.
- Did I mention the 10-12 hour battery life?
Please a moment of silence for the Thinkpad T61 and for the now extinct optical drive that allows the Mac Book Pro to be so very thin.
Note: The Mac Book Air was a close runner up, but it fell short in ports, screen and performance, but definitely not battery life.
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