Comments on: What is Your Favorite Notebook Screen Size?

By: laptop repair

laptop repair — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:56:17 +0000

I believe the best size screen is 13.3 thats because its mid size and if you break it its the easiest of the screens to aquire. Unless you need an sz model screen and led screens are like gold dust. My new 13.3 x black screen is beautiful.

By: i

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:32:33 +0000

i love my 15.4 macbook pro great size for portability and desktop replacement

By: mel

mel — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:44:04 +0000

I am looking for a 13 inch screen with two dvi outputs. Anyone know of such a laptop?

By: Annick

Annick — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:39:28 +0000

I had a 12″ Powerbook for 3 years and last July I traded it in for a 13″ MacBook. I had fallen for the 12″ screen and its portability but I couldn’t deny the new for a newer system. But surprisingly, I’m now looking for a refurbished 12″ because I can’t stand my 13″ Macbook. The white casing is dirty, scratched and in my handbag, it’s cumbersome.
I understnad 13″ provides widescreen viewing for DVDs and the like but I prefer the 12″. It will become a collectors item if Appl never brings it back.

By: Laura Lim

Laura Lim — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:18:13 +0000

Currently, I have a 12 inch monitor and feel that it’s way too small. I think the 15 inch would be just right. As for the 17 inch monitor it could be quite good for editing film, photography, and graphic design. Though its benefits start to become much more about taking up space rather than the idea of being portable. I saw the 10 inch and would never get that it’s just too small. It’s good for people who have small offices like in a production truck called the honey because you just don’t have any room to breath let alone space for a large computer. I suppose everybody needs somethng different, it’s good apple can accomadate everyone in some small way. —Truly, from Goldie. I say that the 15 inch is Just right!

By: Paul Folley

Paul Folley — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:57:02 +0000

Most commentators are in favour of the 15-inch screen. The only one in favour of 17-inch screen is someone who uses graphics programs, like Aperture. This is the crux of the matter: if you are into graphics, like serious photo editing, the bigger the screen the better. You need to see what you are doing and so you need a big screen. Laptops have always been used by photographers, but are a necessary evil: nobody would use one if they could use a full sized monitor. While 15 is more portable than17, if you are a photographer and can manage the size and weight of a 17 go for it.

By: Dimka

Dimka — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:29:26 +0000

I wish apple would make ultrathin 12″ MacBook Pro with an optical drive and 10″ without one. And I really really with they would offer an option with trackpoint. But the reality is that Steve does not like things when they are too small. One may say that Nano is small, and while it is true, it does not have small buttons and that is one of the reasons why shuffle does not have srceen. The bad thing is that Stive is getting older thus things will tend to get bigger (mostly in buttons, fonts etc) and since they can’t remove half of the keyboard and make smaller resolution it does not look promissing.
But recently there were some rumors about ultrathin 12″ MacBook Pro, but I bet we will see some of the Stive’s big-wishness in it even if it really small.

By: werner

werner — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:27:54 +0000

i have a 12″ Powerbook, and im very happy with the size, its the best notebooksize for me. and when a 12 or 13″ Macbookpro wil be availible i will purchase one. i hope apple wil bring this soon because alu is better then plastic

By: mobius

mobius — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 14:58:22 +0000

i went from a 17″ powerbook g4 to a 15″ macbook pro. i can hardly tell the difference as it relates to my workflow (i do web + print design), other than to say, my 17″ now seems ginormous and excessive. the 15″ widescreen more than servers my needs. thus my vote is that dropping the 15″ would suck. the 17″ is heavy and unnecessary.

By: TheRymer

TheRymer — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:46:32 +0000

I’m a Graphic Designer and long term Macolite. 15 inches is what I want, I hope they don’t drop it… I have had a couple opportunities to buy a 17 inch PowerBook / MacBook Pro and both times I have gone for the 15″ it has the perfect balance of portability and functionality.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:34:59 +0000

ive been using a 12″ iBook for the last year and couldnt imagine using even a 13″ MacBook, i had a 15.4″ HP before i converted and the day i got my ibook i had both computers next to each other and couldnt imagine how much better the iBook looked and how much smaller it is

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:34:58 +0000

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:58:39 +0000

I recently upgraded from a 12″ PowerBook to a 15″ MacBook Pro. Now that I have this computer, I know that I would never want to go any smaller or any larger in terms of screen size. Smaller might be great for portability, but the screen size becomes frustrating when you’re trying to use the laptop as your primary machine. And larger is fantastic for screen real-estate, but horrible for carrying around in a messenger bag all day. The 15″ strikes the perfect balance between the two, and it would be an incredibly bad move for Apple to drop it from the MacBook Pro line.

By: TD

TD — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:55:00 +0000

Hmmm, Final Cut, Aperture, heck even iPhoto with high quality images on a 12 or 13 inch screen? 15 is the minimum, 17 is better, but 15 is a sweet spot between real estate and portability. Anything smaller just won’t cut it with Graphic pros.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:24:55 +0000

I have a 12 inch powerbook and would never trade it for a bigger screen. Even the 13 inch models are too big for my tastes. I have a 20inch cinema display for when I need a big screen at home. For me, this is the prefect combination of portability and screen size.

By: O

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:52:21 +0000

Um.. I really wonder what they’re doing there. I mean 17″ is really big to carry around. and now days you can get 19″ screen fairly cheap. I think dropping 15″ pro line would be a dumb move. But then again I just have sweared a lot because iPod’s. If I have understood right. at first when usb 2.0 came apple didn’t even include it into their machines ’cause of the firewire. And now iPod’s work only with usb 2.0. Now I have 4 year old iMac, no usb 2.0. I ben thinking of getting iPod finally, but How long it would take to upload 30G iPod full with usb 1.1? A LONG time, even 8G will take a day. And I’m sorry I really don’t have money to go on buying new computer every four years. So seems that I will not look into iPod’s. I know this is off topic but what ever.

By: Tibor Mikula

Tibor Mikula — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:56:01 +0000

I am still waiting to upgrade from PB12″ to MBP with smaller screen than 15″. I hope Apple will re-introduce smaller sizes in Pro versions soon. 12″ is easy to cary through airports, work on airplane or cary to the meetings. Even 15″ is rather big to put it into seat pocket on the airplanes during take-off and landing. With PB12″ I can carry in the same slot of my bag PB and a book to read (paperback), MBP”15 will occupy whole slot so I will have to stick my reading to another slot which will make my baggage bulky.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:08:32 +0000

I have a 15″ Powerbook, and I think it’s the absolute perfect size for me. The 12″ would be too small to use as a primary computer all the time, unless I also had a larger monitor connected. 17″ would be too big, though, since I like to take it around with me. I’d be really upset if the 15″ option were removed.

By: Matt Downey

Matt Downey — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:44:59 +0000

I love my 15″ MacBook Pro. It’s both my desktop and laptop computer. I use it every day for work with the ability to take it with me if I need to. It’s perfect, who could ask for anything more?

By: Yota

Yota — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:18:39 +0000

I have a MacBook Pro 15″ and the form factor is perfect. The 17″ is okay as a desktop replacement, however for me personally would be far too large to cart around. You can’t forget that in the notebook computer world, small is indeed beautiful (and practical).