Twins

Twins
Originally uploaded by dcdan.

So my MacBook Not Pro (MBNP) arrived yesterday at 9:30 am no less! There were several reasons behind the decision to go ahead and order one of the MBNPs First off was the size, while updating my old PowerBook G4 to give to my dad I forgot how small and how much I liked it the size of the 12" PB. Additionally, there are several issues with the MBP that I have run into the first is the processor whine, which is usually drowned out by the screen whine when it isn't running at its brightest and last is that my batter now has a life of 15 minutes. I need my computer for work which is how I pay for all of these toys and I'd need something to use in the interim, I'm still on the fence of if I want to sell the MBP or keep it as an entertainment system (whose host name will either be (reallyExpensiveDVDplayer or pro) I'm leaning towards the latter. So putting all of these things together I pulled the trigger and ordered one from Apple with the upgrade to the 120GB HDD.
The setup, since my MBP was still very new, I used the transfer tool that comes with OS X, the only thing the tool missed was the I had the Apple Developer Tools installed and that it didn't respect that I have the current version of Java pointing to 1.4 and not 1.5 other than that it went flawlessly. I was up and coding within an hour or so.
My impressions of the MBNP are good so far. It is cooler to the touch than the MBP and I'm liking the keyboard and the size, this feels much more manageable like the 12 inch. I haven't had a problem with the screen but I could see that if you have overhead lighting it could be distracting also I've only noticed though when I have a large section of the screen primarily dark (like reading my blog) I calibrated the batter last night and got about 3:45 out of, while running at medium brightness via wireless, coding, two reboots an being mostly connected to my cell phone via BlueTooth. Things to know before buying a MBNP as a opposed to a MBP fingerprints will show on the MBNP the touch pad will show oil from your fingers but it easily wipes off, thought it is less heavy than the MBP it is noticeably heavier than the 12 PB, if you are glossy screen averse there is no latch so you have to tug to open it is a bit more pressure than I was excepting, lastly if you are planning on using parallels or Citrix at 1024x768 it is a tight fit on the smaller screen. but overall I'm much happier with it than the MBP and I've only slightly noticed the reduced screen size. I'm still on the fence of naming it either "yeahIpaidExtraForBlack" or "NotPro"' currently I'm leaning with NotPro.