Why buy a MacBook Pro 15" instead of a MacBook Air?

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Cleo

The MacBook Air and the new Macbook don't have Firewire which is a deal killer for me. The new 15" Macbook Pro seems decent although I have reservations about the new DisplayPort or whatever it's called.

I might be able to live without Firewire on the Air as long as I had other Macs with Firewire ports. But that's one of the big ones for sure. I haven't heard about the new DisplayPort (or whatever it's called)...was there some problem about that?

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

At $7K, did it come with a personal assistant to haul that brick around for you?

It really should have. The damn thing only went from a desk at home to a desk in my office most of the time. Good news though is that year I had a very hot Brazilian secretary who never let me carry anything--she thought it reflected badly on her. I tried to call her a 'personal assistant' but she told me she thought 'secretary' sounded sexier so, well, you know.

Originally Posted by LusciousDelight

I have a Lisa...

I almost had a Lisa (actually I've had several Lisas but that's for another discussion perhaps) but I kept waiting and then, one day in 1984, the wait was over.

Originally Posted by Cleo

Still it sucks that it only has one Firewire port. I can't even begin to imagine WTF is up with Apple and Firewire these days since they seem to be trying to kill it.

I know what you mean. With one Firewire 800 port and daisy-chaining other devices, the slowest device on the chain sets the speed. I have two USB ports but only one Firewire port on the 12" now, so I could live with just the one, but Apple's recent moves away from Firewire on notebooks is strange.

I've put off upgrading so long now that these trade-offs really suck, particularly since when my little 12" isn't on my lap it's plugged into an external monitor and Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, along with three Firewire drives (only 1 of which has a USB port).

If that damn 3 pound PowerBook Air had just the one Firewire port I wouldn't hesitate.

That 15" MacBook Pro seems to be what I should want.

So why do I still want the Air?