About 18 months ago, I purchased my first MacBook Pro… a 17 inch monster laptop. I absolutely loved the big (1920×1200) display that I purchased as an additional feature.

Over the course of the past year, I realized that I was not really very mobile with that behemoth. Obviously, at more than 17 inches wide and almost 7 pounds, it can be quite a cumbersome unit to drag around with you. Even more, the space it takes up on your lap makes it almost unusable. Calling it a “laptop” was a bit of a stretch.

No more… earlier today, I traded in that MacBook Pro and got the new 15″ unibody MBP. 320gb of drive space, with 4gb of ram packed into a nice little 5 pound chassis. Not quite as small as my wife’s 13″ MacBook, but certainly more inline with what I would consider a laptop. All that said, I really do miss the 1920×1200 resolution, even though the LED display on this is much brighter. If I do want that resolution, I can always plug it into my wife’s 24″ Cinema display.