MBP Advice.

Question

I run a web design studio from home and I need some advice on a MacBook Pro/Air/Standard.
I already own an iMac (top end). But I find myself away from my office and needing to do some coding/designing work, and being frustrated because I don't have a machine.
Now I have been looking at the different specs, and prices, and comparing them. I initially looked at the Mac Air, but I'm really beginning to see it as a richman's toy, in other words not the best for the job, but **** it looks and feels good.
Then I looked at the MacBook and felt financially it was more attainable, but powerful enough for me to do some serious designing and coding on.
So then I looked at the MacBookPro and in particular this model : 15-inch: 2.4GHz.
At £1369.00 it does seem to be a very reasonable priced machine, and bang for buck - pretty solid.
Any advice?

Answer 1

I think the display is excellent Most people who see it seem to think it's good too. I don't generally have much of an issue with reflections which some people seem to raise.
Ref the memory upgrade - if you go to a retail store such as the one on Regents Street in London they'll upgrade the RAM for you. Takes them 30 mins or so but they'll max it for the same price as the web upgrade price - about £100 if I remember rightly. Remember though that they're basically taking the 2 x 1Gb in Part Ex against the 2 x 2Gb.
I found it cheaper to simply order the memory from Crucial online - came to about 65 quid and I got to ebay the original memory.
As a side note, I found the MBP quite fussy over a memory. We have lots of memory chips in the office and none of the 1066Mhz SODIMMS worked.... I ended up buying some crucial chips that were specified as being directly compatible, and they just worked. Was a doddle to upgrade too.
I've also stuck a 320Gb Western Digital 7200RPM drive in mine too