Suggestions for Mac Laptop
markbao: Developers are often seen with MacBook Pros. For example, RailsConf: http://flickr.com/photos/twylo/173895378/With the new MacBook/Pros, it's basically whether you want a bigger screen or not, and if you want more GHz of processing power. There are 2.0 and 2.4GHz MacBooks available, $1300 and $1600, respectively, and MacBook Pros start at 2.4 up, starting at $2000.To put things in perspective, here is what you're getting for $400 more in the MacBook Pro 2.4GHz than the MacBook 2.4GHz:  - bigger screen
  - extra NVidia <strike>8600M</strike> 9600M GT graphics card
  - FireWire port and ExpressCard port
  - and of course, 2" more of real estate.

Or, you might be okay with the 2.0GHz MacBook, if all you are doing is Rails work, in which case you would save another $300.So the question basically is, 1) do you want 2.0 or 2.4GHz (suggest 2.4), and 2) do you want the bigger screen, and if so, if that is worth $400 to you (along with the other stuff.)