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I'm a Win developer over 10 years. I'm using HP 17" notebook. And also developing iOS Games almost 6 months with mac mini with 21" Samsung screen, and i love mac. And i always used big screens, big resolutions.

I Have a big problem as you imagine. Mac on my home, HP on my company, projects mixed up each other. Designing user interfaces on mac, sending to HP, coding on HP etc... Mess...

I want to buy a Mac Book Pro 13.3" i7 but i'm curious about developing apps on 1280x800 screen resolution. Native iPad resolution 1024x768 (iPad3's screen res will be much more). I 'am developing win apps has min 1024x768 size. Thinking about Visual Studio 2010 on a 13.3" or XCode 4. Lots of windows... Pehh...

I can connect mac to to my Samsung 21" in home and it my save my day, but there will be no 21" around me all the time. My question is, is there any developer out there develops apps on win or mac or both with mac book pro 13.3" (or lower may be mac air 11") , and do you have problems with it and if yes, how you solve them.

Thanks...

(Question is not related with CPU Performance, problem is Screen Resolution. Do not answer like, buy mac book 17" or HP Envy 17")

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"is there any developer out there develops apps on win or mac or both with mac book pro 13.3"" — I am sure there is. But how does that help you? Have you tried resizing Visual Studio or Xcode to 1280x800 on your current screen and working with that? You'll see quickly if that's enough... – Daniel Beck Jan 13 at 8:33
Yeah i did. I can do that on 21". I can figure out space problem , but i need a real life experience. You can't sample the situation on 21". – Murat Jan 13 at 9:23
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Actually you can, if you tolerate the blurry text of non-native resolutions on a TFT. If it's about the space you have for showing tons of information at the same time, and not the physical size, that might give you an idea. – Daniel Beck Jan 13 at 9:47
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