MacBook Pro
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“I use a M3 Macbook Pro for development.”
Isabel Lee Interview, Game developer, artist, writer · via Uses This 
“Right now I use a 14-inch M3 MacBook Pro.”
Melanie Walsh Interview, Writer, professor · via Uses This 
“Up until a year ago, I was still using a 15-inch MacBook Pro that I'd had since 2012 (it still had a CD drive), and a small Samsung monitor.”
Brett Tweedie Interview, Data visualisation developer · via Uses This 
“My primary computer is a 14” M3 Max MacBook Pro, with 64GB of RAM and an 8TB SSD.”
Casey Liss Interview, Developer, podcaster, writer · via Uses This 
“My lovely employers supply me with a 16-inch MacBook Pro.”
Roly Allen Interview, Writer · via Uses This 
“I'm currently using a MacBook Pro M1 Max, usually with a Kinesis Freestyle keyboard and an external trackpad; I've found this combination to be the best at preventing RSI for me.”
Carol Goulding Interview, Software developer · via Uses This 
“Day to day I program on a 14 inch M3 MacBook Pro without an external monitor.”
Nolen Royalty Interview, Game and web developer · via Uses This 
“I use a MacBook Pro and an iPhone.”
Tess Cullity Interview, Publisher (Slingshot Books) · via Uses This 
“I use a 2020 M1 MacBook Pro.”
Eva Decker Interview, Design engineer · via Uses This 
“All my writing and coding happens on a 16" MacBook Pro.”
Miriam Suzanne Interview, Artist, author, web developer · via Uses This 
“These days, I mostly use a 14" M1 Macbook Pro.”
James Turk Interview, Assistant Clinical Professor (University of Chicago) · via Uses This 
“Primary rig is a 2021 16" MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM and an M1 Pro SoC.”
Anthony Agius Interview, Writer, Editor (The Sizzle) · via Uses This 
“Other than that, I sometimes borrow my boyfriend’s MacBook Pro to render videos as this can take a while when the video was shot in the dark I’ve done some heavier de-noising and colour grading.”
ASMR Beauty Interview, Video creator · via Uses This 
“My primary on-the-go device is a heavily-stickered MacBook Pro ("keysmash").”
iliana etaoin Interview, Software developer catgirl · via Uses This 
“For work, I use a 14” MacBook Pro with an M1 Pro; it is without a doubt the best computer I’ve ever owned.”
Jae Kaplan Interview, CEO, anti software software club · via Uses This 
“My home workstation is a 15-inch MacBook Pro, which I've been using since 2017 when someone smashed my car window and stole my last one.”
Jesse Holden Interview, Writer, creative dork · via Uses This 
“I also use a 13 inch MacBook Pro (Intel version).”
Minna Leunig Interview, Artist · via Uses This 
“I use a MacBook Pro for most writing and programming, while music production happens on my custom built Windows machine.”
Jess Levine Interview, Writer, musician, game designer · via Uses This 
“The core of all of my projects is my 2020 MacBook Pro.”
Margaret Killjoy Interview, Sci-fi author, podcaster, musician · via Uses This 
“I'm currently working on a 2021 MacBook Pro, which lives on my laptop stand as a secondary monitor.”
Dorsa Amir Interview, Behavioral scientist · via Uses This 
“My work machine is a 2019 MacBook Pro (13", 8 GB memory, 512 GB storage) and my personal machine is a 2020 MacBook Pro (13", 16 GB memory, 512GB storage).”
Rachel J. Kwon Interview, Director of Clinical Product Strategy (Ro) · via Uses This 
“2021 16in MacBook Pro (M1 Max 32c GPU, 64GB RAM, 4TB SSD) in Space Gray: This is my main machine, it's what I use both docked at my desk and around the house/on-the-deck if I'm at home.”
Blake Stoddard Interview, Senior Operations Engineer, Epic Games · via Uses This 
“Given the above rationale, the current answer to the question of "what computer do you use?" is a maxed-out 14" M1 MacBook Pro.”
Justin Searls Interview, Programmer · via Uses This 
“My current setup is a maxed out 2019 16" MacBook Pro which… I don't love (for the price).”
Tim Van Damme Interview, Software designer (Gowalla) · via Uses This 
“When I travel, I use a 13-inch MacBook Pro from 2017.”
Victor Hanson-Smith Interview, Computational biologist · via Uses This 
“And at night when I get tired of looking at Big Screen™ and want to transition to Small Screen™ I use a MacBook Pro with several broken keys that I'm too lazy to get fixed.”
Jillian Meehan Interview, Project manager (Lickability) · via Uses This 
“I still have and use a 2013 15 inch MacBook Pro (2.6Ghz with 16GB ram) which I think might be the best computer ever made.”
Noah Kalina Interview, Artist, photographer · via Uses This 
“At any given time, work means I have between one and three 16" Intel MacBook Pros that I connect to that desk setup.”
André Arko Interview, Web developer · via Uses This 
“So I upgraded to a pre-owned 13.3-inch 2019 MacBook Pro (2.8GHz) - in space gray!”
Joshua Eaton Interview, Freelance investigative reporter · via Uses This 
“I use my 13" MacBook Pros until the keys wear off (the "N" is always the first to go) and am still in the honeymoon phase with my newest.”
Margaret O'Mara Interview, Historian, professor · via Uses This 
“I have been developing on a MacBook Pro for the last 10 years, though I still do some side projects on my Windows PC and I have a a box that runs a Linux distribution when I get antsy for some extra fun.”
Cher Scarlett Interview, Software engineer (Apple) · via Uses This 
“Naturally, I'm typing this condemnation of mobility on a 2019 MacBook Pro 15" (it's not mine), which is handily the worst computer I've ever used.”
Joseph X. Burke Interview, Designer, Musician (Obfusc) · via Uses This 
“Personal Machine: 2019 13" MacBook Pro.”
Laurie Barth Interview, Senior Software Engineer · via Uses This 
“My work hardware is nothing exciting, I use one of the TouchBar equipped MacBook Pros, which if you've never used before, I would really recommend staying away from.”
Zack Ginies Interview, Designer, streamer · via Uses This 
“Computer & accessories: Right now I use one of the 2016 13" MacBook Pros (no touchbar).”
Pat Armstrong Interview, Interaction and service designer · via Uses This 
“I have a 13" early-2015 MacBook Pro that I'm trying to keep alive long enough for them to release the new generation of MacBooks, which will allegedly bring back the SD card slot and some additional ports.”
Tuck Woodstock Interview, Journalist, equity educator, musician, podcaster · via Uses This 
“Most of my work takes place on my 16-inch Intel MacBook Pro in Space Gray which is spec'd out with a 2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9, 32 GB of RAM, and 2 TB of flash storage.”
mb bischoff Interview, Software designer and developer · via Uses This 
“For work, like most devs I use a MacBook Pro for my work.”
Emily Gorcenski Interview, Data scientist, engineer · via Uses This 
“I write and edit a ton and find that PCs work well for all of the word processing I do, but I have a MacBook Pro (13") for my personal use.”
Warren Binford Interview, Law professor, pediatrics professor · via Uses This 
“I do all my digital work on a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, four Thunderbolt 3 ports, space gray).”
Dominique Dickey Interview, Writer, editor · via Uses This 
“On my work desk, I've got a 13" 2017 MacBook Pro that is well due for an upgrade.”
Kris Howard Interview, Tech leader, blogger, crafter, speaker · via Uses This 
“I use a 2017 15" MacBook Pro.”
Graydon Sheppard Interview, Writer, director, performer · via Uses This 
“Most of my work is done on a 16-inch 2019 MacBook Pro (i9, with 32GB memory and dedicated graphics) that I love to pieces; I can train complex machine learning models on-device in a matter of hours, and I do graphics stuff and have like 400 million tabs and papers open all the time and it doesn't miss a beat.”
Mars Buttfield-Addison Interview, Developer, PhD candidate · via Uses This 
“Lately I've been working on a 13" MacBook Pro, where I do pretty much everything with the built-in keyboard and trackpad.”
Lynn Fisher Interview, Designer, illustrator, developer · via Uses This 
“I do all my work on my MacBook Pro with my Jelly Comb ergonomic mouse.”
Elisabeth Fosslien Interview, Illustrator · via Uses This 
“I have bottom-of-the-line 13" 2017 MacBook Pro that I keep perched on a big, stupid laptop stand I bought on Amazon that I am pretty sure is just made of K'NEX.”
Taylor Dow Interview, Cartoonist, game designer, teacher · via Uses This 
“I use - and this is embarrassing to admit - two nearly identical late-2019 16" MacBook Pros, one for work and other as my personal laptop.”
Tom MacWright Interview, Developer, musician · via Uses This 
“I use a 2013 MacBook Pro.”
Toby Alden Interview, Game and web developer · via Uses This 
“Currently using a mid-2014 MacBook Pro that isn't powerful enough to update to the latest operating system.”
Zack Bornstein Interview, Writer, director · via Uses This 
“My computer is a 15-inch MacBook Pro (2015 model) with 16 GB of RAM and a 500 GB drive.”
Timo Tijhof Interview, Principal Engineer (Wikimedia Foundation) · via Uses This 
“I transitioned to Linux when MacBook Pros got the butterfly keyboards.”
Surya Mattu Interview, Artist, engineer, data journalist · via Uses This 
“I have two MacBook Pros (one is from my day job) that I go back and forth on.”
Banana Chan Interview, Game writer, designer · via Uses This 
“I also have a 13 inch MacBook Pro at a standing desk in the other room, with another LG 4K monitor, because I can't sit at a desk all day.”
Eugene Marshall Interview, Game designer, writer · via Uses This 
“I do most of my coding and reverse engineering work on a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017).”
Jane Manchun Wong Interview, Engineer, security researcher · via Uses This 
“My main workhorse machine -- for actual work -- is currently a 15" mid-2015 MacBook Pro.”
Stephen Strowes Interview, Network measurements researcher · via Uses This 
“Everything happens on my 13" MacBook Pro, which I bought in 2014 in a big rush right before my younger sister graduated from university and lost her educational discount at the Apple store.”
Caroline Crampton Interview, Writer, podcaster · via Uses This 
“For working with Common Lisp, I use a 2016 13" MacBook Pro, sometimes with an external 27" 4K monitor.”
Zach Beane Interview, Developer (Common Lisp, Quicklisp) · via Uses This 
“It's been an assortment of MacBook Pros, iPads, iPhones and various accessories.”
Nathan Peretic Interview, Co-founder, Cotton Bureau · via Uses This 
“I currently use a 2015 MacBook Pro that I got from work.”
Kawandeep Virdee Interview, Maker · via Uses This 
“I use a MacBook Pro, but sometimes a PC laptop as well.”
DJ Earworm Interview, Music producer · via Uses This 
“My main machine is 2015 MacBook Pro 13-inch model, which is getting a little long in the tooth.”
Daniel Quintana Interview, Research scientist · via Uses This 
“Personally, I use a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports).”
Byron Dyce II Interview, Gym owner, strength coach · via Uses This 
“My daily driver is a MacBook Pro 13" with the butterfly keyboard, and in 3 years I never had a failing key.”
Ubi De Feo Interview, Creative technologist · via Uses This 
“I edit audio on a MacBook Pro.”
Annie Minoff Interview, Producer (The Journal) · via Uses This 
“My 15" MacBook Pro has survived four-ish years that it should not have.”
Brock Wilbur Interview, Writer, comedian · via Uses This 
“On a work-from-home day you'll find me deep in my comfy couch, vigorously typing on my personal 15-inch MacBook Pro from 2014 (it still works perfectly!).”
Catt Small Interview, Product designer, game developer · via Uses This 
“For work I also have a MacBook Pro.”
Bram Moolenaar Interview, Developer (Vim) · via Uses This 
“I use the 2018 MacBook Pro tricked out as much as they would sell it to me.”
Chris Coyier Interview, Developer (CodePen, CSS-Tricks) · via Uses This 
“For work I have a 13-inch MacBook Pro, which doesn't last long enough and boy I hate that keyboard, but it's what they gave me at work.”
David Pierce Interview, Editor-at-Large (Protocol) · via Uses This 
“MacBook Pro laptop (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013 model).”
Jordan B. L. Smith Interview, Researcher, music information retrieval · via Uses This 
“What that entails: A MacBook Pro from Vox (which is due for an upgrade!) and a charger wrapped around a Fuse Reel.”
Alissa Wilkinson Interview, Staff reporter, film critic (Vox) · via Uses This 
“I use an Apple MacBook Pro.”
Riana Pfefferkorn Interview, Associate Director of Surveillance and Cybersecurity (Center for Internet and So · via Uses This 
“Computer-wise I have the standard San Francisco startup issue MacBook Pro plus an iPhone.”
Simon Wistow Interview, Co-founder (Fastly) · via Uses This 
“I have a 15-inch MacBook Pro (Late 2013, 2.6Ghz i7, 16GB, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M), my everyday companion that still works quite well and so I'm delaying the switch to dongle life.”
Pierluigi Dalla Rosa Interview, Creative technologist · via Uses This 
“My MacBook Pro 2018, 13", is a very good laptop for all I need, and handles those days with lots of open applications and endless browser tabs very gracefully.”
Lena Reinhard Interview, Director of Engineering, CircleCI · via Uses This 
“All of my work is done on a late 2013 15-inch MacBook Pro, with an awkward British keyboard and a dying battery, that I'm not planning on giving up anytime soon.”
Michael Betancourt Interview, Applied statistician · via Uses This 
“I use a 15" MacBook Pro with a Gavin Belson Signature Edition Box 3 eGPU attached (custom built by Ben Hoad).”
Nathan Hoad Interview, Interactive developer, artist · via Uses This 
“My main work device is a 13″ MacBook Pro, Late 2016 (3.1 GHz i5, 16 GB RAM, 1TB SSD).”
Frank Rausch Interview, UI designer, app developer, typographer · via Uses This 
“I use a 2014 MacBook Pro with an even older Wacom Tablet.”
Devine Lu Linvega Interview, Artist, developer · via Uses This 
“I work on a 2013 MacBook Pro Retina 13".”
Elena Zaharova Interview, Designer, art director · via Uses This 
“My main computer is a mid-2014 MacBook Pro -- the last good prosumer laptop Apple designed, in my opinion.”
Ludovic Chabant Interview, Software developer (Epic) · via Uses This 
“My primary computer is an old 2010 MacBook Pro, an amassement of recycled parts from two other laptops that were donated to me.”
Rekka Bell Interview, Illustrator, sailor · via Uses This 
“I have a 2018 13" MacBook Pro, i7 16GB.”
Max Howell Interview, Developer (Homebrew) · via Uses This 
“I use a 2011 MacBook Pro because the new MacBooks' keyboards are inferior and I fear an upgrade, despite my laptop's lagging spirit.”
Willa Köerner Interview, Strategist, writer, editor · via Uses This 
“When I'm on the go, I'm still relying on my trusty 2013 MacBook Pro, which was pretty beefed up back in 2013 so it can still hold its ground.”
Vladimir Mitrović Interview, Software engineer, computational designer · via Uses This 
“I have two Retina Mid-2015 MacBook Pros: one for Flexport, one for personal use.”
Max Heinritz Interview, Software developer · via Uses This 
“My laptop is a MacBook Pro from 2014.”
Nikki Sylianteng Interview, Interaction Designer · via Uses This 
“MacBook Pro I purchased in 2018 with a 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 processor.”
Wen-Jay Ying Interview, Founder, Local Roots · via Uses This 
“My current one is a mid-2014 Retina MacBook Pro.”
Peter Mattessi Interview, TV screenwriter (EastEnders, Neighbours) · via Uses This 
“I have a 2015 Macbook Pro which has been a workhorse for me.”
Sarah Pavis Interview, Mechanical engineer · via Uses This 
“A MacBook Pro and a four-color home printer.”
Rob Daviau Interview, Board game designer · via Uses This 
“"Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015", it tells me.”
Phil Gyford Interview, Web developer, actor · via Uses This 
“I use an old MacBook Pro from 2012.”
Gris Grimly Interview, Author, illustrator · via Uses This 
“I'm currently on a late 2016 MacBook Pro, 13", with a Touch Bar.”
Tracy Chou Interview, Software engineer, diversity advocate · via Uses This 
“I have a very busted, old MacBook Pro that is so worn, you can't really see the letters on the keyboard anymore.”
Joan LeMay Interview, Painter, illustrator · via Uses This 
“I SSH into Sabin to do my work, usually from my MacBook Pro laptop - I travel so much for work that I'm out of the office more than I'm in it, so my laptop is my steed.”
Jennifer Gardy Interview, Associate professor (UBC), researcher (BC Centre for Disease Control) · via Uses This 
“My main machine is a 2016 13-inch MacBook Pro.”
Thorsten Ball Interview, Writer, software developer · via Uses This 
“I have a MacBook Pro which I use most of the time for almost everything I do.”
Sophie Cunningham Interview, Writer, artist, adjunct professor (RMIT) · via Uses This 
“13" MacBook Pro (early 2015) — perfect form factor, not so good performance.”
Nikita Prokopov Interview, Software developer · via Uses This 
“I live and breathe through my 2017 13" MacBook Pro (the cheaper model without the Touch Bar).”
Martin O'Leary Interview, Artist, developer · via Uses This 
“My main computer is a 13" 2014 MacBook Pro, which I strongly feel is "peak Apple": Fantastic back-lit keyboard (that doesn't get jammed); Trip-proof MagSafe power connector; glowing Apple logo on the lid.”
Scott Jon Siegel Interview, Game designer · via Uses This 
“Overall I use a 15" 2013 MacBook Pro for most of my production, and am generationally bought into the Apple walled garden of products (starting with a hand-me-down Newton from my dad all the way back in the 1990s).”
Molly Lewis Interview, Songwriter, ukulelist, podcaster · via Uses This 
“I do most of my writing and producing work on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012).”
Kailee McGee Interview, Artist, writer, filmmaker · via Uses This 
“A few years back my MacBook Pro died, along with my external HD, losing everything, so I decided it was a good time to reset and minimize.”
Walter Parenton Interview, Video editor (Funimation), illustrator · via Uses This 
“My notebook is a 2018 13-inch MacBook Pro, and I carry whatever the newest iPhone is at the moment.”
Stephen Hackett Interview, Co-founder, Relay FM · via Uses This 
“At home, I have an early 2015 MacBook Pro.”
Jackie Luo Interview, Software developer (Square), photographer · via Uses This 
“I just use a 13-inch MacBook Pro that I bought last year.”
Darcie Wilder Interview, Writer · via Uses This 
“For work, I use a 15" MacBook Pro, which is the first Mac I've had since they looked like toasters.”
Finn Ellis Interview, Automation engineer (Slack) · via Uses This 
“At work I have a 15-inch touchbar MacBook Pro laptop from 2016 that's almost always plugged into my ergonomic workstation setup.”
Haley Rose Smith Interview, Android engineer, tech lead (Slack) · via Uses This 
“I'm on a MacBook Pro, which I use to make pretty much everything described above, including writing, research, recording, video editing and music.”
Dan Golding Interview, Academic, author, composer · via Uses This 
“I have the requisite 13" Retina MacBook Pro checks system report from 2015.”
Adam Roberts Interview, Writer, newsletter producer (SitePoint) · via Uses This 
“I write on a late 2011 MacBook Pro with a 13” monitor.”
Ben Wurgaft Interview, Writer, historian · via Uses This 
“PC hardware is definitely not as nice as Apple hardware, even the Razer Blade is a poor second to the best older MacBook Pros.”
Nelson Minar Interview, Software engineer · via Uses This 
“At the heart of everything I do is a MacBook Pro (2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 with Retina display) in Space Grey.”
Steve O'Hear Interview, Tech journalist (TechCrunch) · via Uses This 
“I also use a 13" MacBook Pro from 2012, for all the administrative stuff and occasional recording.”
Heather Styka Interview, Singer-songwriter · via Uses This 
“For work I use a company-issued 13-inch Touchbar MacBook Pro, but mostly as a desktop, because of its pizza-box keyboard and bad battery life.”
Nathan Edwards Interview, Senior Editor (Wirecutter) · via Uses This 
“The cursed Mac I use at home is a 2015 13" MacBook Pro.”
Meredith Forrester Interview, Copy editor (The Good Copy) · via Uses This 
“My laptop is a late 2013 MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM.”
Samantha Vilkins Interview, Communications and Engagement Officer (ANU), PhD candidate · via Uses This 
“I have, however, literally just bought a new MacBook Pro, as my last one was from 2010 and the drive had finally failed.”
Tim Maughan Interview, Writer, journalist · via Uses This 
“At work I use a combination of a MacBook Pro and data/compute servers.”
Arwen Griffioen Interview, Machine learning researcher (Zendesk) · via Uses This 
“My computer is a mid-2012 15" Retina MBP, which is the best laptop ever made.”
Andrew Janjigian Interview, Senior Editor (Cook's Illustrated), bread baking instructor (King Arthur) · via Uses This 
“I slouch in front of my MacBook Pro without any monitor or keyboard.”
Sara Mauskopf Interview, CEO and co-founder, Winnie · via Uses This 
“I have two MacBook Pros, one for work (15-inch, Mid 2015) and one for personal use (15-inch with Touch Bar, Space Grey, 2016).”
Bertrand Fan Interview, Engineer (Slack) · via Uses This 
“I mostly work from my 2015 MacBook Pro.”
Jenn Sandercock Interview, Game designer · via Uses This 
“I'm using a 2015, 13" Retina MacBook Pro as my main machine.”
Ashley Baxter Interview, Founder, With Jack · via Uses This 
“For both businesses I rely heavily on my iPhone and new MacBook Pro, which is whatever, but I'm more into my tools!”
Lake Sharp Interview, Designer (ARRAY), co-founder (EVERYBODY) · via Uses This 
“In Los Angeles I use a MacBook Pro I hate.”
Roxane Gay Interview, Writer, associate professor · via Uses This 
“I mainly use a MacBook Pro (2017, 13", no touch bar).”
Ian MacLarty Interview, Indie game developer · via Uses This 
“I use a 13-inch MacBook Pro (early 2015) to make my games.”
Jenny Jiao Hsia Interview, Indie game developer · via Uses This 
“I just got a souped-up, gently-used 13" MacBook Pro Retina from 2015 and I love it.”
Jillian C. York Interview, Writer, Activist (EFF) · via Uses This 
“For my research, I use a 2015 MacBook Pro, and a pair of Urbanears Zinken headphones.”
Michael McMaster Interview, Game designer, co-director (House House), PhD student · via Uses This 
“I use a 2014 MacBook Pro with Retina Display.”
Kornel Lesiński Interview, Software developer (ImageOptim) · via Uses This 
“The USB-C port handles power, display, and acts as a USB hub, so when I'm using my work laptop (a 15" 2017 MacBook Pro), I just plug in one cord and everything works.”
Jesse Ditson Interview, Maker, musician, developer (Attic Labs) · via Uses This 
“I'm currently writing on my main development computer, a 2013 13-inch MacBook Pro.”
Victor Thompson Interview, Programmer (Caper Academy) · via Uses This 
“For design and web development I use a 2014 15" MacBook Pro.”
Laura DeGroot Interview, Web developer, designer, poet · via Uses This 
“Don't try this at home, kids: I'm using a 5-year-old MacBook Pro.”
Pamela Fox Interview, CTO (Woebot), improv aficionado · via Uses This 
“I work on a 13" Apple Retina MacBook Pro, from 2015.”
Emily Haasch Interview, Artist, designer · via Uses This 
“I'm using a 2010 MacBook Pro, with big dents where I dropped it twice.”
Janelle Shane Interview, Research scientist, neural network trainer · via Uses This 
“My main machine is (surprise!) a 13" Retina MacBook Pro.”
Sam Kottler Interview, Site reliability engineer (GitHub) · via Uses This 
“I use a 13" Macbook Pro.”
Helen Shewolfe Tseng Interview, Artist, designer, wolf witch · via Uses This 
“I have a MacBook Pro that's a few years old.”
Eileen Webb Interview, Director of Strategy and Livestock (webmeadow) · via Uses This 
“I also have a MacBook Pro but honestly I don't use it for work that much, it's more the email, on-the-go, in-a-pinch kind of thing.”
Chuck Anderson Interview, Art guy (NoPattern) · via Uses This 
“Additionally I own a second-hand MacBook Pro (13 inch) from 2011.”
Shelly Alon Interview, Game developer (Glitchskier, Sputnik Eyes) · via Uses This 
“After that it depends on the project, but I do all of my digital design work on a 15" MacBook Pro.”
Lauren Gallagher Interview, Lead designer (Cards Against Humanity) · via Uses This 
“13" MacBook Pro, a couple of years old, slightly dented.”
Helen Zaltzman Interview, Podcaster (The Allusionist, Answer Me This) · via Uses This 
“I also have a corporate-issued MacBook Pro 13" that's permanently attached to my monitor at home: a sort of pseudo-desktop, with its own trackpad and keyboard.”
Peter Bourgon Interview, Distributed systems developer (Fastly) · via Uses This 
“Some days I'll work with my MacBook Pro.”
Jasmine Greenaway Interview, Developer, GitHub Editor Tools · via Uses This 
“2016 MacBook Pro, Space Grey 13".”
Cate Huston Interview, Mobile lead, Automattic · via Uses This 
“A MacBook Pro, fairly close to the start of its life.”
Everest Pipkin Interview, Artist, developer · via Uses This 
“I'm about to switch over to a 15" MacBook Pro, as I need my entire set-up to be packable for travel.”
Zahra Zainal Interview, Illustrator, graphic recorder · via Uses This 
“In the office I have a 15" MacBook Pro.”
Jenn Schiffer Interview, Artist, engineer (Fog Creek) · via Uses This 
“Most of my digital art is done on a 13" MacBook Pro.”
Dominik Johann Interview, Designer and illustrator, Crows Crows Crows · via Uses This 
“I'm using a maxed-out 2009 MacBook Pro that desperately needs replacement.”
Jamie Sanchez Interview, Creative consultant, developer (Bit Bash, AnimeChicago) · via Uses This 
“Work-wise, I have a 15-inch MacBook Pro that's getting a little long in the tooth.”
Mat Marquis Interview, Web designer, developer (Bocoup) · via Uses This 
“I've been considering upgrading to a newer MacBook Pro to get some more power and a Retina screen (it's difficult to design websites and apps these days without Retina), but I'm finding the current iteration of Apple laptops to be uninspired.”
Daniel Zarick Interview, Developer, designer (Shortwave) · via Uses This 
“I have been developing games on a 2011 MacBook Pro since...”
Ben Esposito Interview, Independent game developer (Tattletail, Donut Country) · via Uses This 
“15" MacBook Pro, Uniball pens, Leuchterm notebooks.”
Michael Colombo Interview, Writer, fabricator, musician · via Uses This 
“At home and when I travel, I tend to use a 13" MacBook Pro.”
Charles Berret Interview, Communications Ph.D. student (Columbia) · via Uses This 
“Once I start coding, I work on a powerful laptop (a MacBook Pro Retina 15" with a NVIDIA GPU card) connected to a big screen.”
Patricio Gonzalez Vivo Interview, Artist, graphical engineer (Mapzen) · via Uses This 
“So now I'm using my husband's more powerful 13-inch MacBook Pro from a couple years ago while I decide whether to get another Air or move to a Pro.”
Sara Wachter-Boettcher Interview, Content strategy and UX consultant · via Uses This 
“I also have a MacBook Pro.”
Sara Benincasa Interview, Comedian, author · via Uses This 
“I have a 2012 MacBook Pro that I use for all of my work, and an iPad I occasionally mess with too.”
Rich Vreeland Interview, Musician (Disasterpeace), developer · via Uses This 
“My hardware needs are pretty simple: I use a 2015 15" MacBook Pro for everything.”
Christine Yen Interview, Engineer, co-founder (Honeycomb) · via Uses This 
“For web development I use either my Windows PC or my MacBook Pro, depending on whether I'm at home.”
Chris Remo Interview, Game designer, composer (Campo Santo), podcaster (Idle Thumbs) · via Uses This 
“I do the vast majority of my work on a 13" MacBook Pro (c.”
Ross Goodwin Interview, Creative technologist, artist, hacker · via Uses This 
“I use a 2011 17" MacBook Pro at home, and...”
Mariel Cartwright Interview, Art director, lead animator (Indivisible, Skullgirls) · via Uses This 
“I have them set up behind my 15" MacBook Pro.”
Rachel White Interview, Front-end engineer (IBM Watson) · via Uses This 
“I have a 13" Retina MacBook Pro, and it's the best computer I've ever owned.”
Artur Paikin Interview, Founder (Baguette), designer, traveler & robot maker · via Uses This 
“Most of my work is done on a late 2013 13" Retina MacBook Pro (late 2013 model) hooked up to a basic 24" Dell LCD.”
Waldo Jaquith Interview, Designer, developer, director (U.S. Open Data) · via Uses This 
“When I'm doing things that are specific to Mac or Windows, I resort to my 2009 MacBook Pro with a Windows partition.”
Emmett Butler Interview, Software engineer (PyKafka), game developer (Cibele) · via Uses This 
“My books are written on a MacBook Pro.”
Megan Prelinger Interview, Writer, historian, librarian, naturalist · via Uses This 
“I use a MacBook Pro 15" paired with a small Wacom tablet.”
Chloé Yingst Interview, Illustrator, designer (Mutual Mobile) · via Uses This 
“I write on a 13" MacBook Pro from 2012.”
Leslye Headland Interview, Writer, director (Sleeping with Other People) · via Uses This 
“At work we're on small MacBook Pros with maxed-out RAM and external monitors on standing desks.”
Charlie Loyd Interview, Geo developer, Earth fanatic (Mapbox) · via Uses This 
“A lot of my work is done digitally, so I use a MacBook Pro Retina most of the time.”
Gemma Lord Interview, Designer · via Uses This 
“I have a 13" MacBook Pro, it's my work computer and life computer because I can't deal with syncing.”
Jessica Lord Interview, Software engineer (Atom, Electron) · via Uses This 
“I have two MacBook Pros that I use for most of my work these days; I bought one for my own personal projects a few months before getting a job at Vox and being provided with the same model.”
Casey Kolderup Interview, Software developer, bot wrangler · via Uses This 
“Computery stuff: I've got a MacBook Pro 15", Retina, 2013.”
Sadie Dupuis Interview, Musician (Speedy Ortiz), poet · via Uses This 
“Currently I have a 13" MacBook Pro from 2OO8 that has a broken zero key.”
Emmy Blotnick Interview, Comedian, writer · via Uses This 
“For game development, I just started using a 15" MacBook Pro -- the 2.5GHz one.”
Jane Friedhoff Interview, Creative technologist (NYT R&D), indie game developer · via Uses This 
“I use a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015).”
Alice Bartlett Interview, Web developer (Financial Times), founder (Tampon Club) · via Uses This 
“I do all of my work - musical and otherwise - on a MacBook Pro 15".”
Loren Bouchard Interview, Creator of Bob's Burgers · via Uses This 
“This is going to shock some people (no one, it will shock no one) but I use a MacBook Pro.”
Caitlin Doughty Interview, Mortician (Undertaking LA) · via Uses This 
“I have a 15" MacBook Pro (sometimes attached to a 30" monitor) that's due for a refresh --- I'm holding out hope for a super-pretty-yet-super-beefy gold MacBook Pro with multiple USB ports.”
Monica Dinculescu Interview, Emojineer (Chrome, Polymer) · via Uses This 
“For all my heavy computing/typing needs, I use a 15" MacBook Pro.”
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Interview, Theoretical cosmologist · via Uses This 
“My main personal computer is the mid 2014 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display.”
Chelsea Howe Interview, Creative Director (Electronic Arts) · via Uses This 
“My primary computer these days is a late-2013 Core i5 Retina MacBook Pro with 16 gigs of ram and 500 gigs of SSD.”
Jesse Vincent Interview, Developer, CTO of Keyboardio · via Uses This 
“At the moment I have a 1st generation MacBook Pro Retina which just alerted me that I might need to service the battery.”
Lee Martin Interview, Designer, developer · via Uses This 
“I use a MacBook Pro from 2011 for both of my jobs.”
Katy Goodman Interview, Musician (Vivian Girls, La Sera), web developer (CASH Music) · via Uses This 
“But my PC crapped out on me over a year ago and so I started mainly working on my 15" MacBook Pro from 2012, which according to "About This Mac" is running a 2GHz Intel Core i7.”
Andrew Beckerman Interview, Comedian, podcaster (Beginnings, Snap Impression) · via Uses This 
“The machine on which I get all my work done is a 2011 MacBook Pro.”
Paul Davey Interview, Painter, illustrator · via Uses This 
“For work my one and only machine is a mid-2012 15" Retina MacBook Pro with 16 GB of RAM and a 768 GB SSD.”
Mihai Parparita Interview, Software engineer · via Uses This 
“I spend most of my time in front of a first-gen 13" MacBook Pro Retina (8GB RAM/256 GB HD).”
Pascal Finette Interview, Entrepreneur, investor · via Uses This 
“At work I get to use a sweet large MacBook Pro with a lot of memory so I can do things in several virtual machines at once and talk with my co-workers at the same time.”
Karl Anderson Interview, Software engineer, phone hardware hacker · via Uses This 
“I'm living in Berlin on the weekend and work in Munich during the week, so my MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) is my trusty companion on the road and at the desk.”
Martin Pittenauer Interview, Co-founder (TheCodingMonkeys) · via Uses This 
“At work, I use a 15" Retina MacBook Pro.”
Colin Gourlay Interview, Interactive story developer (ABC News, Australia) · via Uses This 
“About two years ago, I updated my work laptop to an SSD MacBook Pro with a Retina display.”
Bob Nystrom Interview, Game and language developer · via Uses This 
“My workhorse is a 2013 13" MacBook Pro.”
Veronica Belmont Interview, TV host, emcee, podcaster · via Uses This 
“At work I have a 13" MacBook Pro Retina with 256GB SSD and 16GB memory.”
Ryn Daniels Interview, Web operations engineer (Etsy) · via Uses This 
“I have a 15" MacBook Pro with an Intel i7 processor, an SSD, and 16 GB of RAM provided by my department.”
Lincoln Mullen Interview, Historian, teacher · via Uses This 
“At home I have a MacBook Pro 13", i7, 8GB RAM, 2.9Ghz (with Turbo Boost to 3.6Ghz) and an Intel Graphics HD 4000 (1GB) for stress-free rendering.”
Lucie Blush Interview, Feminist porn filmmaker, actress · via Uses This 
“I was hesitant using the 11-inch as my main machine at first having given up a 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro when I moved to Portland from Southern California, but it has worked out admirably.”
Bo Adepoju Interview, Silicon architecture engineer (Intel) · via Uses This 
“I have a MacBook Pro that, while only a year old, does not move as quickly as I'd like it to.”
Lane Moore Interview, Comedian, filmmaker, actor, writer, musician · via Uses This 
“I use a MacBook Pro with an 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo, 8 GB of 1GHz DDR3 memory, a 256GB spinning platters, non-solid state harddrive, and a 13 inch screen.”
Brandon Lucia Interview, Computer researcher, musician (netcat) · via Uses This 
“We edit off a couple of MacBook Pro Retinas ourselves.”
Ming-Zhu Hii Interview, Actor, experimental filmmaker · via Uses This 
“I use a 2010-era MacBook Pro.”
Jesse von Doom Interview, Executive director, developer (CASH Music) · via Uses This 
“Last year I switched to a 15" MacBook Pro Retina with 700GB SSD, 16 gigs of RAM and 2.8 GHz i7 processor.”
Karolina Szczur Interview, Designer, developer, photographer (&yet) · via Uses This 
“I also keep an older MacBook Pro on my desk that does run OS X.”
Judd Vinet Interview, Software engineer (Arch Linux), CTO (Bet Smart Media) · via Uses This 
“My digital home is a 2011 MacBook Pro.”
Catherine Mulbrandon Interview, Designer (Visualizing Economics) · via Uses This 
“ART MAKING & FACILITATING: We are a donation based art collective, so we use everything from typewriters to write poems about the storms in our heads to cigar boxes to create personal puppet theatre kits to using an adult's MacBook Pro to show our girls how to make animated .gifs of their own drawings to acrylic, water color, and puff paints and beyond.”
Lauren Gill Interview, Pastry diva, facilitator of weirdness (Ag47) · via Uses This 
“I use a 17-inch MacBook Pro at home - this model has been discontinued by Apple, but it's by far, my favorite configuration, as long as I don't have to move the giant laptop from my home.”
Aarthi Ramamurthy Interview, Founder (Lumoid) · via Uses This 
“Pretty standard setup: a 13" MacBook Pro.”
Adam Wiggins Interview, Hacker, entrepreneur (Heroku) · via Uses This 
“My laptop is a 15" MacBook Pro from a few years ago.”
Scott McCloud Interview, Cartoonist, author · via Uses This 
“For work I have a MacBook Pro the size of an aircraft carrier, which is also essentially a terminal with a browser.”
Carlos Bueno Interview, Software developer (MemSQL), writer · via Uses This 
“I have a far-too-expensive 15" MacBook Pro that I do all of my work on.”
Sam Lavigne Interview, Programmer, artist · via Uses This 
“My 15" MacBook Pro is my old reliable, but it rarely leaves the house anymore, and (in my first rule for working from home) it never comes to bed.”
Melissa Gira Grant Interview, Writer, freelance journalist · via Uses This 
“At home, I use a 13" MacBook Pro.”
George Nachman Interview, Software developer (Google Search App, iTerm2) · via Uses This 
“The tablet is connected to a 2010 MacBook Pro which is connected to a keyboard and headphones.”
Julian Frost Interview, Animator, illustrator · via Uses This 
“At home, where I do mostly illustration, occasional video/photo editing, and a bit of animation, I have a MacBook Pro 6,2 with 8GB of RAM.”
Katie Shelly Interview, Media designer (Cooper-Hewitt Labs) · via Uses This 
“When I'm at my desk, I have a MacBook Pro (2.4ghz, i5, 8GB memory) hooked up to two Dell 22" monitors and an external mouse and keyboard.”
Hilary Sargent Interview, News & Homepage Editor (Boston.com), founder (ChartGirl) · via Uses This 
“I now mostly use a 2010 13-inch MacBook Pro.”
Yuri Victor Interview, Developer, user experience designer (Vox Media) · via Uses This 
“For writing, my hardware is a 13" MacBook Pro from 2010.”
Hope Larson Interview, Cartoonist, writer, director · via Uses This 
“These days I'm carrying a 13" Retina MacBook Pro, with a 2.8ghz i7, 16GB RAM, and 1TB flash drive; by maxing out the specs, I can keep my laptops for about three years without running into problems with the software I need to use.”
Elizabeth Lawley Interview, Professor, School of Interactive Games and Media (RIT) · via Uses This 
“I'm currently on a 15" Retina MacBook Pro.”
Zach Holman Interview, Web developer (GitHub) · via Uses This 
“My laptop is a 2013 15" MacBook Pro Retina.”
Ali Spagnola Interview, Maker of nice things · via Uses This 
“If portability and power is necessary we have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro with a 2.4 GHz Core i5 CPU, 4 GB of RAM, and a 500 GB hard drive.”
Colin Dismuke Interview, Ocean engineer (Delmar Systems) · via Uses This 
“My producer and I both have Retina Display MacBook Pros with 16GB of RAM.”
Anita Sarkeesian Interview, Media critic, creator (Feminist Frequency) · via Uses This 
“My main work machine is a 15" Retina MacBook Pro.”
Timothy Wood Interview, CTO and co-founder (The Omni Group) · via Uses This 
“I'm using a Retina MBP 13".”
Marius Eriksen Interview, Software developer (Twitter) · via Uses This 
“Right now, I'm rocking the first-gen 15" MacBook Pro Retina with a 500GB SSD and 16 gigs of RAM.”
Ryan Essmaker Interview, Designer, developer (The Great Discontent) · via Uses This 
“I use a MacBook Pro 13" with an SSD, and a 1TB drive in place of the optical drive (using Optibay).”
Holmes Wilson Interview, Co-founder (Fight for the Future) · via Uses This 
“A 15" MacBook Pro from 2011 serves as my sole computer.”
Ramsey Nasser Interview, Computer scientist, game designer · via Uses This 
“15" MacBook Pro Retina, 2.6 GHz, 16 gig RAM, 500 gig SSD (only half full).”
Hadley Wickham Interview, Chief scientist (RStudio) · via Uses This 
“Currently I'm with the big screen - I have a 2010 MacBook Pro 17".”
Santiago Ortiz Interview, Developer, visualiser · via Uses This 
“My main work machine is a 2010-era 15" MacBook Pro, which I imagine will eventually be upgraded to a rough equivalent in the Retina MacBook Pro line.”
Daniel Jalkut Interview, Software developer (MarsEdit, FastScripts), podcaster · via Uses This 
“Full size 15" MacBook Pro with both an SSD and a HDD (in place of the DVD drive).”
Geoffrey Grosenbach Interview, Independent video publisher (PeepCode) · via Uses This 
“I have a knack for getting companies to purchase my hardware for me, so I'm typing this on a mid-2012, 15" MacBook Pro w/ Retina and a 512GB SSD, and it is wonderful (and unfair I know).”
Jerry Belich Interview, Software/hardware engineer (Clockwork) · via Uses This 
“My main everyday machine is a tricked out 17" MacBook Pro.”
Theodore Gray Interview, Co-founder (Wolfram Research), element collector · via Uses This 
“My personal computer is a 15" MacBook Pro with the optical drive swapped out for an OWC SSD.”
Jay Stahl-Herz Interview, Forensic pathologist (NYC) · via Uses This 
“Work laptop: An aging MacBook Pro (~2008), that I mostly for work while travelling.”
Damien Miller Interview, Open-source developer (OpenSSH, OpenBSD) · via Uses This 
“Oh man, I just got myself a shiny new 13 inch retina MacBook Pro, so I'm still in the honeymoon phase with it.”
Mike Monteiro Interview, Designer, director (Mule) · via Uses This 
“My primary machine is a 13" Retina MacBook Pro.”
Mitchell Hashimoto Interview, Entrepeneur, developer (Vagrant) · via Uses This 
“Somewhat predictably, I rely on a MacBook Pro for work and play.”
Paul Tweedy Interview, Senior Technical Architect, BBC · via Uses This 
“The screen on the Retina MacBook Pro is of course wonderful too.”
Matt Gemmell Interview, Mac and iOS developer · via Uses This 
“When I travel, I bring along a 15" MacBook Pro.”
Nick Bradbury Interview, Software developer (FeedDemon, Glassboard) · via Uses This 
“I am deeply dependent on my two-year-old MacBook Pro.”
Ann Friedman Interview, Journalist (New York magazine, Tomorrow) · via Uses This 
“I'm typing this on a 13" Retina MacBook Pro.”
Cameron Walters Interview, Software engineer (Apcera, Square, Domainr) · via Uses This
