Should I Buy the Current MacBook Pro

damojag · Feb 24, 2013

I'm looking to upgrade my MacBook Pro mid-2009, I need an i7. Right now Apple are offering the MacBook Pro 15" that I need but MacRumors tell me to wait as an update is imminent. Here are my thoughts:

1. I want to be able to upgrade RAM and HDD whenever I want.
2. The current MBRetina have fused RAM and SSD making upgrades impossible.

If I wait as MR want me to, is there a possibility of Apple following the soldering-to-mainboard trend or will they always offer a MBP that is upgradable by the end-user?

maflynn · Feb 24, 2013

damojag said:
1. I want to be able to upgrade RAM and HDD whenever I want.

Non retina has upgradeable ram and storage

2. The current MBRetina have fused RAM and SSD making upgrades impossible.

Agreed, the retina MBP is not as upgradable as the the classic version is but, the SSD can be upgraded

If I wait as MR want me to, is there a possibility of Apple following the soldering-to-mainboard trend or will they always offer a MBP that is upgradable by the end-user?

Conventional wisdom is to wait when you need the machine, but as you point out its quite possible that the classic MBP may have the ram soldered onto the logic board - there's no way to know.

You will still have the opportunity to buy the old version when the Haswell MBPs hit the streets, so you can decide then if you want to wait

damojag · Feb 24, 2013

Thanks for the quick reply. To be able to upgrade hardware myself is why I want the MBP - any idea what sort of price the Haswell will be? More expensive than the current MBP?

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