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Retina MacBook Pro Shipping Estimates Improving to 1-2 Weeks
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Waited for a month to get mine... ah the early adopter's price... I'm not an early adopter usually, but Apple sure made me one with the rMBP!
I've never had RAM go bad; have you? Also, I've never once damaged a laptop LCD, nor have I ever seen a damaged one (other than occasional pics posted on the internet).
I don't believe I've ever used either one on my mid-2010 MBP. Not even sure if they work, and also not sure why I should always have to buy a new optical drive every time I buy a new computer?
Better stock in NYC stores
I had been in and out of the UWS and the Fifth Ave Apple in NYC stores the past couple of weeks to see if a Retina with 512 was in stock. No luck until today! While they used to get a handful (I was told 5 or 6 a day) now they have real stock. May be worth checking your Apple store unless you want custom.
I had been in and out of the UWS and the Fifth Ave Apple in NYC stores the past couple of weeks to see if a Retina with 512 was in stock. No luck until today! While they used to get a handful (I was told 5 or 6 a day) now they have real stock. May be worth checking your Apple store unless you want custom.
I don't know where you are getting your estimates, but I've had my RMBP about a month now and I already have 40 cycles, so at this rate it'll be almost exactly 2 years when it's time to swap out the battery.
I admit the current rMBP is not for me either, because I have only used my 2011 MBP for half a year and replacing it with current rMBP is too soon.
However, by seeing your comments, I think you should never buy a Mac again unless the Mac Pro really get an upgrade next year. The current rMBP is a testbed for Apple anyway, who else has produced a machine that has a better display? Non of those shxt Windows machines have a 2560x1600 display on them. More is soldered RAM really that hopeless? I think if Apple use typical RAM configuration would they have achieved such a high performance machine. Apple needs to keep everything to their original design in order to test the actual ability and reception of the rMBP, if they allow people to customize every bit of it how could they achieve a result?
Besides, many fanboys who buy a MacBook defeats its actual advantages. They only regard those as gaming machine as tbh I don't see the benefit to play benchmark games on a laptop instead of a gaming PC. I love my MacBook because it is stable and user-friendly at work, let me know if any PC Laptop is as stable as a Mac.
I don't know how do you use your Mac, btw if you only get a low res display I don't see your Machine will be that usable 2-3 years later.
my 2cents anyway...
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Mine was showing delivery from 7th-13th Aug, now showing 30th Jul-6th Aug
Mine is still showing 7th-13th.
When did you ordered yours?
I placed the order on July 4th
I'm in Europe too, so I don't get it, what these Foxconn guys are doing there.
There are cons to the Ethernet Adapter, can't quite remember them fully but it was to do with them only running at a slow speed (100 Mbps) or something, which if i'm being honest, makes it pointless if you have a fast connection. The external drive is better anyway, it's faster than Apples 'Better Be Quiet' SuperDrives + One can use Blu-Ray .
My point was all the negatives just to get 3/16" thinner. Remove that Apple development obsession, you can still install normal Laptop Ram, standard SSD's, ethernet jack, and make the system serviceable. Its pretty straight forward.
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We can agree on the optical drive. I got news for you... You'll be pissed if you have to buy a $1500 logic board because RAM goes bad. It does and is somewhat common over years. Just because you haven't had memory go bad, is not a logic step to thinking it doesnt go bad.
The "issues" you mention (note that I left the ones about performance out, because I agree on those) are not issues but by design. People who bought the product and realised this afterward did not do enough research before their purchase and should have bought a regular MBP or MBA, or a product from a competitor for that matter.
I consider it good customer service that Apple is so lenient in taking back purchases without conditions. it shows that Apple puts value in the lifetime value of the customer as opposed to the value of one sale.
There are not that many companies that enable you to buy a product and return it because you don't like a documented feature or absence of a feature.
I've got the thunderbolt to gig Ethernet adapter and it works at a full gigE speeds. I'm getting about 100 megabytes per second which is just as fast as the Ethernet port on the regular mbp.
Sorry man, but ive never seen it. im 43 years old and been on computers since floppy drives. ive NEVER seen a good stick of ram go bad. And soldered RAM is even more dependable.
All these dramatics about apples "glued" battery and soldered ram is a moot point. in a few years, if ultrabooks even still exist, theyll all be appliances, and id be surprised if they even have screws, will likely be welded shut. All these fights over user accessability is hilarious.
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btw, if something like the surface comes to town, or even the tablets in existence. weres all the beef about "soldered ram and glued batteries?"
15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display
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Ships: 2 - 3 Weeks
Delivers Aug 3 - Aug 9 via Standard Shipping
No, change for me yet....
Show Configuration Details
Ships: 2 - 3 Weeks
Delivers Aug 3 - Aug 9 via Standard Shipping
No, change for me yet....
sort of like almost every other laptop out there? if a capacitor blows out on your windows machine are you climbing in there with a soldering iron?
They won't.
1. They will announce it in Sept
2. It will just be the new iPhone
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A year perhaps two? Depends on how you define an upgrade
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If you ordered it a couple of weeks ago there's 1-2 weeks left, same as a new order
Something broke on mine and the fixed only that part, not the entire unit. How do you explain that?
Last I checked, shareholders aren't told squat anymore that non holders.
Now if you had claimed you work for apple corporate (not retail cause they aren't told either to keep them from leaking it or insider trading), you might be believed as knowing something
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1. Stock always drops because the truth never fits he rumors
2. The name wasnt the issue, it was that it was viewed as 'a lame spec bump' rather than a 'real upgrade like the rumors were talking.