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15-Inch MacBook Pro With Touch Bar Has Non-Removable SSD

I don't know if this has been covered before, but the biggest bone I have to pick with Apple in going this direction is the lack of a good, Apple manufactured dock. A lot of the hardware changes I can live with if I had that. The aftermarket ones just aren't that great. One of the things I absolutely loved about IBM/Lenovo over the years was the flexibility and usefulness of their docks. I still use X220 as my primary work laptop.
 
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Somebody needs to sort Apple out. There's been nothing but negatives with the new models.
I feel like Tim Cook really does want the Mac to fail so everybody can buy iPads.
 
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MarsViolet said:
Don't worry, it won't last that long. You'll get three years, tops, before heat or an OS update effectively destroys it.
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Yes I know but it's sad because Macs are not the value they used to be anymore. We still have an xServe with 128 GB RAM that happily does numerical simulations and at the same time virtualizes a dozen of OS X - including macOS Sierra (and other OS) instances but Apple already killed it's ability to run Sierra as the main OS (without hacks). That's just horrible approach to customers. There is nothing wrong with the computer and it will run just fine for many more years.

The only logical explanation to deprecate stuff prematurely is that the Apple's cash hoard seems not enough to the Apple folks. :-(

Truly sad.
 
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2IS said:
Are you suggesting it got that way by being permanently attached?
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That is actually likely, however it is easily possible for Apple to be made it removable. It is also easier for them so I don't know why they do this.
 
admob71 said:
You seem to be taking it more personally than him dude... why is that.?
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I dunno.... as a neutral 3rd party weighing in: you seem like the one getting randomly & inexplicably butt hurt, not @citysnaps.
It looks to me like he was simply calling out the OP. Like: "prove that it's REALLY the big deal you're claiming... if you wouldn't have ordered it & don't want it if you can't expand the SSD; you can prove it with a single click- I believe that's NOT what you are willing to do or how strong you really feel, or you'd do it... sounds like you just enjoy loud whining, faux complaining, and attention from negativity in your posts".
At least- that's what I got out of it.... and I'm inclined to agree!
 
coolfactor said:
Question for you — is your current laptop really "dying"? During its lifetime, how many upgrades did you perform on it? I think a lot of people are stuck in fear that they *can't* upgrade this laptop, when the reality is that they never would anyway.
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My current one isn't dying: it's a 2014 macbook pro and I hope it will last many more years (actually they already replaced the screen 3 times in warranty over a period of 18 months so I don't know what is going on with their quality). But for me it has been a no-brainer for the last 12 years to buy a new Macbook Pro when the old one was end of life. Not anymore. Not at these prices.

You're right that I didn't upgrade this one. But I did upgrade the RAM on my iMac myself because Apple charges too much. And knowing that I could easily swap out my HD because it is too small or because it broke down, is reassuring.
 
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dannys1 said:
It also has the fastest drive in any laptop in the world, but you know - lets rile the forum members a bit more :rolleyes:
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You do know that Samsung 960 Pro is just as fast if not faster right? If your laptop has the right port, you can easily plug in one and upgrade at any time.
 
fisherman188 said:
I hate that it's non-replaceable as much as anyone but honestly, if you had a single doubt in your mind that it would be soldered on then you were kidding yourself. Every piece of evidence we've gotten with Apple's last computers starting with the soldering the RAM and then the must be thinner campaign pointed towards No replaceable parts.
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Did you miss the part about how the non-touch bar models don't have soldered SSDs?
 
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Seriously bad news. So, the MacBook Air replacement 13" MBP without touchbar has a swapable drive, but both touchbar MacBook Pro sizes/models do not? What sense does that make, Apple?!

And to those of you that kept crying for the machine to be thinner? Hope you're happy. You've gone and messed it up for those of us who (a) can't afford to replace the main logic board (or whole computer, for that matter) when the SSD dies, (b) might want a bigger drive when you fill up the one you buy.

It's a pro notebook. How the hell is a boot drive not soldered to the main logic board a pro notebook feature?!
 
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