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15-Inch MacBook Pro With Touch Bar Has Non-Removable SSD
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I thought Mac "just works"?
If I have to carry an external drive around with me, then it doesn't "just works".
Indeed i would be if i was stupid enough to buy it.
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Actively.
sure, you and I can do it. But 95% of users cannot. I don't think you will find any electronics manufacturer that recommends anything other than an authorized service provider for their products. If anything, for legal reasons.
oh man he broke out the "it just works" cliche guys! you never hear that one
the computer continues to work if you plug in an external drive, just so you know
I've been keeping an eye on the Apple refurb stores and any 2015 rMBP with a decent spec is disappearing within seconds....
Hint: Apple is just using Samsung drives.
$1299 MSRP on the 2TB 960 Pro. 3500MB/s Read 2100MB/s Write
Just depressing to have a computer that cost that much without any internal upgradability and such horrible repairability.
Wrong again.
"Why is it that some people can walk into their local Apple Store with a broken MacBook and walk away with a free replacement, and other people are turned away, with Apple claiming the repair is due to user error… even if it isn’t?
It has less to do with whether or not you actually voided your warranty than if Apple thinks they can prove you voided your warranty. And the most important tool Apple uses to prove you’re responsible for the damage to your own machine? It’s a tool that inspects dents.
The guys over at Tested spoke to an Apple Certified Macintosh Technician, or ACMT. An ACMT is a technician who works at an Apple Authorized Service Center, where people can get warranty service when they don’t live near an Apple Store. In other words, this is a person with an intimiate familarity with how Geniuses determine whether or not to replace or repair a product in-warranty.
So here’s how it works. When a Genius or ACMT looks over an Apple product to see if it qualifies for warranty repair, what they are really doing is trying to prove it doesn’t qualify for warranty repair. The most obvious way to deny someone warranty service? Dents! And Apple has issued its Geniuses and ACMTs a special tool called the Dent Inspection Tool to help measure dents."
Glad I bought a Razer Blade Stealth - low end and swapped out the M2 drive for a terabyte. Cha-ching goes the money in my pocket!
They will write a book, "How to lose the most faithful customers", and sell it for $400. Dongles not included.
The $310 flat rate repair is only offered at Apple's discretion.
This is once it's out of warranty, and if the part fails. Do you expect Apple to give you free parts for life? The part, on the open market, costs more than $310. If it was slotted instead of soldered, you would still have to replace it, and buy a replacement, and it would cost you more than $310.
I don't understand what's going on in this thread.
This latest release of MBP's had already convinced me to snag a new in box 2015 model anyway ... but this just makes it feel like an even better choice than ever.
On board SSD is not an issue, issue is with shipping 256GB for a model that costs £2400.
What's really sad is they let their bitterness consume their life. Rather than simply purchasing a product from another manufacturer that meets their needs. There's power to be had in staying bitter and unhappy. Unhealthy.
Missing the point. The fact is that it's nowhere near the performance, so it's not comparable. A lot of people see vast real-world benefits from 2GB/s+ read/write speeds.