17 inch MBP - who still has one?

[Galacticos]

Only comment - Shame on Apple....

Q-6

Unfortunately even if Apple brought back the 17 inch Mbp, it would probably start with 2gb of ram and a 64gb flash drive and getting either of those much less the processor up to where you want them would probably be a few extra thousand on top. Tim cooks signature

 

[Queen6]

Unfortunately even if Apple brought back the 17 inch Mbp, it would probably start with 2gb of ram and a 64gb flash drive and getting either of those much less the processor up to where you want them would probably be a few extra thousand on top. Tim cooks signature

Totally agree Apple`s only about the money these days not the product or customer, hence Tim & CO is not seeing any of my $$$$...

Q-6

 

[Galacticos]

Totally agree Apple`s only about the money these days not the product or customer, hence Tim & CO is not seeing any of my $$$$...

Q-6

I couldn't care less if the products were at the same high standard they have been, and I'll have negative responses for saying this, but in my opinion quality has been slipping. The fact that it's all about share price is salt into the wounds haha

 

[Erasmus]

Yep. It's awesome.

I'm dreaming of an 8-core, 17" (or even 16") MBP with a 3840x2400 screen.
Actually, it's more of a nightmare, as I know it will never happen.

 

[UnluckyXIII]

Still got my first-gen 2006 MBP, as much as I would love to see the return of the 17" it would definitely need to be much lighter and an edge-to-edge display or one with minimal bezel to reduce its form factor would also be a must as 17" MBP are HUGE lol!

 

[KevinRightWing]

2011 17 mbp here with 16gb ram. Just had logic board and battery replaced by Apple under the warranty program.

The one thing I need to do is put in the SSD, everyone raves about the Samsung, but if I am not a power user, can I get one of the lesser brands? Like the Sandisk 960gb? Would I notice a difference?

 

[Bubba Satori]

2011 17 mbp here with 16gb ram. Just had logic board and battery replaced by Apple under the warranty program.

The one thing I need to do is put in the SSD, everyone raves about the Samsung, but if I am not a power user, can I get one of the lesser brands? Like the Sandisk 960gb? Would I notice a difference?

Only when running benchmarks.

 

[tubeexperience]

2011 17 mbp here with 16gb ram. Just had logic board and battery replaced by Apple under the warranty program.

The one thing I need to do is put in the SSD, everyone raves about the Samsung, but if I am not a power user, can I get one of the lesser brands? Like the Sandisk 960gb? Would I notice a difference?

You probably wouldn't notice any performance difference. I would be more concerned with reliability.

The name brands: Samsung, Micron/Crucial, SanDisk, Toshiba, Intel, SK Hynix are all fine.

 

[groove-agent]

I miss my 17" MBP at times. The screen was great. However it was much too heavy to pack around for any length of time. It had to go in for repairs 4 times under applecare and asked them to replace it with a new 15" MBP which is a better balance of screen size and portability.