It also doesn't matter if the computer is reliable if it is irritatingly slow or is not longer capable of performing some functions due to its specs.
(Not saying that specifically about the powerbook, but older computers in general).
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It also doesn't matter if the computer is reliable if it is irritatingly slow or is not longer capable of performing some functions due to its specs.
(Not saying that specifically about the powerbook, but older computers in general).
I think that is more on Intel then Apple. Apple needs the chip to be a power sipping powerhouse, and Intel makes the chips as bad as Apple wants but without the energy efficiency that gives the rMBP the battery life...
I think within 2 years we will be in for a big surprise.
The late 2008 MBPs have the 9600m chipset. Mine is still kicking, although its current main use is for my son's Minecraft usage. Thing sounds like it's going to take off but it keeps on ticking. Last model with easily removable RAM, HDD, battery, and EC/34 slot.
Than Apple needs to release a laptop for the "Pro" users again
I have to agree. I had that model, it was fantastic, and pre-nVidia crap. I also think it looked better than the current unibodies and even retina models.
I'm going with the 2012 15", assuming the GPUs don't start failing 2011 style...
Lots of power and connectivity in a good form factor that's upgradable.
Lots of power and connectivity in a good form factor that's upgradable.
Is to me. Its just and evolutionary process, and to date, its still my favourite machine.
Tthe new ones are only Macbook Pros in name.
You could argue the current ones are just Macbooks.
+1 2012 15" cMBP.
With the lack of any significant performance increase by CPU and GPU manufacturers, they are last upgradeable MacBook, yet they are still fast performing machines even by todays standards.
+1 shout out to the 2010 15/17 cMBPs as well. 2011 MBP were great spec bumps at the time, but with all the GPU failures the 2011 range is no good anymore.
Well I'd hope so. Bioshock came out in 2007 and wasn't even that hard to run when it was released. Great game though it's been years since I've played it.
ummm... google "mid-2010 mbp kernel panic" or "ts4088" or "mid-2010 graphic-related crashes"
Ummm? And?
Type in any MacBook Pro with a dGPU and you will find people having graphics issues, and kernal panics can happen to any mac.
The 2011s actually have rampant failing GPUs, so I don't know what point you are trying to make.
did you even google TS4088?
so bad apple also had a quality exchange program for the 2010 MBP's. they basically replaced the logic board of affected MBP's if it failed the Apple Video Systems Test. i didn't know mine was serious until this april. Took mine to the apple store and it failed the test but i was pass the window for the quality exchange program which ended in dec of 2013. i basically need to pay to swap the logic board.
so now i am living with a mbp that will crash when i use apps like fcp x or motion 5. but i can play starcraft 2 on it, tho for some reason. basically, i can't use this mbp for what i bought it for which is to use fcpx and motion 5 since it causes it to crash every time and is replicable.
my butt is and.
My Sony with a Pentium III processor still works to this day, but it doesn't make it the best computer ever.
Would have to vote for the retina MacBook Pro for being 'the best MacBook Pro ever', at least so far. Honestly having owned the 2007 MacBook Pro I can't possibly say it's anywhere near the best machine ever - it runs stupidly hot, has some fun odd 'quirks' and has a strange tendency for the motherboard to die when it feels like it.
After owning it for about 16 months the motherboard was dead, a few years later after going back to Windows, not wanting to touch Apple again, I finally decided to replace the motherboard in it, but found the machine to just generally be terrible and ended up giving it to my mother. With that said, it certainly did tempt me back to Apple and eventually lead to me buying my retina MacBook Pro.
In all fairness to Apple, it still certainly beats most non-Apple laptops I've used.
After owning it for about 16 months the motherboard was dead, a few years later after going back to Windows, not wanting to touch Apple again, I finally decided to replace the motherboard in it, but found the machine to just generally be terrible and ended up giving it to my mother. With that said, it certainly did tempt me back to Apple and eventually lead to me buying my retina MacBook Pro.
In all fairness to Apple, it still certainly beats most non-Apple laptops I've used.
I've owned a MacBook and 2 MacBook Pros. I would think it's pretty obvious that the newest one is better than the previous one. My first one, the black 2007 MacBook was a beast in its time. It's been handed down to the in-laws and is still going strong. My 2nd, a 2011 base MacBook Pro was better. The only flaw was the low amount of storage. That's why I upgraded to my 2013 Retina MacBook Pro high end model. It's definitely the best machine I've owned to date.
I will say that in the last 2 years I've gone through 2 laptops at work. The first, a 2012 Dell Duo and now I have a 2013 Lenovo ThinkPad. I will say that my in-laws' 2007 black MacBook is hands down a better machine, in its current condition, than either of my two work laptops. They are ridiculously unreliable, slow pieces of you know what.
I will say that in the last 2 years I've gone through 2 laptops at work. The first, a 2012 Dell Duo and now I have a 2013 Lenovo ThinkPad. I will say that my in-laws' 2007 black MacBook is hands down a better machine, in its current condition, than either of my two work laptops. They are ridiculously unreliable, slow pieces of you know what.
Wrong.
The air isn't thin it's tapered it is still thicker technically than the current macbook pro. The air is still a huge and ugly machine. Much like a foreman grill.
I love you all.
The air isn't thin it's tapered it is still thicker technically than the current macbook pro. The air is still a huge and ugly machine. Much like a foreman grill.
I love you all.