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cMBP Haswell? or discontinued
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Currently holding out on a MBP 15".
I fear I'll have to try and grab one of the remaining 2012 models after whichever keynote the new lineup is announced though.
- Matte Screen
- Space for a good and small (cheap!) system SSD
- Self-serviceable storage in case of failure
- Ethernet (having 2 separate network adapters is useful to me)
- Proper Audio-In
If I have to trade the above for a bump in battery life and display resolution, thats not a trade I am happy to make. We'll see - there remains still a glimpse of illogical hope for the retro model to get one last spec bump
I fear I'll have to try and grab one of the remaining 2012 models after whichever keynote the new lineup is announced though.
- Matte Screen
- Space for a good and small (cheap!) system SSD
- Self-serviceable storage in case of failure
- Ethernet (having 2 separate network adapters is useful to me)
- Proper Audio-In
If I have to trade the above for a bump in battery life and display resolution, thats not a trade I am happy to make. We'll see - there remains still a glimpse of illogical hope for the retro model to get one last spec bump
since the retina was released yes
Classic Macbook Pro
which is kinda strange because I would think the pre-unibody would be the "classic" version but oh well...
do you know that pro stand for? it means professional, it is not for those 95% of the market, air IS.
Ah, the old pro bigoted argument. Pro's are more than just graphic design guys, movie creators, and dJ's. Pro stands for professional and that can be for many different industries.
lol!
upgrading is one of the most interesting thing when using a mac, I don't want to loss it. for the optical drive, even it useless, you can still install a second ssd there.
Yeah, pretty much. I think the cMBP (classic) is just called the "Macbook Pro" by apple, while they're calling the rMBP the "Macbook Pro with Retina Display". Like they did with the iPad when retina came out for it. Cept they name the old one the "iPad 2" just to keep the confusion to a minimum I think.
In the October keynote where they introduced the 13" rMBP, even Phil Schiller said: "For those who still want it, we keep the old generation MacBook Pros there..."
Yes there are, gaming and workstation laptops with 4 RAM slots. The problem is that the Thinkpad is NVIDIA-only.
Upgrading is for people who didnt order it the right way the first time.
You cant upgrade the CPU, GPU or display. You cant add new capabilities to it. You can upgrade the memory or storage. Yawn.
There will not be any quality laptops with 32GB of RAM before Broadwell, at the earliest. A rMBP with 32GB of RAM and 1.5TB SSD will be available with either Broadwell (2014) or Skylake (2015).
That is such an amazingly narrow minded way of viewing things. Maximum $$$ outlay on initial purchase is great for businesses, piss-poor for consumer.
The question you need to answer is why are you so anti-consumer?
We should reduce our consumerism else we will destroy our lovely planet...
. I keep asking myself what is more recyclable and less contaminating, rMBP or cMBP?... Building upgradability increases costs and benefits only a tiny minority of purchasers. Id rather benefit the majority of Apple customers (and their stockholders)
So I only read the first page but I'll point out why I think the cMBP should stay. At this point it makes a good replacement for the budget macbook. I mean it already was pretty expensive but the retina MBPs are priced at a total premium that people who are more budget minded (or have to be) definitely cannot justify for a laptop. And the air doesn't really offer as much power for the same price the cMBP's (for one you pay a lot more if you want a decent sized hard drive). It's a good compromise between needing some power but not caring you deal with some thickness to get that.
I know I wouldn't want to have to be relegated to the air of the same price and I couldn't really justify the rMBP or the air that has at the least an upgraded enough storage space.
Without the cMBP they really don't have a good "low end" (well as low end as mac goes) macbook. And really, they really should have at least one that is more accessable to the masses and not just the elite.
I know I wouldn't want to have to be relegated to the air of the same price and I couldn't really justify the rMBP or the air that has at the least an upgraded enough storage space.
Without the cMBP they really don't have a good "low end" (well as low end as mac goes) macbook. And really, they really should have at least one that is more accessable to the masses and not just the elite.
Offering only one 15" cMBP configuration is a pretty big hint that it's on the way out, or at best to be kept on as a legacy model like the iPod Classic.
You and I have different standards of quality.
That's clear. Apple have made tremendous progress, leading the industry, in making computers more recyclable and less toxic to the environment. That alone, even without all the other good reasons, would be reason enough for me to want to see the cMBP discontinued.We should reduce our consumerism else we will destroy our lovely planet...