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Hands On with Apple's New 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro
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A stack of 100 DVDs I can get for eighteen dollars. A stack of 50 CDs for about eleven. Makes them pretty cheap. And I work in IT, so it comes in handy when I burn thirty RAR files containing a virtual machine. No drug cartel!
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The question many Apple fanboys may wish to ask themselves, if a retina screen is worth $600 to them?
Easy answer: no. Been a Mac user since 1984. This is way too expensive.
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Wow. Nobody bothers to read the original posts. Try that, and it may broaden your limited viewpoint. Flash drives also get expensive. Easier to buy discs in bulk, Sherlock. And far cheaper.
Dimwit.
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Agree. Such drives have pretty much gone the way of the dinosaurs, and I seriously doubt that Apple is going to compromise the designs of their new products because a few people in a few clunky, niche areas still use CDs for file transfers. As history shows, the world didn't end when Apple discontinued support for 3.5" floppies. Anyways, the option for an external peripheral is a good option until CDs are finally phased out for good.
I just wanted MS Office on the tablet, that's all I need so that I don't have to carry around my laptop all day.
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I surely won't - I already have the 15" rMBP
The only place discs are even remotely competitive is if you keep falling in the narrow range of than 1GB and less than 4.5GB. Otherwise cloud or USB storage are faster and more effective.
Also, I don't know why you think discs are so common. I use discs about 2 or 3 times a year for niche software installs. Everything else is web, network or USB.
I can't understand why two configurations of the 13" rMBP are offered on the Apple store when the only difference appears to be the size of the SSD (128GB vs 256GB) with the SSD on the first configuration upgradeable to 256, 512 or 768GB and the SSD on the second configuration upgradeable to 512 or 768GB.
Am I missing something?
Am I missing something?
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Okay. I had this long post written out extolling the virtues of a NAS setup with an MBA, thinking that Apple didn't sell Macbooks with a regular magnetic drive anymore...
...then I checked out the Apple page. They've still got the older, thicker Pro line. A 13" dualie Core i5 with 4GB ram and a 750GB HDD for $1300 is perfect for you. No, it's not the fastest, and it's defintely not the thinnest, but it's still more than enough machine for what you'll be using it for.
You can always sell it off next year and upgrade to the Retina Pros if you really want the high res display. I have a feeling they'll be a little cheaper then too, because I'm thinking Apple will be phasing out the old Pro line and going exclusively Retina by then.
Price in US is without tax, price in EU is with tax.
Example for Italy price:
- MBPr 13'': € 1800 -> without taxes = €1400 (21% in Italy)
Now € 1400 is about $1800.
Price in US is $1700 (without taxes)...so difference is about €77 ($100)....maybe import/export tax?
Currency conversion is right.
About tax, ask to your government.
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With the cheap memory prices, Im pissed that they cant squeeze more than 8 GB on that chip. 16 GB is the requirements in my opinion for the machine in a work enviroment. My Air is constantly running out of ram with dual citrix sessions, word, itunes and spotify.
Damn, you want the machine to be good for at least a couple of years, not just until next years refresh!
edit: also HD 4000? With more Mac games on Steam, GOG.com launching a Mac store... Seems like they are moving in the wrong direction.
Damn, you want the machine to be good for at least a couple of years, not just until next years refresh!
edit: also HD 4000? With more Mac games on Steam, GOG.com launching a Mac store... Seems like they are moving in the wrong direction.
But in Hong Kong, its a totally different ball game
Sure...at least until in Europe there are many folks that buy at these prices....
Seems they always offer 2 versions for 3rd party stores to stock.
Your right this time they are very similar.
You better now what the RT bit in the new Surface means - I hope you are fine with no option to install your own apps apart from the ones which are available in the appstore ....
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Considering that Mac is all about music / video editing I don't quite understand the removal of the drive - although to be fair - fine for the laptops - but no optical in a workstation like the iMac ? Don't get it ...
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You are right ... I bought a 100 disc DVD spindle for £5.99 including tax (what's that - $9.50 ?)
That is effectively half a TB of data possible - good luck finding a flash drive that price ...
No way
I think the real question is does is warrant the price tag? the difference between the 15PRO and retina models pricing is reasonable but the 500+ between the standard 13 and the retina is a joke for what you get.
I think the real question is does is warrant the price tag? the difference between the 15PRO and retina models pricing is reasonable but the 500+ between the standard 13 and the retina is a joke for what you get.
Didn't say they were common...read my posts. I said I use them a lot. And I explained why.
Another troll....
No discrete Videocard. I really wonder how the 2560 x 1600 screen runs on the Intel HD4000 graphics. Now it's pretty much impossible to do gaming on this laptop. not that I care. but I think 90% of the potential customers do care because the 13 inch was the best selling MacBook. I think it's mostly kids and students buying 13 inches.
for a professional this computer is pretty much useless.
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too big? I carry a 17 inch around haha!
for a professional this computer is pretty much useless.
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Too bad! The 8GB kills it for me as photographer and the 15" is too big for lugging it around on jobs
too big? I carry a 17 inch around haha!
you had a point.
my 2010 mbp has no issue running on ACD 27" 2560x1600 together with my main screen.
Hum, those CDs and DVDs are 1 time use only, unless you multi-session them...
And sorry, USB flash drives are like 2$. And you can re-use them over and over again.
And if you are in IT and your company doesn't allow USB flash drives, use ... *gasp*... the corporate network to transfer files around.
Anyway, external DVD drives exist. Being in IT you should know.
Not true. You might see them very often at school/uni but there's a lot of other folks out there (also pro's; it just depends on what you do for a living) who swear with a 13" format. It's a very convenient size if you need to carry it with you. Not too big and not too small. It attracks a much broader public than just a bunch of spoiled kids and students.
Just like the general opinion over here, I'm very disappointed in the 13" rMBP.
Everything has been said already. It's just too much $$ for what you get. Better cough up a few buck more and buy the 15" rMBP base. It's a much better price/specs ration than the 13".
I feel sorry for the guinea pigs cq victims who'll buy the 13" model.
Apple Inc.'s shares are down 1.8 percent to $622.34 in afternoon trading. The stock is down 12 percent from the all-time high of $705.07 touched on Sept. 21.
Seems like fairly normal stock market activity.