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How does everyone feel about the non-removable battery? And lack of expresscard slot?
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I don't like it!
I was/am planning on getting a refurb 2.4MBP (which may still be possible!) and upgrading it a little...these upgrades are going to be made a lot more difficult for people (the battery doesn't really concern me).
As for expresscard....I wanted it to stay. I'm a CF card user anyway!
I was/am planning on getting a refurb 2.4MBP (which may still be possible!) and upgrading it a little...these upgrades are going to be made a lot more difficult for people (the battery doesn't really concern me).
As for expresscard....I wanted it to stay. I'm a CF card user anyway!
Blah.
My cameras use CompactFlash (except one which is CF/SD dual), its only consumer level cameras that use SD. I'm happy with ExpressCard.
My cameras use CompactFlash (except one which is CF/SD dual), its only consumer level cameras that use SD. I'm happy with ExpressCard.
So did may late 2008 unibody just go up in value?
Or down?
I would say up! I for one will not be buying a new laptop from apple. Im going to ebay for one with an 3/4 slot and a removable battery
i'm more concerned about user-serviceability of the hdd/ssd. the non-removable battery better not preclude drive swapping ...
I personally don't care about the battery. I kinda not like it being non-user replaceable, but I guess it is similar like back in the old days and people (including me) bought 4x 1MB SIMMS, instead of 4MB ones because 1 might fail.
SD card is completely ridiculous imo. Pro's typically use Pro camera's and Pro camera's all have CF, not SD. SD is for cheap bottom line SLR's and compacts, iMac and Macbook territory.
I much rather have the ExpressCard34 slot than the SD card slot; at least the EC34 can be made useful, whereas SD will always be utterly useless for me.
SD card is completely ridiculous imo. Pro's typically use Pro camera's and Pro camera's all have CF, not SD. SD is for cheap bottom line SLR's and compacts, iMac and Macbook territory.
I much rather have the ExpressCard34 slot than the SD card slot; at least the EC34 can be made useful, whereas SD will always be utterly useless for me.
I have always said that integrated card readers are dumb dumb dumb.
Never thought I'd see Apple give in and waste money on them.
Oh well.
Never thought I'd see Apple give in and waste money on them.
Oh well.
I'm wondering the same thing. How is it for the 17" MBP's right now? I would think that it would look the same for the new 15" MBP's.
yep i think you're right. and i believe (though not sure) that HD is not user-replaceable in the 17.
I hope there are more buyers like you since I may be forced to sell my MBP pretty soon.
Holy Moly, a SD slot Batman! A heart-grabbing headline! Let's party! Whoop, whoop.
Sorry, but this is exceptionally sad. Poor show, bad taste.
PC laptops have had SD slots (or even combo-drives for SD, MMC, xD, Compact Flash, etc.) for years, WITH (OMG!) ExpressCard slots still remaining intact.
Sorry, but this is exceptionally sad. Poor show, bad taste.
PC laptops have had SD slots (or even combo-drives for SD, MMC, xD, Compact Flash, etc.) for years, WITH (OMG!) ExpressCard slots still remaining intact.
I'm very disappointed with these "updates." I hate this non-user replacable battery crap, which also means that I won't be able to upgrade the HDD. Also this crap with the SD card reader is pathetic. I want the ExpressCard slot back. This is supposed to be a pro machine, not a consumer machine. Seriously, this sucks!
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