I can't do it -- Spend $2000+ on a laptop that can never be upgraded

[macbook123]

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15052676/

It'll looks like this and no one besides apple and owc are creating them fit the MBA so we assume that will be the case here as well.

Cheers,

I see. Are OWC good drives?

 

[boomhower]

I almost ordered a retina when it was announced. The wife shot it down though. The more I read the more I'm leaning towards the classic. The retina just seems to be ahead of its time. With simple things like the Internet not looking the best with the added difficulty of limited and expensive upgrades it just seems the classic is a better option for me. I may even wait for returns to start showing up.

 

[Medic311]

i would say that a substantial majority of people who purchase the rMBP could actually get away with a $900 1080 windows laptop (or roughly a $1700 Macbook Pro). that's from a spec standpoint. if you are buying the rMBP you also value portability and form, thus one must consider the physical attributes as "features". this is something that the industry (with exception to Apple) is still getting used to. sony has tried for many years to present physical attributes as features. while they were successful early on with their very portable VAIO laptops, it didn't stick with consumers since the windows experience with XP and then Vista was far from polished and thus degraded the inherent value of the physical attributes. computer manufacturers (and technology manufacturers) have historically always correlated price with specs. it took Apple to break that correlation and introduce physical attributes that while might not seem like features, are attributes that come into contact with the consumer more than a spec bump.

the fact that the rMBP and the MBA cannot be upgraded is countered by the strong resale value on craigslist, ebay, etc. looking at the MBA, consumers are finding that through resale values that they can buy into the latest gen for only an additional $300-$500 (depending on configuration, which only helps the consumer as time goes on and the standard of memory/storage becomes cheaper). thinking about that from a windows laptop standpoint, that's like buying a regular laptop at staples every 2-3 years. so that overpriced Apple product only takes a chunk out of the consumer's wallet when they first buy the Apple product. once you clear that $2,000 hurdle, resale carries you for as long as you want. this is the same reasoning why people pay extra for Subarus. a comparable Impreza (to the Corolla/Civic) will carry a $2,000 price premium easily. however when the Impreza is ready to be traded in, it will hold its value by nearly that much extra

 

[Philly]

Exactly how unrecyclable is the mbpr? Glass screen, aluminum chassis, bfr boards...

http://ifixit.org/2763/the-new-macbook-pro-unfixable-unhackable-untenable/


Quote; "The design may well be comprised of “highly recyclable aluminum and glass”—but my friends in the electronics recycling industry tell me they have no way of recycling aluminum that has glass glued to it like Apple did with both this machine and the recent iPad. The design pattern has serious consequences not only for consumers and the environment, but also for the tech industry as a whole."

 

[the-wanderer]

http://ifixit.org/2763/the-new-macbook-pro-unfixable-unhackable-untenable/
Quote; "The design may well be comprised of “highly recyclable aluminum and glass”—but my friends in the electronics recycling industry tell me they have no way of recycling aluminum that has glass glued to it like Apple did with"

any glue can be undone, either mechanically, thermally or chemically, it's just a matter of is the cost of removing it more than new.

 

[panzer06]

any glue can be undone, either mechanically, thermally or chemically, it's just a matter of is the cost of removing it more than new.

Which means unless you return it to Apple when it's dead most places won't bother.

Cheers,

 

[Sparticu$]

How long do you intend on keeping it?

Until it stops working.