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Maxed Out 15-Inch MacBook Pro Priced at $6,699 for 2.9GHz Chip, 32GB RAM and 4TB SSD
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It's beyond your basic math skills that 13 years ago I joined the forum and you think I'm still in highschool. And I guess I'm not reasonable either 'cause I'm just so strong lol
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against the MBP, I just think the first post I quoted, the people who think like that are doing themselves and others a disservice by being condescending while being completely wrong.
Glad you like it. I have one. I don't want a machine that requires me to "wake up" a touchbar, open the media controls, and select what I want. What used to be one keystroke with a dedicated key is now three key strokes. I've spent a lot of money on iTunes and I constantly play music in the background. I don't need extra steps added for no reason. Touchbar is a gimmick that adds nothing.
I'm glad you like it. Not for me. And if Apple would just make the non touchbar version with the same specs as the touchbar I'd buy it. But they don't. So, I don't want their new machines.
If I mistook you, my bad. I in no way wanted to be snarky. I just find it frustrating that so many people are missing the point of what these computers are for, or that they're a bad value. I'm hugely annoyed about the computer keyboards still (I'm not a fan) but I'm glad apple's at least keeping laptops going.
They could even leave in the (rest of the) TouchBar, if they made the damn Esc key a real key again. I want to be able to rest my finger on it without activating it, and tell by feel that my finger is in the right place. I want to be able to press the Esc key without looking and with tactile feedback several hundred times a day.If it didn't have the touchbar, I'd give you the money.
They had an inflation adjusted $12k laptop in the 90's. This is a device that does "more than others".
So you lug around a 17+ lb carpet bag everyday to and from work.
10 lb Alienware pc
It’s 2.5 lb power brick
4lb MacBook Pro plus it’s powerbrick
and whatever else you might need.
That is dedication.
I use to have a time capsule drive connected via ethernet and then wirelessly accessible via my other computers but it was a slow experience but I'm sure its all come along way since then.
Are you saying with a synology NAS I could ditch all cloud services, even dropbox and keep all computers in sync with it? would Mac OS photos library live on the NAS and work with multiple computers i.e. a shared family photo library that my wife can access on her laptop?
is it also accessible if I was working away from home?
sorry for all the questions
Absolutely. I am a total convert. Been a Synology fanboy for the last 5 years. Here's what comes built in no matter how much storage you put in it:
- Plex Media Server (stream all of your content to the Plex App on AppleTV)
- iTunes Server (you see all of your music in any iTunes or remote app in the house as it broadcasts itself as an iTunes Home sharing server)
- Office 365 / Google Docs replacement (collaboration and web based document editing
- CloudStation, works on iOS, Mac, Windows, Android and is a 100% DropBox replacement
- Photo storage accessible in an app or browser w/ machine learning so it can name people, detect certain objects similar to photos for Mac / iOS
- Built in antivirus that's free
- 100% compatibility with Time Machine
- SMB/AFS drives so you can mount on your mac
- lots of collaboration features for people who you make users on the NAS
- Remote access via VPN or an open web-socket (they call it QuickConnect)
...and a lot more!
You can do a ton of side-loaded applications as well like an RSS reader that can read Bittorrent RSS Files then a torrent client so when a new show is posted you love, it auto downloads, moves to your Plex folder and boom it's on your AppleTV.
Lots of NASes out there but Synology is the most turn-key for people who aren't server experts.
Oh and there's no subscription. Every Synology has these features. the only thing worth spending extra money for is one with hardware acceleration to transcode video for Plex. The nicer Synology boxes will transcode video for you which is nice.
Check out the Dell Precision 5530. You can spec it pretty close but I only see 2TB NVMe. That puts you a little over $4K.
You've been around here a while. I'm sure you've seen all the braggarts who always buy the top spec. Apple is turning the screws making them feel the pain!
I think the options are awesome! I don't need all of them together but I know I can put together the perfect BTO getting everything I want and less of what I don't. I'm at about $3500 for what I need / want.
Probably the same reason people don’t like to be told what to do with their money or how to raise their kids.
You could but they have a choice so what’s the big deal.
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It's more expensive.
2TB, with Dell prices costs $1,456.84
That's without the CPU, without the tree TB 3.0 ports, without many things from the MBP.
When you’re paying that much money, AppleCare is a no brainer.
You can't put cart wheels on cars, either.
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It does in Australia
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It's called reality, and that certain prosumers/professionals require certain capabilities.
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I swear that I have pure disgust, from an intellectual standpoint, for at least 80% of the commenters on this forum now. Vacuous is a charitable description for them, imo.
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I honestly believe that they lack the level of consciousness and sentience required to get one, at this point.
I wonder if Apple’s lap/desktop pricing and update strategy is part of a quick term effort to discourage people from the Mac line altogether and switch to iPad/tablets in general.
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Most PeeCee users think a Levonvo i3 is the same processor as i9 Six Core
I'm sure ijustine was the first order in for the maxed out model.
Why should you have to buy the big screen and heavy laptop if you want the fastest processor? This is so stupid. Separate the screen and keyboard from the processor!
I AGREE
that said there was enough space above the keyboard they could've left the function keys and still done the touchbar
So my vote is for that