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My head can't make up its mind, do i need a rmbp or? Appreciate the help

henrikrox

henrikrox

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So

Tomorrow, i can get a hold of a rmbp. I live in Norway, and it seems stock has just gotten in here this week.

Now. I'm a bit of a tech geek, and buying stuff i actually don't need.

I recently sold my apartment way over the asking price, so i have about 80k $ in winnings. So money isn't a issue.

However, its still money spent, money that can go to other things, like vacations, more savings etc.

My apple products consists of as of this moment

Macbook air 2011, 13,3"
Mac mini 2011, used as media center PC with xbmc w/airplay
iPad 3 64GB 3G/4G

Now thats all the computer stuff i have, and i notice I'm lacking some oomph. I used to be a avid gamer, but in the past 5 years (I'm 25) gaming for me has gotten really boring. And if i want to play something i can always just play something on my xbox.

Also i love my macbook air, i spent most of the time on the internet, just watching subscribed youtube videos or own3d.tv (yes for some weird reason i still love to watch people play games, just not play em)

Do i need this computer? I really want it, but i have a feeling i just want it because its new (i know thats bad)

As for what I'm doing, I'm a student studying to be a oil engineer.
 
henrikrox said:
Do i need this computer? I really want it, but i have a feeling i just want it because its new (i know thats bad)

As for what I'm doing, I'm a student studying to be a oil engineer.
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If you are asking the question then you probably dont need it, wait until the rMBP is perfected in a year or so. By then you probably will need it. I would put the money aside in a mutual fund or just a savings account and just dont touch it. View it as money already spent.
 
You don't really say what you would do with it. Maybe you can just get a decent external monitor for the Mini and MBA.
 
henrikrox said:
So

Tomorrow, i can get a hold of a rmbp. I live in Norway, and it seems stock has just gotten in here this week.

Now. I'm a bit of a tech geek, and buying stuff i actually don't need.

I recently sold my apartment way over the asking price, so i have about 80k $ in winnings. So money isn't a issue.

However, its still money spent, money that can go to other things, like vacations, more savings etc.

My apple products consists of as of this moment

Macbook air 2011, 13,3"
Mac mini 2011, used as media center PC with xbmc w/airplay
iPad 3 64GB 3G/4G

Now thats all the computer stuff i have, and i notice I'm lacking some oomph. I used to be a avid gamer, but in the past 5 years (I'm 25) gaming for me has gotten really boring. And if i want to play something i can always just play something on my xbox.

Also i love my macbook air, i spent most of the time on the internet, just watching subscribed youtube videos or own3d.tv (yes for some weird reason i still love to watch people play games, just not play em)

Do i need this computer? I really want it, but i have a feeling i just want it because its new (i know thats bad)

As for what I'm doing, I'm a student studying to be a oil engineer.
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It sounds like what you really want is probably a souped-up windows machine to use as a gaming device. While the RMBP is actually decent bang for the buck in terms of general computing, your money would be much better served on some sort of dedicated gaming rig.


HighEndMac said:
If you are asking the question then you probably dont need it, wait until the rMBP is perfected in a year or so. By then you probably will need it. I would put the money aside in a mutual fund or just a savings account and just dont touch it. View it as money already spent.
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Contrary to popular belief, the RMBP will not be "perfected" with next year's hardware. Apple has some of the most picky fans out there, and regardless of design, there will be flaws.

Will some of the 2012 kinks be worked out? Yes, but you could say the same of the 2013 kinks in 2014. Not to mention the really obvious software-based kinks are just that - software-based.

So, in conclusion, OP - buy an RMBP if it will make you as happy as $2200 would make you. But don't expect to get amazing gaming performance.
 
ericrwalker said:
Holy crap, awesome job there. :cool:

A word of advice though, put it in the bank. Don't waste money, you never know when you're going to need it.

If you have a working computer that does what you need, don't buy another.
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Yes you are probably right, and like you say, u never know when you need it, car, house etc.

And there is nothing that i miss doing with the mba 2011. So the hardware isn't holding me back

F it, you guys convinced me, I'm keeping my hands off the rmbp for now. Im just weak for tech. But its just waste of money when i have a perfectly good computer for my needs.

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Thanks for the help btw guys, appreciate your opinions. i really do
 
I'd split the money into two and put it into two banks tbfh.

Or donate some to charity? (me) :eek:
 
Don't be cheap, buy it.

If you really have 80,000.00, 3 or 4 thousand won't hurt you.

Now if you really want to make a investment, Las Vegas, Casino.
You can't loose.
 
Before making a large purchase, wait 3 days and really think about it. Impulse buying can be dangerous and lead to regrets later.
 
Throw Out said:
Don't be cheap, buy it.

If you really have 80,000.00, 3 or 4 thousand won't hurt you.

Now if you really want to make a investment, Las Vegas, Casino.
You can't loose.
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You can LOSE., and probably about 99% of people that visit Vegas go home with less than they went there with. Nothing wrong with that if you keep that in mind when you go there and you're there to have a good time.
 
Do you need it? From what I've read - I don't think so.

Would you still enjoy it if you bought it? - YES!

Can you afford to pay for a luxury that you don't need? - I'll leave this one up to you.
 
Hah, i told my gf "i decided not to buy the retina macbook pro"

she "oh really, don't u want it, it looks really good"

me "god damn it"

In short, i can't make up my mind, going to think about this the rest of the day, and ill update tomorrow.

Brain says no, heart says hell yes
 
Next year's rMBP probably won't be really different but its price will probably be lower with the price of SSD getting down so fast and the cMBP possibly getting discontinued.

It might be reasonable to wait at least until then since you have a fairly new MBA and one of the most expensive components in the rMBP (its flash memory) is going to lose all its value really fast. If you wait until the cMBP is discontinued I bet you will save a couple hundreds of dollars plus you will get Haswell and a new GPU.

I was in the same position and decided to wait until my friend who works at an Apple store offered me a discount :). I'm still waiting for her to be allowed to order it though.
 
I don't think this is the rMBP to get. I'd wait a year until the hardware is powerful enough to give you seamless UI.
 
henrikrox said:
Brain says no, heart says hell yes
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I know what you mean, sometimes it just gets to you and you can't stop thinking about it. My way to deal with it is to go ahead and buy the item, but from a store with good return policies. Then after I unpack it and use it for a while, sometimes I realize it's not quite as good as my imagination made it out to be. If that's the case, just bring it back for a refund. Itch scratched, money still in the bank.

Of course, there is always a chance you will like it and keep it, but oh well, at least it would be a fully informed decision.
 
henrikrox said:
Hah, i told my gf "i decided not to buy the retina macbook pro"

she "oh really, don't u want it, it looks really good"

me "god damn it"

In short, i can't make up my mind, going to think about this the rest of the day, and ill update tomorrow.

Brain says no, heart says hell yes
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If you really want to get it, then get it. You can probably get a good price for your old MBP, and you definitely have the money to spare.

bozz2006 said:
I don't think this is the rMBP to get. I'd wait a year until the hardware is powerful enough to give you seamless UI.
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The hardware is generally powerful enough - it's mostly software issues. The potential hardware from next year's gain is probably minimal, as Intel can't bring out their MCM chipsets until after the 14nm die shrink. We may see more battery life from Haswell, but what we really need is better graphics resizing algorithms.
 
henrikrox said:
So

Tomorrow, i can get a hold of a rmbp. I live in Norway, and it seems stock has just gotten in here this week.

Now. I'm a bit of a tech geek, and buying stuff i actually don't need.

I recently sold my apartment way over the asking price, so i have about 80k $ in winnings. So money isn't a issue.

However, its still money spent, money that can go to other things, like vacations, more savings etc.

My apple products consists of as of this moment

Macbook air 2011, 13,3"
Mac mini 2011, used as media center PC with xbmc w/airplay
iPad 3 64GB 3G/4G

Now thats all the computer stuff i have, and i notice I'm lacking some oomph. I used to be a avid gamer, but in the past 5 years (I'm 25) gaming for me has gotten really boring. And if i want to play something i can always just play something on my xbox.

Also i love my macbook air, i spent most of the time on the internet, just watching subscribed youtube videos or own3d.tv (yes for some weird reason i still love to watch people play games, just not play em)

Do i need this computer? I really want it, but i have a feeling i just want it because its new (i know thats bad)

As for what I'm doing, I'm a student studying to be a oil engineer.
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Do you need it? No.

For your engineering, your school should have computer labs meant to run those very intensive programs. I'm in aerospace engineering and most of the people in my department are just fine with the 13" MBP.

Honestly, I think you should just wait until next year, and then satisfy your techy side. Right now, the retina display is really pushing the limits of the GPU's they can fit into such a small form factor (reports of lagging and so on) not to mention that companies will need time to optimize applications (which don't look good whatsoever without that optimization.)

Your best bet will be to wait until the next rev for the better GPU and by then, the vast majority of major apps should be fixed.
 
Just buy it. Sell the old ones.

It will bug you until you get it if you were like me.

I upgrade when my heart tells me to and my brain feels good after I sold my old devices and the upgrade's incremental cost is just a nominal computer depreciation.

Do that, you get best of both worlds.

I paid for the base rMBP for $2300 tax included.
 
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