Hi all
Introduced to Apple with iPhone 4, the iPad 1. Upgraded most, now have 5S and iPad Air, wife as my 5 and a new iPad Mini. I inherited a mid 2007 iMac which now has 4GB RAM and Mavericks. Have not used it much, I NEED TO
18 months ago probably I thought, OK, this is it, I drove to town to buy a rMBP. No stock. One on display wasn't working, a battery issue I was told. Came home, researched, and saw the screen retention issues on LG retina screens, that put me off.
OK, its now. I still see a few roadblocks, here they are. My intended uses are mainly a coffee table laptop, web, email, etc, although I do download quite a bit so would add an external drive to ease the wear on the SSD. Occasional Handbrake conversions, but if I got a less powerful MBA/P its no issue if any tasks took more time as that wont be frequent.
1. MBA has a non removable SSD, although it can be removed but the interface is proprietary, so if down the track I wished to upgrade it, or after warranty if it failed, I am stuck. Was keen on a 1.7 MBA
2. Are the screen retention issues on Retina screens over?
3. Is it easy enough to buy a refurb 2012 MBP with platter hard drive, and replace the superdrive with SSD, and make SSD bootable? (I can do this in my sleep on a PC, but I wish to migrate FULLY to OSX)
4. Is Retina really worth it? It doesn't seem that different, unless its my eyes. I could see a difference, but not a great deal.
5. 13 or 15? I am keen on a 15 but a 13 has a very very similar image size, it is not a lot smaller at all. The smaller screen size seems not to make a great deal of viewing difference.
6. Are Fusion drives an option on purchase with all models?
Thoughts anyone? Maybe I just enter my first experience with a model that is not the latest, a refurb, where I can change hard drives, RAM down the track?
Or wait to see what is released this year?
Thank you
Introduced to Apple with iPhone 4, the iPad 1. Upgraded most, now have 5S and iPad Air, wife as my 5 and a new iPad Mini. I inherited a mid 2007 iMac which now has 4GB RAM and Mavericks. Have not used it much, I NEED TO
18 months ago probably I thought, OK, this is it, I drove to town to buy a rMBP. No stock. One on display wasn't working, a battery issue I was told. Came home, researched, and saw the screen retention issues on LG retina screens, that put me off.
OK, its now. I still see a few roadblocks, here they are. My intended uses are mainly a coffee table laptop, web, email, etc, although I do download quite a bit so would add an external drive to ease the wear on the SSD. Occasional Handbrake conversions, but if I got a less powerful MBA/P its no issue if any tasks took more time as that wont be frequent.
1. MBA has a non removable SSD, although it can be removed but the interface is proprietary, so if down the track I wished to upgrade it, or after warranty if it failed, I am stuck. Was keen on a 1.7 MBA
2. Are the screen retention issues on Retina screens over?
3. Is it easy enough to buy a refurb 2012 MBP with platter hard drive, and replace the superdrive with SSD, and make SSD bootable? (I can do this in my sleep on a PC, but I wish to migrate FULLY to OSX)
4. Is Retina really worth it? It doesn't seem that different, unless its my eyes. I could see a difference, but not a great deal.
5. 13 or 15? I am keen on a 15 but a 13 has a very very similar image size, it is not a lot smaller at all. The smaller screen size seems not to make a great deal of viewing difference.
6. Are Fusion drives an option on purchase with all models?
Thoughts anyone? Maybe I just enter my first experience with a model that is not the latest, a refurb, where I can change hard drives, RAM down the track?
Or wait to see what is released this year?
Thank you
