I have been following this forum for some time in anticipation of a new computer purchase - pretty well settled on the 15" retina - either base model or one step up (I have gone through 3 Thinkpads -two of them suffered catastrophic main board failures)
The current "mid '14" models fits all of my needs - power - amateur photo and video editing and, most particularly voice-to-text via Dragon - flexibility - 16G of ram to run Parallels for certain applications and, I think, even in the base mode, adequate graphics (I don't game)
There is, of course, a lot of discussion about "what's coming" - I have not paid a lot of attention since, as suggested above, the current models do all I need and, in practical terms, barring a great leap in technology like a "forever" battery or failure-proof storage drive, a second or two booting or loading a program will simply not affect the way I work.
Something caught my eye today - the suggestion that a next gen MBpro might borrow from the just introduced MB - thinner, lighter, and fewer ports. I don't care about thinner and lighter - my computer spends 90% of its time on my desk but one port for everything - I'm not so sure - more adapters to keep around and a risk factor: Messing with electronics for over 50 years has taught me that a lot of gremlins hide in the interconnects so, if you have only one and it goes south..........
So, I'll buy when I'm ready -today's version if that is what is current or the next one if Apple has not let their penchant for design elegance compromise function (should the latter come about, there is the refurb/NOS market)
The current "mid '14" models fits all of my needs - power - amateur photo and video editing and, most particularly voice-to-text via Dragon - flexibility - 16G of ram to run Parallels for certain applications and, I think, even in the base mode, adequate graphics (I don't game)
There is, of course, a lot of discussion about "what's coming" - I have not paid a lot of attention since, as suggested above, the current models do all I need and, in practical terms, barring a great leap in technology like a "forever" battery or failure-proof storage drive, a second or two booting or loading a program will simply not affect the way I work.
Something caught my eye today - the suggestion that a next gen MBpro might borrow from the just introduced MB - thinner, lighter, and fewer ports. I don't care about thinner and lighter - my computer spends 90% of its time on my desk but one port for everything - I'm not so sure - more adapters to keep around and a risk factor: Messing with electronics for over 50 years has taught me that a lot of gremlins hide in the interconnects so, if you have only one and it goes south..........
So, I'll buy when I'm ready -today's version if that is what is current or the next one if Apple has not let their penchant for design elegance compromise function (should the latter come about, there is the refurb/NOS market)
