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Retina MacBook Pro 15" Users

Which model of retina MacBook 15" do you have?

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redheeler said:
More portable? How does that make any sense :p

To me the 15" was like a desktop. When I got my 13" it hardly ever left my desk. So I got an iMac to replace it. The 13" is now my primary laptop and I think it's a great size, very portable and easy to carry.
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Just realized my typo :D

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But the 15" is really light for me and I'm really bony. I didn't carry it around in a bag
 
15" rMBP has a bigger footprint than the 13" of course, but it also weighs less than the 13" cMBP.
 
Anyone know if you reset the macbook to factory settings, will the battery cycles reset too! Back to zero
 
I got a new 15" mid14 750Gm 512GB on wednesday. But unfortunatly the apple logo is a pink tinted. The screen looks quite good so far. I will use it for graphic stuff like, illustrator, indesign, ps, and maybe some 4d things in the near future.
I don´t need it for professional stuff, because I am studiyng media informatics for next 3 years. But its a bit anoying to spend 2200€ for a machine which got a pink tinted logo. I am not sure if i will return it, because I read that some people went into a exchange-circle (sorry for my english, I am not a native english speaker), and i want to avoid that, because I need the macbook.

Also I am using it just for a few hours, but I don´t want to go back to my old bulky windows notebook.
I just realized that, the tinted pink effect is almost not noticeable, when I choose the rgb-profile. So I guess i just keep this beast, and enjoy working with it. :)
 
Late 2013 and haven't had any problems with the laptop. However, would be nice if Apple improved the OS for retina a bit more. OS is notably quicker on my gf's non-retina mac.
 
Early 2013 2.4 GHz/16GB/768GB/GT650

Fantastic machine. Sold a 27" iMac and MBA and consolidated into single rMBP. Never looked back. Next upgrade will be Skylake machine.
 
Mid 2012 base model here I am happy with it so far only problem I have is screen coating peeled off slightly and had it replaced last year.

I use it for many stuff... FCPX, Photoshop, and some gaming. :apple:
 
RAM is probably more important in most cases.

The only disappointing aspect of the 15" has been the battery life with yosemite.
 
Very general question for 15" rMBP owners: how do you find typing on the 15" keyboard, particularly when you've temporarily stopped typing? It's a weird question but let me explain. I own the 13" rMBP and a 14" non-Apple laptop and I find myself placing the small finger of my left hand over the edge of the laptop to rest my palm across - it's probably from years of university and using my laptop on sofas where I need to somehow grip it from falling, etc. I'm wondering if other people do this and whether you found fatigue or general awkwardness while using it and specifically typing.

Basically, I want the quad core, better graphics and real estate, but I'm not sure whether I'm going to find it comfortable.
 
I'm a Mid-2014 15" user, moved from Mid-2012 cMBP because of small screen and low resolution. I'm a developer (python and SAP BO) and use the machine as a mobile office.

I love the screen and use it in 1920x1200 setting most of the time. Key travel is noticably less than my old Mid-2012 cMBP but it did not take a lot of time to adapt, I don't have any concern about it.
 
In comment to you guys above about the keyboard, personally I am a big fan of it. Just the right amount of travel and tactile feedback. Feels a tad better than the apple wireless keyboard too. Tried the new MacBook at Apple and did not like the new keyboard very much at all.

So my story, was rocking a 2010 white unibody MacBook til recently. Loved it, but I do a lot of design work and I have been studying CS, development and programming. Wanted a big screen so sold it and found a good deal on a second hand 27 iMac. As much as I thought I'd love the added real estate, I actually found it to be cumbersome in day to day use, browsing, reading, studying, and coding. It was very useful however for photography and design work. Also lack of portability started to get to me pretty badly.

So I thought I would wait until new 15 retinas are out and pick up a 2014 refurb at a decent discount, but just found a 2.5 16gb 512 gb with 750m for 1700 in immaculate condition, 25 battery cycles, and 8 months AppleCare left so I decided it was too good to pass up. Completely legitimate computer and seller btw.

I suppose it may be a little more computer than I need for now, but the price is right.

This is my first MBP retina and good god are these things fast and gorgeous display! Perfect computer for me. A little nervous about the dGPU cause of apples history so I will be buying extended AppleCare for sure. Haven't heard of very many issues with it yet tho, as opposed to 2012 models.

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nylon said:
Early 2013 2.4 GHz/16GB/768GB/GT650

Fantastic machine. Sold a 27" iMac and MBA and consolidated into single rMBP. Never looked back. Next upgrade will be Skylake machine.
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Did a very similar thing. So far absolutely zero regrets, even with screen real estate compared to imac (thats what external monitors are for).

Have any regrets or any nagging tradeoffs?
 
Mid 2012. I have had two screen replacements, I believe, and since then no worries. It was the ghosting issue that was heavily discussed at the time.

Entry level 2.3 GHz i7, 256GB, with 16 GB. I have updated the SSD to a Transcend 960 GB.
 
Mid-2012, base model upgraded with 16GB of RAM at time of purchase. Bought pretty darn close to day 1 after announcement. No problems at all, except for a slight shadowing/yellowing of the display in the lower-left corner which it has had since I took delivery. I've adapted.

(It's actually the second rMBP I took delivery of...first one had way worse yellowing, so I exchanged it. Turns out my first one had an LG display, though it did not develop image retention in the short time I owned it. Second one came from the factory with Samsung. Has never developed IR and I have never had the laptop serviced for any reason.)

-- Nathan
 
I got my late 2013 MBP last June. Love it. I just checked Terminal and I haven't restarted it in 306 days, which for a laptop is incredible. According to Siri, 306 days ago was Monday, June 30, 2014. I was planning on updating it to Yosemite last fall but when I experienced all of the Yosemite bugs on another Mac I decided to hold off. If it ain't broke don't fix it, right? I just put it to sleep when I'm not using it.
 
theEconomist said:
Very general question for 15" rMBP owners: how do you find typing on the 15" keyboard, particularly when you've temporarily stopped typing? It's a weird question but let me explain. I own the 13" rMBP and a 14" non-Apple laptop and I find myself placing the small finger of my left hand over the edge of the laptop to rest my palm across - it's probably from years of university and using my laptop on sofas where I need to somehow grip it from falling, etc. I'm wondering if other people do this and whether you found fatigue or general awkwardness while using it and specifically typing.

Basically, I want the quad core, better graphics and real estate, but I'm not sure whether I'm going to find it comfortable.
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You will not find it comfortable. I purchased one to try it out over my 13' and had the issue of trying to sit on the couch and do homework only to get frustrated at the angles i had to use to type. WONDERFUL computer but too large for couch sitting.
 
Mid 2014 2.8ghz, 1tb ssd here... I went all out when i bought this laptop, I'm planning on keeping it for a long time. It might be too much computer for my use but lately I've been learning photo and video editing so this computer seems to get the job done quite fast. Also I'm starting coding classes soon so Expect to use this computer for that. 80% of the time the computer is hooked up to a TB display, don't really take it to work anymore since i bought a retina macbook which is perfect for my work usage since its really portable.
 
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