The "I heart my Penryn/SR MBP and I am keeping it" thread

[krye]

Post here if you guys are like me, and thankful for our now "outdated" Macbook Pros.

Biggest turn off for me: Cost, looks, a backwards step in design to me. Pro features are "fine", so I wanted something sleek and stylish in looks and not blatantly, "That's another apple."

New MBP: I'm coming in to play with ya, but I ain't taking ya home.

You keep telling yourself that, OK.

 

[gfish31]

keepin the penryn. just got it in feb and i havent been disappointed with it. plus i like the fact that it was distinguished from the rest of the apple computers, unlike now since the mb and mbp look exactly the same...

 

[marvel2]

I :heart: my Matte screen 2.4 SR

 

[risenphoenixkai]

I was actually kind of dreading the event yesterday. I traditionally have been bitten by the "latest and greatest" geek bug, where even if I didn't need something because what I had at the time suited my needs, I'd still lust after whatever new Apple product came down the pike. Example: I've been waiting for my 5th Gen iPod to break down or something so I can have an excuse to get an iPod touch (I'd get an iPhone, but Vodafone NZ's plans are absolutely ridiculous).

I got a 17" Penryn MBP the day they came out. I waited for over a year before purchasing one. There were things on my wish list that they left out, like a case redesign and Blu-ray, but I quickly learned to live without them. This computer is amazing in every way, easily the best designed piece of technology I've ever owned.

Then the new ones came out yesterday, and I'm thankful I bought mine when I did. The new MBPs absolutely do not meet my needs; the mandatory glossy screens, the crappy chiclet keyboard, and the disturbing trend of taking options away from their laptops rather than adding new ones (i.e., no more Firewire in the MacBook, only one Firewire port on the MBP, no Blu-Ray because it's a "bag of hurt", no more matte screens) all make me glad I have the "that's so yesterday" model of MBP.

This machine will have to last me at least until my Applecare runs out in March of 2011. Whether I get a replacement MBP at that point or stick with what I have depends entirely on Apple and whether or not they come to their senses and stop promoting form over function in their hardware… I'm not betting that they will.

 

[thedarkhorse]

I'm not getting one, not because the glossy screen issue(which I'm not too fond of but would live with), but because my 2 year old 2.16ghz mbp is still doing fine for me except for a couple upgrades it could use(hard drive, up ram to 3gb from 2). With the economy sliding down the tubes down south(dow's down over 400 today) and the canadian economy not too far behind it isn't really a good time to be shelling out thousands for a new unneeded laptop.

Besides I won't upgrade until I can get a 15" with a higher res screen or afford a 17" with one, as going to another 1440x900 laptop is not something I want to do if I ever do upgrade.