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Who has the highest specked MacBook on MacRumors?

Fairly certain I have the highest spec 17" MBP.

BTO Late 2011 17" MBP

2.5Ghz Core i7
16GB CAS9 DDR 1600Mhz
250GB Samsung 840 SSD
750GB 7200rpm Thunderbolt Portable Drive
ATI Radeon 6770 1GB
Anti-Glare 1920x1200 17" Screen
BT/Wireless/FaceTime HD/etc

Next upgrade will be an internal BluRay burner, then I can't think of a single upgrade left. She'll serve me well until my AppleCare runs out on my birthday in 2015.
 
Doward said:
Fairly certain I have the highest spec 17" MBP.

BTO Late 2011 17" MBP

2.5Ghz Core i7
16GB CAS9 DDR 1600Mhz
250GB Samsung 840 SSD
750GB 7200rpm Thunderbolt Portable Drive
ATI Radeon 6770 1GB
Anti-Glare 1920x1200 17" Screen
BT/Wireless/FaceTime HD/etc

Next upgrade will be an internal BluRay burner, then I can't think of a single upgrade left. She'll serve me well until my AppleCare runs out on my birthday in 2015.
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It not being retina kind of makes it not as well specked as a rMBP.
 
I have an Early 2013 rMBP:
- 15" Retina Display (Samsung)
- 2.8 GhZ i7 Quad Core Processor
- 16 GB RAM
- 768 GB SSD (Samsung)
- Nvidia GeForce GT 650M Graphics Card 1 GB & Intel HD Graphics 4000 500 MB
 
Pro-tip: determine highest configuration MacBook available today, someone here owns it, thread never existed.
 
I have a 2015 15" 1440p 4k display with Broadwell I9 5990XM running at 6.30GHz. 2TB SSD, 1TB of 2133MHz ram, Gigabit Wifi, Bluetooth 10.0. Running OS X 12.4.

Beat That!!!!
 
I have simple needs. Purchased exactly 2 years ago today:

- Early 2011 MBP 13"
- 2.3Ghz i5 (Sandy Bridge, HD3000)
- 8GB RAM (Upgraded from 4GB)
- 512GB SSD (Crucial M4)

And yes, I did buy it just before a refresh of the MBP Line. Will be looking at Broadwell next Summer.

Also, at the risk of dating myself, I've come a long way since this:

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my 1.8Ghz MBA has 4GB and 256GB SSD, but I modded it and now have a fully functional Flux Capacitor - Beat that!

...only issue is the battery life sucks with its 1.21gigawatts power draw on boot.... :(
 
zsrhusain said:
I have an Early 2013 rMBP:
- 15" Retina Display (Samsung)
- 2.8 GhZ i7 Quad Core Processor
- 16 GB RAM
- 768 GB SSD (Samsung)
- Nvidia GeForce GT 650M Graphics Card 1 GB & Intel HD Graphics 4000 500 MB
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Basically the best possible rmbp 15" at the moment, so I guess you win :)

But in a couple weeks... ;)
 
Who cares, it`s not like Apple offers myriad's of permutations like HP`s EliteBook or Lenovo`s ThinkPad`s. Apple have always offered limited upgrades, and will no doubt continue the trend. Apple are set about providing the best consumer product to market, those needing more need to look elsewhere....
 
Doward said:
Fairly certain I have the highest spec 17" MBP.

BTO Late 2011 17" MBP

2.5Ghz Core i7
16GB CAS9 DDR 1600Mhz
250GB Samsung 840 SSD
750GB 7200rpm Thunderbolt Portable Drive
ATI Radeon 6770 1GB
Anti-Glare 1920x1200 17" Screen
BT/Wireless/FaceTime HD/etc

Next upgrade will be an internal BluRay burner, then I can't think of a single upgrade left. She'll serve me well until my AppleCare runs out on my birthday in 2015.
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Nope, if you search about you will find some have the same base MBP with higher capacity dual SSD`s, RAID configured in the 17" format...
 
Queen6 said:
Who cares, it`s not like Apple offers myriad's of permutations like HP`s EliteBook or Lenovo`s ThinkPad`s. Apple have always offered limited upgrades, and will no doubt continue the trend. Apple are set about providing the best consumer product to market, those needing more need to look elsewhere....
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MacBooks start at $999 and max out in the $3000 range. I don't know what other company has that much difference in their range.
 
Freyqq said:
Basically the best possible rmbp 15" at the moment, so I guess you win :)
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No. It's not 17", does not have at least 1.5TB storage, lacks DVD drive and lacks ports.

If someone put a a 2TB SSD in a cMBP, we can say that is the top, because of the price. 2x 960GB does not match in price.
 
falconeight said:
MacBooks start at $999 and max out in the $3000 range. I don't know what other company has that much difference in their range.
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It`s not the price point, it`s the flexibility, equally a fully spec`d HP EliteBook will run you over $4K. Apple ceased serving the professional market some time ago, if their product meets your need it`s by coincidence not design. Apple are clearly, openly and quotably the best at what they do, however they are not the "be all and end all" and aimed squarely at the consumer market...
 
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Certainly not the best here, but I've never had a machine as fast as my MBP.

13" 2011 cMBP
2.4GHz i5
16GB 1333MHz
256GB SSD

Love it.
 
GermanyChris said:
It not being retina kinda makes it better spec. Optical drives, ethernet ports, Matte screen replaceable RAM etc.
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I think the retina display is the biggest part of being the greatest spec'd mac. Thats just my opinion though.
 
Wait for the 17" snobs to make a post about the "Retina MacBooks, because they aren't for real pros" and proceed to name their 17" models because size does matter.
 
ScholarsInk said:
Wait for the 17" snobs to make a post about the "Retina MacBooks, because they aren't for real pros" and proceed to name their 17" models because size does matter.
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If it was screen size then iMacs would be the champ. It has to be the entire package.
 
the only spec that matters is ram
can always get a external 2tb
and clock speed differences are not statistically significant
 
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