Will you purchase a Macbook Pro if the RAM is non-upgradeable?

[Davidkoh]

I would still buy it, I buy a new computer every year so upgradability isn't really a issue.

 

[shootist]

No. That is if the only amount you could get at a Reasonable price was 4GBs that isn't enough.
Apple wants way to much for 8GBs when you can buy it anywhere for under 50$. And for the 50$ you get a life Time warranty. Not just the one year Apple offers as standard.

That just doesn't make any sense.

 

[macness]

I would still buy it, I buy a new computer every year so upgradability isn't really a issue.

do you just sell your old ones? if so, how much do u think i could get for mine when the new MBP's come out? just curious because i would use the money from that towards my new one.

 

[/user/me]

Anything can be done given the right tools and budget.

 

[Davidkoh]

do you just sell your old ones? if so, how much do u think i could get for mine when the new MBP's come out? just curious because i would use the money from that towards my new one.

I usually get around 80% back of what I paid for it. That said I usually buy mine with a 10% education discount to begin with, and I don't live in the states so the market for used macs might be different.

 

[throAU]

There's already not much that's "pro" about the MacBook Pro, except it's name. It's a marketing gimick, nothing more. If it's really a pro machine, where's the esata port, or USB 3.0? Where's the removable battery or even a VGA port for all those presentation rooms with a VGA projector?

The only thing that the MBP is "pro" compared to, is the MBA.

USB3 = crappy winmodem of external buses.
e-Sata = fair enough, however thunderbolt is faster
removable batter = meh... no big deal
presentations = airplay to appletv (soon). if not, an adapter is cheap.

 

[ixodes]

A "Pro" machine without upgradable memory just sounds daft to me.

I agree with you.

However, there's not much that makes the current MBP's "Pro" other than their name. I've got one, and it lacks many of the features my high end "Pro" Windows 7 laptop.

It's just a fact, not a complaint or criticism, after all is said and done I still greatly prefer my MBP.

Apple has always made premium consumer laptops, leaving workstation class laptops to others. Apples focus has always been on form over function, style is their priority.

 

[l.a.rossmann]

Yes. Most people buy more RAM than they need anyway, and notice placebo performance increases because they spent money on them. I fall victim to it too.

What I won't go without, is the ability to put a high performance SSD in my machine. Or two of them, for unpacking & repairing files without messing with my OS drive!

 

[gpat]

If Apple goes out with non-upgradeable RAM on the whole of their notebook lineup, I expect their pro customers to react way worse than when Final Cut Pro X was released. You can't do hardware-intensive work on an Air-like Mac, and you can certainly not expect a professional customers to settle with 4 or even 8GB of non-upgradeable RAM for a $2000+ notebook which is built to last. I can't see them doing it, and if they do, I'm going to max out my 2011 MBP and switch to Windows when it doesn't suffice for my work anymore.

 

[Wicked1]

Going to purchase a new MBP 13" with the i5 2.4 and upgrade to 8GB like my 2011 Base mini before ML comes out with the new ones. I was waiting for a 15" MBA, but because of price, ML, and Disk or SSD space, I figured for what I need the 13" MBP works perfectly, also will be pulling out the Superdrive, going with this as my boot disk

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220603

Then installing a Seagate Momentus XT 750 as a data disk.

I have a seagate 3.0 TB external drive for TM