I don't think I would. The 15" is already big enough, it doesn't fit in my everyday backpack so I have to use something else when going to school with my computer. The 17" would either be too big to really be portable OR apple would go to the ends of the earth to make it as slim and 'portable' as possible and at that point it wouldn't really be much more useful than the 15" but would cost much more.
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Would you buy a new 17" MacBook Pro if Apple made one?
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If it was six-core, 32GB RAM, 4K display, a higher-end GPU, a UHS-II SD card slot, 10 hour battery life, a reduced bezel/footprint, at least one USB-A 3.1 port (in addition to several USB-C), Face ID and no Touch Bar. Isn't Intel working on some six-core laptop chips that are supposed to ship in the next year or so? I would buy this machine for $3999.
Haha, I love how I list all these crazy specs and you pick that out as the one thing that won't happen. This comment is great. Yeah, I figured if they left out the Touch Bar then they could get the price down to $4k, lol. I still haven't met any professionals who really care about it. The only thing I would like is Touch ID but I think Face ID could be done much better in a laptop form factor.
The wet dream of the teenage Apple fanboy is that Apple only has 1 phone 1 laptop and 1 computer in a "cleaned up" product line. I myself couldn't care less. I think a nearly trillion dollar company - with thousands of well paid, highly trained and highly gifted tech employees - could have 20 different laptops in their line up and still feel that is not overdoing it. 17" option ... just add it Apple, why not?
I bought a 17" MBP new in 2008 & subsequently upgraded with 6GB RAM & a Crucial C300 SSD. I only retired it about 18 months ago as the WiFi had become unreliable & the final straw was when the SSD died.
I replaced the 17" MBP with a used late 2013 15" rMBP which I got still with AppleCare & at a great price. Recently I dug out the 17" MBP to see if would still be useful for my partner's son. I put in a new SSD & did a clean install of El Capitan & the WiFi issues were fixed. I had forgotten what a great machine it is & I had forgotten how much I like the 17" screen. My old eyes cannot appreciate the Retina screen at full resolution as text & icons are too teeny.
Bottom line I have been looking at used late 2011 17" MBPs & intend to buy one. My processing demands are low so any quad core i7 system will be fast enough. The rMBP is a lovely fast machine but the extra size of the 17" screen is more important to me.
The 2011s suffer from the gpu burnout issue and there’s now no official recourse to have it sorted, so be aware when you are purchasing
I’d absolutely buy one. I don’t think we’ll see another one, however
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Would anyone drop $900 to $1,000 on a 2011 17 inch model with an SSD or is that just crazy talk?
That’s what I see the 2011 17 inchers going for these days on FleaBay and OWC (macsales.com).
I am aware & the price that I am prepared to pay reflects the fact that down the line I may have to pay to get it fixed. The Apple fix was to replace the whole logic board but there are companies who will do a repair & properly solder in a new graphics chip.
Those might be the prices that people are asking i.e. the "Buy It Now" price & some may sell for that much but if you look at the price that they actually sell for most are around $500-600 which seems a fair price to me
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Did Apple classify the 17 inchers as vintage or whatever it is when they won’t service them?
Is that really true? Apple don’t release sales figures broken down by model.
Even if it were I suspect that it would be more down to relative prices of different models & what people can afford. In Windows world 15” seems the most common size.
And the reason the 13” outsells is because the affordability is much greater - price of entry to the 15” is consistently near twice that of the 13”. Across the industry 15.6” is the default model size, it’s an apple oddity that their only 15” model is a top end relatively exclusive machine because they link size and power. If they made a 15” machine with 13” internals and offered them both at the same price, I’d imagine the 15 would handily outsell the 13.
I need to change my poll vote. I thought that I wanted a 17" & actually bought a used 17" late 2011 model on eBay. When it arrived & was able to compare side by side with my late 2013 rMBP I realised that it was too heavy & too bulky so while I do still want a 17" screen it would have to be a new 17" rMBP that was thinner & lighter than the Unibody 17".
As it turned out the 2011 MBP screen died a couple of days after I received it presumably due to the notorious graphics chip problem. Happily I was able to return it for a full refund
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But that literally was the poll question: "would you buy a new 17"..."
I don't think anyone was suggesting they'd buy a 17" that is unchanged from the last ones they made.
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Ditching the bezels on the 15" would allow plenty of space for a 16-16.5" panel in the same housing.
Well my 2011 17" finally died so I bit the bullet and got a 2017 15". It's so nice being so small and light, and although the screen seems small to me, you can now buy portable screens (Asus Zen screen) which is about the same size as the 15", probably brings the bulk and weight back to 2011 levels but then you have 2 screens! Obviously not of interest to the café warrior or train worker, but for us freelance designers who literally need a portable desktop replacement, it could be the ultimate solution. I'm going to hang fire and see how I get on, and maybe wait for more such screens to enter the market, but it is an interesting development for mobile designers - 2× 15" is going to be better than 1 x 17"
Of course the screen quality won't be as good on the 2nd screen but I can put my text doc, or emails, or Adobe app palettes on it and have more screen space for the image or doc I am working on on the MBP. Maybe I don't care any more about the lack of a 17" model.
I still would've bought one if they'd had one in this year's line up though!
Of course the screen quality won't be as good on the 2nd screen but I can put my text doc, or emails, or Adobe app palettes on it and have more screen space for the image or doc I am working on on the MBP. Maybe I don't care any more about the lack of a 17" model.
I still would've bought one if they'd had one in this year's line up though!
Just curious if you considered an iPad Pro as second screen. I hear that certain software like Duet Display does a pretty good job and let you use it's drawing features with your Mac. No experience with it, but am thinking about getting Duet Display Pro myself.