Also 2000 EUR iMacs are shipping with 5400rpm HDD.
I use 2013 MacBook Air and want to upgrade to MacBook Pro, but at the moment I can't justify buying new Mac. All new Macs are outdated at the moment.
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#22No touchscreen is a sign of age.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed, I watch these stupid MS commercials where they are using the touchscreen on the laptop and it's SOOO gimmicky. No one really does that. I completely agree on the detachable screen though, of course at that point get an iPad Pro (for certain workloads)....
I have a touchscreen Toshiba Radius and by far use the touchscreen more than I ever expected to. In fact, it's rare that I use the trackpad any more. I'm writing this comment on my 8-month-old MacBookPro11,5 with 16 gigs of ram and 1TB SSD drive. I've had 3 brand new MacBook Pros from 2011, 2013, and 2015. The lack of continued innovation on this platform is really starting to show its age.
Interesting, I really don't see myself reaching up 6-8 inches to touch the screen when I can do it faster (and with less finger smudges) from the trackpad but maybe I'm wrong, I love my iPad but I still just don't feel like I would like it on a laptop.
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#24My 2004 Corolla is outdated, underpowered, and was "overpriced". It has 250,000 miles, and we use it every day without worrying about breakdowns. Likewise, I use my 2009 MacBook Pro every day without worrying about breakdowns [1]. Quality comes with a steep up-front price that pays you back with a long tail of value. [1] The native Apple hardware has failed exactly once in the MacBook's lifetime (SATA cable)
This I've got to agree with, they are EXTREMELY reliable machines in my experience, I've never had an issue with one other than my DVD drive on my first macbook but I never used that really anyways, it honestly could have been broken from the factory and I just noticed it after about a year (still in AppleCare). I watched my friends buy a new PC every 1-2 years because theirs were literally falling apart but continue to buy $500-$600 crap laptops.
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#25As an Apple fan (but not a loyalist), I tend to agree. Over time, the lust for their products is starting to wane... The lack of GPU power for the price is ludicrous. I love the OS and the design of the hardware, but it's such a trade off for graphics power. The CPUs don't seem to be all that bad, but probably could be better as well for the price. They are too focused on thinness/lightness. I'd rather have a slightl…
> They are too focused on thinness/lightness. I'd rather have a slightly thicker iMac or Macbook and higher-end parts.
And more USB ports. I would like more than two, especially in the 15".
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#26I have a 16Gig 512 SSD Macbook pro and its faster than ever, since I have upgraded. As far as touchscreen on laptops is concerned; Steve Jobs mentioned that its not ergonomically correct. And I agree, I don't know how much long I can lift my fingers and touch the screen everytime I have to navigate. Apple has added lot of gestures on its track pad which is awesome.
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#27I have a 16Gig 512 SSD Macbook pro and its faster than ever, since I have upgraded. As far as touchscreen on laptops is concerned; Steve Jobs mentioned that its not ergonomically correct. And I agree, I don't know how much long I can lift my fingers and touch the screen everytime I have to navigate. Apple has added lot of gestures on its track pad which is awesome.
I would say using laptops for long period of time is also pain in the ass.
That's why many people use external monitor, keyboard and mouse.
My wife uses her touchscreen laptop for web browsing at the couch. Using laptop at your lap is quite bad, but touch screen makes it a lot of better.
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#28I don't need a ton more "innovation" (touchscreen on a laptop is a gimmick IMHO) in my macbook and it's plenty fast for what I do (run 2 external + laptop screen, 1-2 IDEs, chat, email, chrome, firefox, sequel pro, etc) but I think I'll go to the 15" next for the real graphics card and the ability to run 3 external monitors. All that said it pains me that Apple has not made any real improvements in quite some time. I…
From my prospective pretty much all their promoted "strengths" were gimmicks. Of all things, only MacBook Air's weight can be undoubtedly counted as something valuable considering that it's a portable device.
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#29No touchscreen is a sign of age.
Touchscreens are a BS feature for laptops. Our hands where not made to be used a pointers held at those angles. Nobody uses their Wintel laptops that way either, even when they have the feature. Now if you're talking about detachable screens, that could be the case. But there are tablets for that, that are even more convenient and specialized to long term use in that way.
My wife uses her touchscreen laptop all the time.
'nobody' is your opinion. Reality is different.
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#30My 2004 Corolla is outdated, underpowered, and was "overpriced". It has 250,000 miles, and we use it every day without worrying about breakdowns. Likewise, I use my 2009 MacBook Pro every day without worrying about breakdowns [1]. Quality comes with a steep up-front price that pays you back with a long tail of value. [1] The native Apple hardware has failed exactly once in the MacBook's lifetime (SATA cable)
They may happen to be reliable because you just take better care of pricey things (but that's not to say that it isn't their merit to turn you into a careful person).