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Re: Updated MacBook Pros

#12

Post by seanmcdirmid »

bfwi wrote: post #10

For those of you who choose Pros over Airs; why does a Pro serve you better than an Air? Is it because it's your only machine, and you need the hardware to be beefy?

Retina. Once you stop seeing pixels, it's painful to start seeing them again.

Re: Updated MacBook Pros

#14

Post by SandB0x »

Am I right in thinking you need to buy the top ($2500) model if you want to do any CUDA work? Or am I misreading the table and all the MBP models have both the Intel and nvidia GPUs?

Re: Updated MacBook Pros

#15

Post by Udo »

I'm seriously wondering what my upgrade path is supposed to be.

I have an ancient 2011 15" MBP, which was also the last user-upgradeable Apple laptop ever, but I remain hesitant to buy a new model. There is just not enough storage in the new ones, or in models that come close to my old one (1TB+) it's prohibitively expensive.

At some point soon, my old MBP will probably disintegrate or get stolen, and it has features I'm not going to get back. I'm used to having my music, my ebooks, my documents, my photos, and my code with me at all times. It's really convenient.

Re: Updated MacBook Pros

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Post by duiker101 »

wow, I bought one less then a week ago for £2200 and now it costs £1999 and has more stuff... did I just gifted them £200 or if I complain I might at least get the new model?

EDIT: thanks all, yes I remember asking the return policy is 14 days. I will do that.

Re: Updated MacBook Pros

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Post by hav »

SandB0x wrote: post #14

Am I right in thinking you need to buy the top ($2500) model if you want to do any CUDA work? Or am I misreading the table and all the MBP models have both the Intel and nvidia GPUs?

No, you are right. Only the higher end MBP comes with a separate discrete nvidia card.

Re: Updated MacBook Pros

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Post by [deleted] »

Udo wrote: post #15

I'm seriously wondering what my upgrade path is supposed to be. I have an ancient 2011 15" MBP, which was also the last user-upgradeable Apple laptop ever, but I remain hesitant to buy a new model. There is just not enough storage in the new ones, or in models that come close to my old one (1TB+) it's prohibitively expensive. At some point soon, my old MBP will probably disintegrate or get stolen, and it has features…

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Re: Updated MacBook Pros

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Post by shortnamed »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #12
bfwi wrote: post #10

For those of you who choose Pros over Airs; why does a Pro serve you better than an Air? Is it because it's your only machine, and you need the hardware to be beefy?

Retina. Once you stop seeing pixels, it's painful to start seeing them again.

*distinguishing
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