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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?
I got an Air, then I got a Pro and "forgot" to return my Air. My wife reminds me every day.
This is your wife. We need to have a serious chat tonight.
For those wondering, they've upped the base specs and dropped the prices slightly. Nothing completely 'new', per se.
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Want to know even a funnier thing? I don't like Apple at all, the last product I bought was an iPhone 3G because I didn't like their business practice but I gave in to the mbp because it's a nice machine and I wanted to expand myself instead of keep developing only on Windows. Guess I was right when I decided to ditch Apple.
> Guess I was right when I decided to ditch Apple. You came to the conclusion that you "were right when you decided to ditch Apple" because they just put out newer, better models that the one you just bought? Sure makes sense...
The way they achieve that is by releasing stuff that's already obsolete on day of launch, but you can't argue with the ethics!
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…
A disadvantage of this approach is that unsynced folders are not in Time Machine backups.
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Want to know even a funnier thing? I don't like Apple at all, the last product I bought was an iPhone 3G because I didn't like their business practice but I gave in to the mbp because it's a nice machine and I wanted to expand myself instead of keep developing only on Windows. Guess I was right when I decided to ditch Apple.
> Guess I was right when I decided to ditch Apple. You came to the conclusion that you "were right when you decided to ditch Apple" because they just put out newer, better models that the one you just bought? Sure makes sense...
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?
(The one thunderbolt on the Air means no Ethernet + Display at the same time, unless you're using a USB adapter... for which there are only two ports)
I currently have a 2012 MBP/r, but considering getting the Asus NX500. After 2 years of seriously using a mac... I still can't stand it. I feel much more productive in Mint or Windows. /opinion
The NX500 looks like it might be the one -- but I'm probably filling in the information gaps with hopes and dreams.
What is the difference of the high end models compared to the release last fall? Only thing I can see is a faster cpu, is there anything else?
The real update has to wait because Intel's Broadwell CPUs are delayed until 2015, so they're releasing a minor spec dump today to keep customers happy.
In the "mine is older than yours" category, I still program on a mid-2007 15" MBP! I recently upgraded it to 6GB RAM (I don't know why I waited so long), but I now have those vertical lines on the display that are from the internal connector (or something similar). Drat! Now I feel dumb for upgrading the RAM. The machine isn't bad, but replacing the screen is a no-go given that I could buy one on ebay for the price o…