New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

we should all be iPad only

did not capitalize that p myself STOP CHANGING MY KEYPRESSES

anyway we should all only have tablets

they're cooler

i want to use 4g to ilx from the middle of nowhere

4g and middle of nowhere? does not compute

i will build my own tower

and attach it to my car

and run long cables from it

whatever's necessary

is "the word" that they're killing the 17" mbp or is there gonna a retina mbp coming in a few months?

it's dead

i mean, they could bring it back, but it seems unlikely that they'd just get rid of the current model, wait a while, and then come out with a new one

i heard it's totally dead too

I think they only people I know who ever owned one did video, and they switched to 15" a while ago

i knew a pro photojournalist who lugged one around in a foam suitcase with his lenses and camera body to be able to do aperture-on-the-go and he was always complaining about it, he basically said anything he did "in the field" would have been fine on a 13" and anything that wasn't he preferred to view at home on a big display

i can't find the data i was looking at but i understand the percentage of mbp sales that were 17" were tiny

Retina display would be excellent for photo editing, imo.

has anyone here ever been to wwdc?

I love my 17 incher (that's what he said)

i'm a 17" man too, had no idea we were rare

i've been to wwdc

cool!

has anyone here ever been to wwdc?

I've been several times.

Why are 17" screens still popular on Windows laptops but not Macs?

ime windows people are more hardware-geeky and value minded than mac people

it's kinda like the question of why rainbow backlit keyboards are more popular on alienware computers than others

ime the 17" windows laptops are usually shit resolution

can i get a rainbow backlit keyboard for my dell?

My Lenovo Thinkpad (14") doesn't have a backlit keyboard, but it does have a single white LED light that shines down like a floodlight from the top of the screen. Not as good, but it beats darkness. And I do use my laptop in the dark....

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ifixit teardown in, ram is not user upgradeable, HD is a big 'maybe'

I mean, I guess it's not a big deal, the idea of a computer with parts you can replace yourself is probably dying out. but a retina mbp should cost a minimum of $2200 + $200 for RAM upgrade + $300 for applecare

how much would user-replaceable ram have cost

but a retina mbp should cost a minimum of $2200 + $200 for RAM upgrade

Just as a data point, on my MBP Retina order adding an additional 8GB RAM was $180.

you got the discount double check didn't you? I checked through the normal store and it was $200. probably $180 for education people.

they're called educators.

8 GB of RAM turned my four year old mbp into a brand new machine

correction s1ocki, the proper term is pedant

pedantgogy.

As a former Mac-repair guy I suppose I should feel miffed about all the non-user replaceable parts in the MBP Retina, but to be fair - since I paid the extra $ for AppleCare, I just gave it to Apple if there were any hardware issues. AppleCare is worth it: my current MBP (five years old now and VERY well-travelled) has a new motherboard, new keyboard lights, new battery, and new power adapter - all of which was covered. The only out-of-warranty issue I had to pay out of pocket for was a dead battery early this year. The only non-Apple work I did was replace the HD with a 750GB model and that's it.

Until SSD drives reach a capacity of 2TB while simultaneously dropping below $500 in price for same, I'm pretty sure the specs on what I ordered will be sufficient for me over the next 4 to 5 years. I don't understand the whining of the hordes on either side - but I'm also breaking my rule about not reading any tech blogs.

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new apple de-lust objects

i'm not sure what whining you're hearing elvis but the two things i'm hearing are

-- not being able to upgrade the hard disk above 256 gb w/o also upgrading the cpu is silly.

-- not being able to run the retina display at more than 20 or 30 fps because of the choice of gpu is also silly.

i think those criticisms are valid!

all those good parents, correcting their sons' evil sexual orientation with expensive toys

I assume (s)he knows apple is run by a man with his/her son's approximate degree of homosexness

i'm not sure what whining you're hearing elvis but the two things i'm hearing are

The main contention points I was reading were the usual ones leftover from the MacBook Air. Non-socketed RAM, inability to replace HD.

-- not being able to upgrade the hard disk above 256 gb w/o also upgrading the cpu is silly.

The CPU is not replaceable on the current MBPs. Not sure why this is a contention point now.

Also, I'm not a gamer so FPS times are kinda lost on me. I spent most of my time in Xcode, Coda, and Logic these days.

do people really upgrade laptop CPUs? I find this harder to believe than ... that CL post.

not so many pc gamers on macbooks anyway. it's for sure a compromise re the range of stuff you can play. but some of the bigger games (like blizzard stuff) come out on both so if you really love mac, you can get some of your fix on it.

i'm sorry that was unclear elvis

what i was saying was that the 2.3 ghz rmbp is only available w a 256 gb SSD. if you elect to buy a 2.3 ghz rmbp you are stuck w a 256 gb ssd

if you want the 512 gb ssd (which i do) then you also have to also pay extra for the 2.6 ghz model (which i don't need), which then gives you the option (in the apple store) to upgrade the SSD as well

i agree w you about fps for the most part as i am not a big gamer. i mainly do indesign and illustrator and several different music things and a wee bit of video and photo things.

it just strikes me as odd that they'd underpower the gpu like that