New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

i think that's probably accurate re: cheapskates vs spendies but i still think its offensive i can't get a bigger ssd w/o also shelling out for the cpu.

it's nonsensical but i guess that's how the car market works too (gotta get leather if you want the moonroof and six disc changer)

what's a bto?

what's a bto?

Bachman Turner Overdrive

also Build-To-Order

:)

silby you're obviously otm here but in that case i'd figure apple would wait a bit before implementing the retina display and form factor at the same time

i dunno i guess i'm still living in an imaginary world where apple is trying to make the best product possible as opposed to billions of dollars

i have nothing but contempt for people who walk into the apple store and back out w a computer like its buying a latte at starbucks

give me bto or give me death!!

hahaha

laptop GPUs are almost always going to be a compromise? fanboys have attacked the apple GPU for being underpowered vis-a-vis a windows gaming laptop... but those windows gaming laptops don't get 7 hours.

but hey, two thundrbolt ports! I'm sure some company will make an external absurdly powerful vid card for the RMBP if the demand really exists.

"gaming laptops" usually are more a clusterfuck than a compromise imo

i hear that those alienware laptops are nice for gaming

I bet they load Excel really fast too

microsoft software on my macbook is just the worst. takes like ten minutes to open, gums up all the works...

ok ok you've convinced me the gpu thing is a canard.

still pissed about ssd scheme and having to shell out for pricey apple memory

sscheme

SShaDy

On the bright side, the memory actually is attached HARDCORE so the diff in price makes some sense

On the down side, there's the ridiculous Apple price premium attached to it regardless

what do you mean "attached"?

no one has answered my question about how much that amount of RAM would cost to upgrade yourself

http://www.datamemorysystems.com/_memory-information/DM50_229-1_x_2.asp

$160+shipping

not as crazy a markup as they used to do, thats for sure

troo

computing

I mean "attached" as in they solder it to the logic board

rip it off

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook-Pro-with-Retina-Display-Teardown/9462/1#.T9oARbVYuRK

Basically, they're manufacturing the logic boards with the memory attached, same as the disk controllers and all that stuff

not without my solder

is that good? i thought that was bad!

ya why is that a feature

idk, memory connectors and blah blah space inside laptop who knows

:|

I've had bad memory fuck up a computer before. So if you get bad memory here, instead of simple swap you've got to have major parts replaced - do not like.

kind of thinking that they ran the stats on how often memory fails versus logic board versus the amount of time troubleshooting user-installed memory or issues with removable memory

I think you're most getting fucked on ability to add memory, not on anything else

the memory is not a big deal to me the way the SSD pricing is

i've had my logic board replaced twice in 2 months

their logic boards time me up and replace me

what do you ppl do to your computers

what do you ppl do to your computers

Speaking only for myself, it's my primary source of income - I'm on it at least 7-8 hours a day coding, then at home it's a television, recording studio, movie theater, etc. etc. It's been to three continents and who knows how many plane, bus, taxi trips.

i just never seem to have hardware problems with my computers

maybe it does have something to do with how much you move them around/fiddle with them? this imac is basically stationary and i only interact with it to turn it off or to plug in/unplug the headphones. i did move around my old macbook a bit but that was mostly around the house, around campus, or to and from places on campus or to and from home when it was in the car

the only thing that's been done to this imac as far as i know was a ram upgrade

it depends how often you put it in your backpack w/o a protective shell, and in my particular case how often you fall asleep with it in bed and then throw off the covers when you wake up, flinging it across the room.

lol my powerbook circa 2002 had a nice dent in the side and the hard drive died kind of early due to that sort of thing

lucky for me i've only destroyed the ODD, cracked the bezel in half and bent the case all out of shape

it's still running fine though

before there were sudden motion sensors, my laptop hard drives never lasted over two years at most

you need an ipad if you're bedputing

^^ otm, iPad takes bedternet use to a new level

i got an ipad but i gave it to my dad when his laptop died

ipads for everyone