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Going to give Apple a try. What to buy?
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1500084" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>If you do decide to go with the MacBook Pro, I would recommend against the Retina model for several reasons...</p><p></p><p>First and foremost, the Retina display, while being a novel concept, is just about useless in practice as few applications exist that can truly take advantage of it. And of those that don't, you'll be looking at scaled up images that can make it appear fuzzy, completely negating the advantage of a high-res display. Yes, there will be more applications down the road - but for the tasks that most users use a home machine for, the Retina display isn't worth the extra cash outlay over and above the standard MacBook Pro.</p><p></p><p>Another "advantage" the Retina MacBook Pro (rMBP going forward) is in its thinness. The standard MBP is already amongst the thinnest machines in the industry, but the rMBP takes it one step further. Because of this, Apple had to make certain compromises in the design. Most significantly, the system memory is soldered fast, and secondly, the SSD uses a semi-proprietary formfactor, meaning that you can't upgrade the memory at all and the SSD can't be easily upgraded (as it can be in the standard MacBook Pro).</p><p></p><p>Additionally, the battery is epoxied into the case. This means that it can't be changed out without visiting Apple - though Apple apparently offers a replacement service for $200. Personally, I'd rather be able to change it out myself as can be done on the standard MacBook Pro.</p><p></p><p>And finally, if you plan on using optical media, you will have to do so with an external drive on the rMBP... it doesn't include the built-in (and handy) optical drive in the standard MBP. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I find the rMBP to be a compromised machine - and those compromises simply don't yield enough benefits to justify having to suffer through them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1500084, member: 24098"] If you do decide to go with the MacBook Pro, I would recommend against the Retina model for several reasons... First and foremost, the Retina display, while being a novel concept, is just about useless in practice as few applications exist that can truly take advantage of it. And of those that don't, you'll be looking at scaled up images that can make it appear fuzzy, completely negating the advantage of a high-res display. Yes, there will be more applications down the road - but for the tasks that most users use a home machine for, the Retina display isn't worth the extra cash outlay over and above the standard MacBook Pro. Another "advantage" the Retina MacBook Pro (rMBP going forward) is in its thinness. The standard MBP is already amongst the thinnest machines in the industry, but the rMBP takes it one step further. Because of this, Apple had to make certain compromises in the design. Most significantly, the system memory is soldered fast, and secondly, the SSD uses a semi-proprietary formfactor, meaning that you can't upgrade the memory at all and the SSD can't be easily upgraded (as it can be in the standard MacBook Pro). Additionally, the battery is epoxied into the case. This means that it can't be changed out without visiting Apple - though Apple apparently offers a replacement service for $200. Personally, I'd rather be able to change it out myself as can be done on the standard MacBook Pro. And finally, if you plan on using optical media, you will have to do so with an external drive on the rMBP... it doesn't include the built-in (and handy) optical drive in the standard MBP. Personally, I find the rMBP to be a compromised machine - and those compromises simply don't yield enough benefits to justify having to suffer through them. [/QUOTE]
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